Posting photos of nursing babies online
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Posting photos of nursing babies online
| Wed, 09-05-2007 - 10:52am |
On another board, a poster has a long siggy that includes a slideshow of nursing babies from her playgroup. Another poster took offense at it and there has been quite the debate over the appropriateness of the siggy. I posted a message inviting people here to discuss that issue, and I hope that one of the posters from that particular playgroup comes here, at least so we can see what the siggy looks like. I'm having a hard time forming coherent thoughts today, LOL! So don't worry if I don't come back to debate the issue with you, I'm trying to get out of the office so I can go home & sleep.
As "Linda Richmond" (aka Mike Myers) from SNL would say, "talk amongst yourselves."
Mary
Mom to Kevin 11/04/2003
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My personal opinion is that being offensive to those who are offended by NIP is kind of the point of that siggy in the first place.
Now THIS one I have to take excption to. I LOVE that phototag, for a variety of reasons, but in no way because I intentionally wanted to offend people. Frankly, the idea that it would offend anyone DID surprise me. Perhaps you think that's silly, but there it is.
I love the pix of my baby when he was so little, i love that it reminds me of nursing him even when i'm not with him, and frankly, I'm proud that I BF and hope the tag will encourage others.
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I don't actually think it's an extreme.
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Well, he finds NIP gross because *gag* there's
If the majority thought the way you do, BFing in public, bf photos online, bfing in general would be perfectly benign and ordinary and no one would question the propriety of the photos in question. Clearly that is not the case.
100 years ago the 'majority' of Americans thought women shouldn't have the right to vote
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>>I'm for awareness of testicular cancer. I'm sure many would be offended if I posted a photo. <<
Well, I'm offended that you even brought it up. What "photo" would you use? I assume not a flattering picture of Lance Armstrong or Scott Hamilton. Are you impling that a photo of a testicle or the entire male genitalia would be an appropriate awareness picture? What exactly would this picture show and how would it promote awareness.
Yes, offensive...
>>Kydd says it's important that men between the ages of 20 and 30 are aware of the disease because it's the number one cancer killer for men of that age... Signs of testicular cancer include a lump on the testicles that is usually painless,...<<
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=926eeba8-421e-4d36-8feb-8ecf6406aa9c&k=5712
LOL!
Liz
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I'm sorry but I don't recall anyone saying that they wre "huge fans" of freedom of speech.
PumpkinAngel
To say that it is common sense to know that you are going to offend people by posting a picture of your naked breast can somehow be stretched to mean that all women with common sense would breastfeed? I have a hard time buying that. The majority of women don't breastfeed after leaving the hospital....so we are all lacking in common sense, but bfers have it in spades?
Actually, perhaps common sense is not the word, but yes, I do think that if we, as a country, were rational about BF, then all women (or most, I know that at times there are medical reasons why it can't happen) would BF. Perhaps women who BF have more of a willingness to buck (outdated) social mores?
I know I'm going to get slammed for this one, but lets add it up. BF is the 'normal' (ie: as nature intended) way for babies to eat. The medical community agrees that it is the healthiest thing and that FF is 2nd best. ANd yet, most women don't do it. So, what is that? I don't know if its common sense, but somewhere there's a disconnect.
Also, the majority of AMERICAN women don't breastfeed. If you look at the world as a whole, FF are in fact in the minority.
I know I'm going off topic here since the debate is about a phototag.
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