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The American fear of boobs is such a bizarre thing. We will happily artificially impregnate cows and pump them til they're dry to extract an inferior product, b

by quesera 11y ago

The American fear of boobs is such a bizarre thing. We will happily artificially impregnate cows and pump them til they're dry to extract an inferior product, but cower in fear of the free, natural, superior option. We've been lied to for decades, and our too-smart-for-that-malarkey grandmothers are dead. This is a good addition to the what-will-future-generations-think-we-were-stupid-about lists.

niix 11y ago
I'm not sure when "weird" became the stigma around feeding baby, but its unfortunate. My wife and I have a 3 month old, and if our baby is hungry - she breast feeds him. (Mind you she is very conservative about the whole process). Its amazing the people that give strange looks in a restaurant, after all everyone else is eating. Why can't our son?
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  I'm with you. Most natural thing in the world. But of course the issue is, partially disrobing in public. We all know this. And the more mothers respond by not breastfeeding in public, the less the public sees it and the less they are inured to the sight. So the taboo gets stronger.
- Lawtonfogle 11y ago
  Because we don't live in a culture that mandates you hide your fork and plate when they aren't being used to eat with. Imagine a culture where forks are taboo and often times illegal to be shown in public, except when you eat and where most people don't use forks. Where giving a child a picture of a fork (that isn't being used to eat with) is a significant social social breach that will get you hated and labeled for years and perhaps even a crime. Use of a fork in public in such a situation would get weird looks. In fact, even imagining such a society seems absurd, but that is how our current culture is (at least where I've lived at).
userbinator 11y ago
We will happily artificially impregnate cows and pump them til they're dry How many people who grew up exclusively in an urban setting have seen a cow being milked? I think that's a huge part of the grossness factor. Someone who grew up on a farm and sees cows being milked periodically will think nothing much of it.
- quesera 11y ago
  It's a good question. I think there's some aversion to the pumping apparatus being attached to human udders because it seems so foreign and, well, cyborgish. It's also uncomfortable at the beginning, and tedious at times. And pumping itself is a relatively new phenomenon. Not the ideal way to effect the goal, but a sometimes necessary practical compromise. I can think of plenty of reasons not to like it.
athenot 11y ago
Agreed. It's really sad that breasts have been fetishized to the point that their primary function has been obscured and become socially awkward. We humans are mammals and breastfeeding is pretty much the definition of being a mammal.

by quesera 11y ago

niix 11y ago

I'm not sure when "weird" became the stigma around feeding baby, but its unfortunate. My wife and I have a 3 month old, and if our baby is hungry - she breast feeds him. (Mind you she is very conservative about the whole process). Its amazing the people that give strange looks in a restaurant, after all everyone else is eating. Why can't our son?

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
I'm with you. Most natural thing in the world. But of course the issue is, partially disrobing in public. We all know this. And the more mothers respond by not breastfeeding in public, the less the public sees it and the less they are inured to the sight. So the taboo gets stronger.
Lawtonfogle 11y ago
Because we don't live in a culture that mandates you hide your fork and plate when they aren't being used to eat with. Imagine a culture where forks are taboo and often times illegal to be shown in public, except when you eat and where most people don't use forks. Where giving a child a picture of a fork (that isn't being used to eat with) is a significant social social breach that will get you hated and labeled for years and perhaps even a crime. Use of a fork in public in such a situation would get weird looks. In fact, even imagining such a society seems absurd, but that is how our current culture is (at least where I've lived at).

userbinator 11y ago

We will happily artificially impregnate cows and pump them til they're dry How many people who grew up exclusively in an urban setting have seen a cow being milked? I think that's a huge part of the grossness factor. Someone who grew up on a farm and sees cows being milked periodically will think nothing much of it.

quesera 11y ago
It's a good question. I think there's some aversion to the pumping apparatus being attached to human udders because it seems so foreign and, well, cyborgish. It's also uncomfortable at the beginning, and tedious at times. And pumping itself is a relatively new phenomenon. Not the ideal way to effect the goal, but a sometimes necessary practical compromise. I can think of plenty of reasons not to like it.

athenot 11y ago

Agreed. It's really sad that breasts have been fetishized to the point that their primary function has been obscured and become socially awkward. We humans are mammals and breastfeeding is pretty much the definition of being a mammal.