Dear all:
Joan Wolf doesn't know the first thing about building a causal case.  This is where most people who have only taken one statistic course may get the false impression that the randomized controlled trial is the only way to establish causality.  In fact, there is much more involved in developing a causal relationship.  I previously posted an oldie but goodie publication that was provided as testimony to congress on smoking.  If you follow all the important steps of establishing a plausible case for causality, there are direct parallels between the case made for smoking and cancer and formula feeding and a whole host of health risks.  

Joan Wolf is a faux feminist in that she doesn't understand that women should have access to fulfill all the roles they may wish to encounter, including breastfeeding.  Feminists argued that women had the right to have an orgasm back in the day when women weren't supposed to enjoy sex, they were supposed to do it out of duty to their husbands and for procreation.  There are NO randomized controlled trials that I know of that show that women who are allocated to never having an orgasm have more health risks than women who are allowed to have them.  So by the very basis of Joan Wolf's arguments, you could argue against women having fulfilling sex -- its simply not necessary.  I doubt she would find that argument palatable.  Yet, here she is arguing AGAINST breastfeeding.  Clearly she does not understand how fulfilling breastfeeding can be, merely as a normal part of being a women.

How sad is that?  Especially when you THINK you are a feminist and THINK you are benefitting women.  



Sincerely,

Susan E. Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC

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