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I found "chestfeeding" to be pretty confusing. If you put me on the spot I'd assume it was a reference to the movie Alien before I guessed it referred to milkin

I found "chestfeeding" to be pretty confusing. If you put me on the spot I'd assume it was a reference to the movie Alien before I guessed it referred to milking mammaries. I can also see how being called a menstrator would feel objectifying (kinda like how in some contexts calling someone a breeder or a bleeder is derogatory)

ajsnigrutin 4y ago
Especially because you need (female) breasts to breastfeed... men have chests too.
- infradig 4y ago
  There's no such thing as female breasts, there are just breasts and both women and men have them.
  - cedilla 4y ago
    Men can even lactate, as can infants and women who aren't pregnant. Avoiding "breast-feeding" seems unnecessary to me.
  - dehrmann 4y ago
    They also call it "breast cancer" in men, so you're probably right.
- Waterluvian 4y ago
  I have met our species and I’m confident that if not taught carefully, there will be individuals who are confused to find that they do not produce milk. To be clear, I’m not talking about gender identity, but that unless we speak in clear, non-riddles, we’d be shocked by how many people don’t understand some things that we think are obvious, like how about 50% of human nipples/chests/breasts will never naturally produce milk.
- kgwgk 4y ago
  And can lactate - if you want to be very inclusive and incorporate every disorder: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/362638 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/36263...
watwut 4y ago
Genuinely, I am confused about what is confusing about that term. There seem to be only interpretation for me and it is not difficult to figure it out. It is not like cis women would ever had boobs on any other place.