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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  Every time someone expresses concern about being bullied if they choose not to breastfeed, someone comes on here and says "nobody cares how you feed your baby", which is demonstrably false.  Then people point that out to them and they say "yes well who cares?  just do what you want".  Actually, the way that women are treated in our health care institutions does matter.  I think that women should be treated with dignity and respect, so yes, I care.

And yes, women get bullied for formula feeding and they get bullied for breastfeeding.  Both things are true.  In fact, they are two sides of the same misogynistic coin.[/quote]

What is your solution, beyond women directly and firmly stating doing what they want to do, and doing exactly that? I'm honestly asking. What do you propose?[/quote]

I'm proposing that women not rudely and sarcastically dismiss other women who don't want to be bullied after they have a baby.  I'm not sure that fits your criteria of a "solution", but that I gotta say I do not care about.[/quote]

I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm saying how do we lobby for that and get that message out beyond DCUM and other message boards? [/quote]

Interesting, it sounded like your solution is "women directly and firmly stating doing what they want to do, and doing exactly that". Now you want to lobby?  Have at it.  Start with telling relevant officials (hospital boards, state, local and federal lawmakers) about how terrible Baby-Friendly hospitals are for women.[/quote]

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