It amazes me how far as a society we've got a stick in our collective butts.I thought the whole Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" incident was completely overblown. I mean, Justin Timberlake ripped her brassiere off, and cameras showed for a split second her ornamented nipple but after fines, firings, endless stupid cable news chatter, all of which Janet never fully recovered from, I don't remember hearing of one child that needed therapy because he saw Ms. Jackson's boob.
But ubiquitous social networking website Facebook seems to feel that women who post pictures of themselves feeding their babies the natural way are porn pushers, and any shots of a nipple or areolae are banned from the site.
But Facebook has any number of photos of half-naked teenagers pretty much offering their goods to anyone who looks at their pages, so I don't see what their problem is with pictures of women simply keeping their children alive. ...
Look, it's not like these women are posting pictures of their boobs on everyone else's page. Those who don't want to see breast pics, don't have to go to those pages -- it's a little something called adult discretion. You can choose to use it, just like you can choose not to read my blog postings since you know I regularly write things that offend people.
The most interesting thing is that in practically every country I've traveled to, public breastfeeding is not even an issue. When a woman knows her kid is hungry, she just whips out a boob and feeds him. Women have been doing this for the 40,000 years that we've been in this stage of evolution. In fact, all mammals feed their young, so why is it dirty for human females to do it?
But we're in America, one of the world's most hypersexualized, hypersensitive societies and if someone who clams the Moral Mantle says women doing what their bodies are designed to do is indecent, then somehow we're supposed to go along with it.
To me, that's bullshit. Yes, I'm all for keeping a standard of decency, and we should adopt mores that we all follow, but it's straight up hypocritical for a media that constantly pushes images of sexual gratuity and horrific violence every single day to call something as natural as breastfeeding "obscene."
So I'm going to push the envelope even further. Those of you who who are offended, heads up, this not a video for squares. But it is two loving parents doing what people have been doing for time immemorial. It is the most beautiful thing we have in our existence and I can't see how anyone can find this obscene.
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By: bluto on 1/03/2009 4:55PM
There is nothing more disgusting then seeing a woman breast feeding her baby in public. Breast feeding is a private decision that should always be conducted in private.
If a woman chooses to become a mother, she really needs to let go of the exhibitionist thing in deference to her child!
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By: greeneye15 on 1/04/2009 10:17AM
I am a mother that chose to breast-feed. I however did not choose to do it in public. Each woman should have a choice. It's your body. How is it all right to show on t.v. girls with thongs up their behinds and every piece of skin hanging out, but not embrace a mother feeding and caring for her child? For someone to be offended by a mother feeding her child is insulting. Obviously the people that are offended are not comfortable in their own bodies and I personally think that they may be envious that they cannot express theirselves or feelings so freely.
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By: esos1 on 1/04/2009 4:23PM
I am not a mother..but with that being said i cannot understand why anybody would want to put a picture like that on "Facebook". What is the point?
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By: Meka on 1/04/2009 5:55PM
It is not ok to show women on tv with their thongs on and skin hanging. thats the problem with society. Breastfeeding while not disguisting should be done discreetly in public. I have no need to see your nipples. Modesty is the key. they make all types of garments to help cover up. a lot opf breastfeeding mothers sure love to push their beliefs and insult bottlefeeding mothers yet cry when others say that we dont wanna see your nipple. breastfeeding is about bonding with your child not the whole internet.
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