A German friend of mine sent me this link: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,430162,00.htmlApparently, Babytalk magazine decided to do a title article about breastfeeding, and included this "shocking" photo on the front page.
I'm not sure what is worse; the American women, who wrote in to complain about it, or the German news picking up on it and highlighting the absolute prudes in our country. One woman said that she had to rip off the front cover and hoped that her husband hadn't seen it! According to the article, of the 5000 who wrote about the picture, most liked it, and about a quarter complained.
It's a baby feeding. Deal! It's really not all that different than what's shown in these pictures from the Nordstrom selection of swimwear. Of course, the women who wrote in about the baby & breast would probably also be offended by these bikini tops.
2 comments:
Seriously? I think that those who object are exclusively those who view breastfeeding as a sexual encounter between a mom and a baby. Those people should probably not breastfeed, and should probably not view breastfeeding material.
They are sick.
Breastfeeding is natural and healthy when it is conducted for as long as the child and the parent wish for it to continue.
If a person cannot view breastfeeding as normal, natural, and beautiful, they should proably not do it.
As for their comments about the healthiness of other people doing it, they should probably keep their hang-ups and emotional problems private, and not inflict them on the rest of us.
Trees
The article that I read didn't seem to be objecting to the act of breastfeeding, but rather to the image of a naked breast on the front of a family magazine.
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