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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 24 2016, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the mmmmmmmm-lunch! dept.

In 2013, 81.1 percent of U.S. mothers said they started out breast-feeding their baby. That's up from 75 percent in 2008, and 70 percent in 2000, according to the CDC.

[...] 52 percent of U.S. mothers said they were still breast-feeding their infants when the babies were 6 months old, and 30 percent said they were still breast-feeding when the babies reached 1 year.

How should society handle breastfeeding in public and the workplace? Should there be any restrictions on the age of the child?

Breastfeeding has obvious benefits for a child's development, but breast milk is also a fluid of the body that can carry disease.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-still-breastfeeds-daughter-aged-4881835

http://www.livescience.com/55846-breast-feeding-mothers-united-states.html


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  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:01PM

    by Snow (1601) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:01PM (#392744) Journal

    I get uncomfortable because I'm trying to get a peek of their boob without seeming like I'm trying to get a peek!

    I'm not against it at all for the record. Anything that increases boobs in public I am all for.

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:47PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:47PM (#392754) Journal

    I'm not against it at all. anecdote, not data, but I got the breast milk for 18 months -- no allergies, rarely have a cold, etc. etc. However, what you say is at least close to the truth. I feel uncomfortable because seeing someone in public breast feeding is the type of thing will often cause a double take, that double take makes you look pervy, and the embarrassment comes from being thought of as pervy.

  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:54PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:54PM (#392756) Journal

    I get uncomfortable because I'm trying to get a peek of their boob without seeming like I'm trying to get a peek!

    I think you're being serious. I'm not sure of that (you may just be trying to mock Francis?), but if so then that means you're the guy that this AC wants to put in the sex offender registry. [soylentnews.org] Me, I don't believe in sex offender registries. I think that the Venn diagram of "people who are sketchy enough to belong in a registry," and "people who are safe enough to allow in society," is shaped like a pair of boobs -- which is to say, the circles don't overlap.

    You weren't by any chance bottle-fed, [soylentnews.org] were you?

    • (Score: 2) by Snow on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:45PM

      by Snow (1601) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:45PM (#392778) Journal

      I am being serious -- I'm a huge fan of boobs! When they are on display, it's really hard not to look.

      I'm not going to go all rapey or anything just because I see boobs, and I wouldn't stand there in front of them with drool running down my chin.

      • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday August 24 2016, @10:15PM

        by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @10:15PM (#392788) Journal

        I'm a huge fan of boobs!

        Amen! But for some of us, context matters.

        When they are on display, it's really hard not to look.

        This is an admission of a thought pattern that some parts of society find distasteful, and I think it's healthy for people to feel comfortable talking about those sorts of thoughts. Your last post was also an admission of behavior, and a support of society reshaping itself to allow you to engage in that behavior more. I'm sure that we all sometimes view people in a sexual light when they don't intend to present themselves that way, but the purposeful engagement and pursuit of that experience comes off as verging on voyeuristic. If I found myself drawn to that experience I would like to think that I'd try to stop the thought pattern, not reinforce it by acting out the behavior.