Depravity with dolls
NS May 23rd, 2009
If you thought we’d made some progress on normalizing breastfeeding and that, really, us lactivists get our knickers in a twist over nothing, then what does one say to this?
I am at a loss for words, frankly, so I’ll have to let others do the explaining.
Needless to say, my daughter has exhibited the exact same “disgusting” and “depraved” behaviour with her dolls and will, according to some people, surely end up mentally scarred and socially outcast as a result of being witness to the filth of seeing me nurse her brother. Insert heavy sigh and massive eye roll here.
Nothing makes me laugh more than people shielding children’s eyes from breastfeeding, saying that they shouldn’t see ‘that’. Kids are the only ones who aren’t bothered by it and understand that it’s totally normal, it seems! Talk about needless sexualization…pushing your boobie hangups onto impressionable young children who hadn’t even thought of breasts as sexual until a hand was clapped over their eyes amid shouts of “zOmg!!1!! The children might see babies being fed with men’s and ad agencies’ playthings! Quick, throw a blanket over that woman and her dirty jezebel udders!”
Seriously folks, your ignorance is astoundingly embarrassing. Give it a rest already, or else I might have to squirt milk in your eye. And we all know that if breastmilk touches human retinas it renders you completely and permanently blind within seconds, such is the power of its destructiveness. Mmwaahahahahaha!
Long live depravity.
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I would be all outraged, but then you go and say things like “Give it a rest already, or else I might have to squirt milk in your eye” and I’m laughing instead of thumping my fists on the table.
“Quick, throw a blanket over that woman and her dirty jezebel udders” – I feel the need to work that sentence into a conversation right now!
It was such a shock when I moved to the US to see women half covered in a blanket, and to realise that that is how they breast-feed here. Must be so hot for the baby. I feel like saying in a loud voice “we all KNOW what you’ve got under there, you know”. I suppose it’s the maternal equivalent of being able to carry a bottle of alcohol in a brown bag.
The silly thing is, when most women breastfeed in public, you’d be really hard put to catch a glimpse of their breast. Most are discreet enough that they don’t even have an inch of flesh showing. But there is plenty of naked flesh on display wherever you go in the areas of the midriff, thigh, shoulder, and cleavage.
Breastfeeding is SO unsexual. What is the problem? (and I mean that both in the US and UK)
“Quick, throw a blanket over that woman and her dirty jezebel udders”…..LMAO!!! That is seriously one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Great post!
Blimey. Some people are just odd. The sad thing, though, is that there are people I know who I can imagine reacting in the same way – and some of them work with children.
I remember when my cousin had her youngest baby and emailed round a batch of photos, there was one of her daughter with the breast pump, ‘expressing’ some milk for her doll. I just thought it was so cute!
@Tara – Please do let me know the outcome of that conversation.
@Iota – Yep, completely agree. And there does seem to be much more of a ‘cover it up’ culture in the US than in the UK. I think I have only ever seen a woman nursing under a blanket two or three times here. Let the gods and saints help anyone who tries to persuade me to use a blanket when I’m in the US in a few weeks with my nursing son. Eegads.
@Jenny – I aim to please.
@Tasha – TNC did that just the other day. She said “Not now, Mummy, I have to pump for my baby.” So cute.
same hospital that tried to charge for formula. MDC thread about it http://mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=1001310&highlight=charge+formula
Brilliant post. The absolute ignorance of some people never fails to shock me. And your final comment prompted me to remember that when my 5 yr old was a baby and had an eye infection i was given cream etc but advised to heal it with…breast milk. Tho fair to say I didn’t quite squirt it straight into his eye (well, not on that occasion anyway…)
Good lord, there are plenty of other activities I’d be much more worried about a child copying. Why do we think it’s weird to copy something like breastfeeding, but have no problem with them “killing” each other during play, and even spend money on fake guns to help them do it?
Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupidity beyond all belief!
My question: Are most the complainers women or men? Could it be that some crabby insecure women are afraid their men might catch a possible glimpse of some other womans bare breast?
@Anna – Well, that’s the NHS for ya; always trying to save a pound or two! Will reserve my thoughts on their attempts to charge for formula.
@Nicola – I’d heard that about breastmilk being good for eye infections. Will have to remember that for future reference.
@Staranela – I’m at a loss too. Death by gun = okay but breastfeeding = disgusting. Something is wrong with that!
@Strawberry – Well, you said it so succinctly that I won’t add to it.
@the bad aunt – Both complain but yes, I’ve heard of women wanting it censored because they don’t want their husbands/boyfriends/sons/whatever seeing another woman’s breast. I guess they think the man will run away with the lactating woman, never giving them a second thought and, therefore, it needs to be banned. Or something equally irrational.
For the record, I also tried breastmilk on E2′s eye infection, as directed by the midwife — and I did squirt (well, drip) it directly into her eye.
And it worked like a *charm*. It cleared up in a matter of hours an infection that had been lingering for several days. Magic stuff.
I must really live a sheltered life because in thte 14 months that I got to nurse my son I never had to deal with any crap like this. Although, to be fair, maybe I just didn’t notice it happening (??). It’s such a warped and weird world we live in that kids see insane violence in cartoons, TV, movies and even “innocent” commercials (anyone in the States remember the Exedrin commercials where people were HOLDING THEIR OWN HEADS??) and yet breastfeeding is vilified instead.
I’m glad people are out there fighting the good fight. I can’t wait for my turn. Bring it, losers!!
Hello, found you on the feminist mums site at British mummy bloggers. I love this post. Surely any woman who has breastfed a second child has seen her older child pretend to nurse a doll? I know my little gitl did, and I have several adorable pictures of her doing so.