Comments on: Much ado aboob nothing

By: E.T

E.T — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:53:18 +0000

I remembered this one time – I was sitting in a public bus next to a lady with a (probably) 3-4 year old (!) clawing and sucking at her nipple (it had to be exposed all the time ‘cos the kid was abit like an animal, for the lack of a more appropriate word).

Altho’ it was more ‘primal’ then alot of the normal ones I see around here (it’s pretty common here in Sydney, depending on where you are, I think) – the girl who was sitting opposite (facing) her totally freaked out!! She turned away and hid her face in her boy friend’s shoulders through out the whole bus ride!! hahahah – and the guy was just staring with disbelief!!

Anyway – when Angelina Jolie starts breadfeeding in public rampantly – it will be trendy and mainstream in no time!

By: jennemede

jennemede — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:09:43 +0000

To add, while the men are partly to blame for getting hot and bothered about the sight of a boob even if it’s next to a baby, the American women are also being a tad silly about this brouhaha. Theyre not worried about how much cleavage is shown in magazines but are embarassed about a baby suckling. Nonsense!

By: jennemede

jennemede — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:02:00 +0000

I don’t think it’s hypocrisy. It’s more “the breast is sexual, so to show it is to be obscene”. If people were to start making baby bottles in the shape of perfectly shaped boobs, they would hv to be sold in an erotica shop.

It’s like those days when Malaysian TV banned the advertising of sanitary napkins (are they still banned?). apparently, they are obscene as well. Why? They made men feel uncomfortable.

Both images bring forth sexually related parts of the body, no matter how necessary they are. It’s like we’ve not moved an inch from two centuries ago.

By: Malaysian Medical Resources

Malaysian Medical Resources — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:19:30 +0000

Would you be offended?…

Apparently many US readers were “offended” by a front cover picture in a US Magazine.
Other comments include “SHOCKED”, “gross”,”sick”,”horrified”

Well, what is the magazine in question? Appa…

By: Palmdoc

Palmdoc — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:18:02 +0000

Yes, it’s all quite hypocritical.
We put up a poll on this in the Malaysian Medical Resources

http://medicine.com.my/wp/?p=1271

By: jennemede

jennemede — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:00:07 +0000

Dont think it’s a written law but more like practice?

By: adriene

adriene — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:30:08 +0000

hmmm… i didn’t know japan had such a law. i’ll ask my japanese friends about it when i see them. in my 4 months here, i haven’t noticed any japanese women breastfeeding in public areas though.

By: mamatulip

mamatulip — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:20:35 +0000

I breastfed both of my kiddos — one for much longer than the other due to lactose intolerance on his part — and to be perfectly honest, it never ocurred to me to not breastfeed in public — discreetly, of course…I didn’t just whip out my tit and flaunt it around town. But if I was out and my child got hungry, I fed him. Or her. That’s it. My kid’s hungry and he/she needs to eat. Deal with it.