Comments on: Facebook Breast-Feeding Controversy

By: a mother

a mother — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:31:43 +0000

I assumed that your words “do it” meant doing it, McConnell. If you meant topless walking on beaches, then I am sorry! I have seen so many confuse the two (sexual and feeding purposes of breasts) that I jumped to conclusions. I wouldn’t walk topless simply because I am not comfortable with it (based mostly on my culture– not because I think it’s wrong, and also for personal reasons, such as my age and so on)! LOL! But feeding and walking around topless aren’t the same… one is much more essential than the others. Even in cultures where cold weather and cultural norms prohibit topless behavior, babies need to be breastfed for normal health and well-being. Humans have inferior health without it, and that’s a fact. And moms need to breastfeed– it is known to promote health (mental and physical) and inhibit pre-menopausal breast cancer. So any exposure that may happen when one is feeding a baby is not only incidental but something which our society should not be concerned about. They just shouldn’t. Some women are larger and have more difficulty feeding a baby in what some would consider a “discreet” manner, and the babies of those mothers need to be fed just as often as the other babies.

Babies stomachs are the size of their little fists, and they are on a liquid diet which is absorbed and utilized extremely quickly. They must nurse often. Babies of animals which have a high fat percentage in their milk are made so that the mother can leave and forage all day. Human milk, on the other hand, has a relatively low fat percentage and is designed to create brain material. It is mostly carbs. Babies whose mothers limit their feedings to every 4 hours will, inevitably, have reduced milk volume and hungry babies who will fail to thrive.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:17:33 +0000

Facebook even banned some George Orwell t-shirts: http://prozacforangels.ning.com/profiles/blogs/1984-25-years-after-the

By: mcconnell

mcconnell — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:07:13 +0000

No. I was asking a question about going to a nude beach….”au naturel” or did you not see what I wrote?

By: a mother

a mother — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:12:08 +0000

Mcconnell– did you just equate sex with eating? This is an example of just what I was talking about. Perhaps you are unaware that breasts are not a sexual item in many cultures. They are not genitalia; they do not reproduce. And feeding with them has nothing to do with sex except in a culture where people have chosen to link the two. Read anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler’s on this subject. In other cultures, feet are erotic. And yet, walking barefoot in the United States isn’t outlawed, yet.

I would breastfeed anywhere my child was hungry. And I happen to be a conservative mother of 4 who would not consider having sex anywhere but in complete privacy. Breastfeeding and sexuality are not linked except as constructs of people’s imaginations.

By: White Ghost

White Ghost — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:52:53 +0000

Good Morning…

Sorry if you think this could be off the point…..I’d like to bring up how dangerous Facebook is.

Here it is…..

http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=100920

Through the what? Grapevine! :-/

By: Sheri A. Farinha

Sheri A. Farinha — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:20:11 +0000

LOL Paotie, another good article which had me in stiches! I don’t know who Kevin is, but his comment really cracked me up.

Seriously, ah…it is 2009, I questioned FB raising this as an issue when there are far more suggestive pixs on facebook than someone breastfeeding. I frankly feel breastfeeding in public has become part of a way of life. I dont understand the fuss, I mean, it is your EYES that’s staring watching isnt it? So it seems that who really has “control” in this are the people who decide to watch. The power you have, is to ahhh…”look away”, eh?
(esp when eating a Big Mac).

By: mcconnell

mcconnell — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:51:19 +0000

If our culture is a “little screwed up” would you do it au naturel then like at a designated beach?

By: Thou Doth Protest Too Much « Candy

Thou Doth Protest Too Much « Candy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0000

[...] example, more recently – breast feeding pictures on Facebook (FB). FB forbade pictures of that nature to be posted on members site. [...]

By: On a limb with Claudia

On a limb with Claudia — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:01:10 +0000

I file this under the ‘people are idiots’ rule. I heard about the controversy on the radio and listened to people talk about how ‘gross’ it is. I return to ‘people are idiots’

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:48:26 +0000

Hey Paotie! I just got home, and I’m now home for a loooong time! Anyways, I was seriously cracking up when I read the news regarding this controversy. As someone who has been to Europe quite a few times, I’ve seen TONS of women exposing their breast in public, most notably at the beach! They were treated no different from the men who had their shirts off. It sounds like our culture is a little screwed up. )