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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone asked how old the "babies" are? 10 months, according to the story. So, even on here I hope 10 months still counts as a baby.

I know you will all flame me for this, but in my opinion the obsession and fuss made with women nursing is nothing less than reflective of the total misogyny of our culture, among both men and women. I know you will swear up and down it's just a matter of "decency" and "courtesy." Fine, I hear you. I just don't buy it. In a culture where there are as many images of overtly sexualized women all over...mainstream magazine covers, television, billboards, Barbie doll, Disney princesses, etc, etc...the sight of a women using her body (particularly her breasts) in any way other than to titillate is jarring for people. Our culture inculcates an attitude that makes it almost impossible not to sexualize women and their breasts, even when they are nursing a baby. That is the role we assign women. Sexual objects.

You think you are objecting on the basis of "decency." But I would ask you to think about why seeing a woman feeding a baby is indecent? Why is the cleavage you see every day...on real women, at the pool, at the gym, on magazine covers, okay, but when a woman is feeding her baby, it isn't? It is because we have all been indoctrinated by our culture to subvert the feminine and to distrust women outside the role of sexual object.

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I totally agree with you PP!  Americans need to get over their fear of the boobs.  The furor over this picture and the posts on this thread going on and on about how much of her breasts are exposed...ridiculous.  Nothing is indecent about breastfeeding a child.  [/quote]

I second that. [/quote]

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