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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. As someone who breastfed all kids until past age two, I think pro-BF sites and language tends to be incredibly, deeply misogynist. I’m glad to see people pushing back here. [/quote]

In the other thread, the point was made by several posters that the messaging around breastfeeding used to be that formula was better. I know people here are proclaiming that is 2023, but history is always worth learning to put things into context. The pro breastfeeding message today is in a large part a reaction to messages and advertising in the past, advertising so extreme that many countries limit ads like we do for alcohol and tobacco. We are always swinging from message to message about things. Don’t eat butter, eat margarine! Oh wait, butter is actually better. Spare the rod, spoil the child! Oh wait, let’s not hit our kids. Remember the era of non fat everything? Those potato chips with olestra that would send you running for the toilet? We would eat foods with no fat but a million grams of sugar. Pregnant women were encouraged to smoke in the 30’s - it relaxes the mom and the added bonus was lower birth weight babies! This was an actual touted benefit for pregnant women smokers. We went from that to pictures of emphysematous lungs on cigarette packs within decades. [/quote]

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