[pycelan]

I just couldn't believe it when I read this...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060804...lbreastfeeding

I cannot believe that even the women are finding offense!1 When are people going to realize that breastfeeding is about nutrition and what is best for a baby...not sex!

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[aydensmama]

I expected to read about people that had seen this in a doctores office that were not mothers, or some other way...NEVER did I expect that mothers would react so ignorantly IMO.

 

[aydensmama]

I expected to read about people that had seen this in a doctores office that were not mothers, or some other way...NEVER did I expect that mothers would react so ignorantly IMO.

 

[aydensmama]

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[Jennifer3141]

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[mhr1406]

How could someone find that offensive?
nowadays the clothing people wear and the many things exposed on mags...is gross
BUt, feeding a baby!!!

I bet the only ones bothered have never bfed a baby!

 

[ConfusedPrincess]

Ok when I first clicked the link, I looked first at the picture before reading the article, I was confused thinking "ok so what's the big deal?" That's sad that actual mothers would be offended at such a natural beautiful thing and yet all over movies you can see breast being flaunted for their sexuality..

: I guess those women who wrot ein complaints are the ones who feel uncomfortable breastfeeding b/c they look at their breast as a plasure device for their boyfriend/husband...

 

[CawMama]

Here's a link to the official website. I think we can read the article, which interests me on it's content.

http://www.parenting.com/parenting/babytalk/channel

There is also a link for "contact us". I think we should write in with supportive comments. 5000 people complained, I wonder how many were in support? Of course they don't mention that.

 

[wombatclay]

I actually saw a stack of these magazines sitting outside our local children's store and took a copy (it's a free publication) BECAUSE I liked the cover!

It's usually such a mainstream magazine (I got it in the mail while pregnant and some articles are horrendous!) and I was so excited to see a positive breastfeeding cover. I'm going to write in support...

edited: I noticed on their website they're looking for pictures of nursing mamas...I bet we could help them out with that!

 

[JeDeeLenae]

I love the magazine. And I love hearing some of the idiotic comments too. My mom and I have a big laugh about how ridiculous this all is. Let's just say if anything, the outrage has given breastfeeding more publicity and more support and more closet-feeders may come out now.

 

[PinkPixie]

People who find that picture offensive are seriously deranged.

They should find pacifiers and bottles offensive instead... after all, they are nipple imitations.

I also hate it when "those who were offended" say :"My husband was sooo uncomfortable seeing that". Seriously, why would hubby be bothered by that, because they are NOT portayed sexually all of a sudden they are offensive?

As for my part, I have been bfing openly everywhere. Have boobs will nurse.

 

[EastonsMom]

I guess you did not see my post? ( hopping mad at society, again!) Know how you feel.

 

[eminer]

Wow, did you see the title of the article associated with that cover? "Why women don't nurse longer." I guess we don't have to read to find out!

 

[Dez]

So i guess for the woman who said her husband was embarassed, he has never owned a playboy/hustler magazine? I'm sure the content in that is much worse than this could ever be. And the woman who didn't want it around her house has never had a movie sexually displaying women's breast in her home or viewed by her husband? what's the big deal? you can't even see the nip!

 

[tweetypie]

so while reading their article, it occurs to me that it isn't the mom's & babies that have a problem with breastfeeding longer, it's everyone else that thinks they aught to have an opinion.

maybe i'm in the minority here, but I've never been hassled for bfing in public, even when they became toddlers. i don't try to show off or hide...but no one seems to mind. maybe because the "baby" is quiet...i dunno... but after learning to tandem nurse, then tri-andem nurse when dd3 came, i completely believe that if mom desires the nursing relationship to continue, it will (physical limitations aside). no baby would ever give up their "beeboo" in favor of some horrible tasting substitute.

maybe if employers would stop equating a "pump break" with a "smoke break" there would be more support for bfing mom's in the workplace. not everyone can be as lucky as me & take baby w/them to work for 6 mos...but it would be a start. everyone knows how uncomfortable it is when you're full & there's no baby nearby to help you out...

my real ? is, what are viable "work around" solutions to mom's faced with a hostile environment? since it's the environment that needs to change & not the task of bfing.

 

[ladyslipper]

oops I missed this thread...and just posted another thread about this magazine. We live in a sick minded world. Makes me sad!

 

[ericswifey27]

Quote:

"Gross, I am sick of seeing a baby attached to a boob," the mother of a four-month-old said.

That about sums it up

It really is sad.

And I agree with everything Tweetypie said too.

 

[sewmom]

Yet the Maxim, Swimsuit, and Playboy magazines on the next row are okay?

Even my husband said that the picture is so cropped that you can't really tell if it's a breast... just a cute little baby snuggled up to its mommy.

 

[PinkPixie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by EastonsMom I guess you did not see my post? ( hopping mad at society, again!) Know how you feel.

Searched and found it! Good post!
It's not easy being a non-conformist

Glad to hear others feel the same way.

 

[SabbathD]

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Originally Posted by sewmom Yet the Maxim, Swimsuit, and Playboy magazines on the next row are okay? Even my husband said that the picture is so cropped that you can't really tell if it's a breast... just a cute little baby snuggled up to its mommy.

Ya know at first glance I thought it was a shoulder, (obviously not looking very hard...). I think it's very tastefully done, and what a beautiful baby!!

I will say this - until a year ago when my friend came out to visit me, I had never seen someone up close and personal breastfeeding. When they did visit, it got me thinking. No one in my family ever breastfed 'out in the open'. None of my friends families did either. And to be quite honest in most of the places I have lived, it's not something openly done either. Thankfully, I live in a pretty okay place now, and there is (alas) a mix of people who openly breastfeed and the people who don't like that they do.

I believe that the only way to make this more 'acceptable' is not to shove it in people's faces (which I don't think this mag did in ANY WAY, I might add, referring to straight out in your face lactivism 'why isn't your baby breastfed? You are a bad parent if you don't breastfeed ect ect') but just to keep on doing what we are doing. Breastfeeding in public, and honestly and openly answering people's questions, responding positively to their remarks, and educating anyone who will listen. Some people have a negative reaction because they were raised with one. Not because they are ignorant or stupid. Now that doesn't justify their adverse reactions, it doesn't excuse it. The more often people see it, the more open and friendly we make ourselves as resources for people with questions, the more acceptable it will become. I personally think that they should cover the mechanics of breastfeeding during sex ed. They may now, but when I was in school, they sure as heck didn't. It's a sexual area of the body with a basic biological function, why not teach about that too?

I don't know where I am going with this anymore. Anyways, that's my .02.