Animals haven’t been wearing clothes for millennia but seeing a dude’s junk at the grocery store elicits revulsion. It’s called modern society
Females have been secreting milk to feed offspring for at least 200 million years, since the earliest proto-mammals. So why do some people still get distressed by seeing public breast-feeding? Seems like a weird thing to stigmatize. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22436214 pic.twitter.com/f18RN6o4lc
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You think breast-feeding is revolting? Why?
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Why is it an 'intimate act'? It's just feeding your baby. Why would strangers need to consent to one's baby being fed? It's none of their business.
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I’ll say this. It’s not difficult (usually) tonuse a hooter hider thing and just feed the kid. Some women want to make a statement. Personally I don’t care. But it’s bothersome for others to see, including other young kids. But to each their own..
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I had no problem breastfeeding in public. I was a fierce mom of twins. Don't come between my babies and milk!
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Preach it, Martie! :)
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But that's a very American thing. I breast fed my daughter almost 30 years ago, naked breasts, in Brazil and all I got was "awnnn..." looks and comments. Even to my dad, who would never watch me naked, my milk-filled breasts were just baby food.
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It's common place in several South American countries. It also crosses class and racial boundaries. Well... racial boundaries with respect to Brazil are kind of hard to establish but yes: breast feeding is pretty ok there. I don't remember in Europe, I was mostly there for work.
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It’s probably not just the fact that breasts serve double duty as nourishers and secondary sex characteristics, but that psychologically any reminder of animal nature/equivalency is negative. See: extensive articles on death anxiety, terror management.
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Has time got anything to do with it? There are far older things we "stigmatize" more.
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