Bonnie Jones writes:
>Why would you want to place an ad featuring exposed breasts.  I would be
>offended by such an ad. I obviously have no problem with the necessary
>exposure of the breast for nursing a baby.   However, I feel this kind of
>exposure is unnecessary and is likely to do more harm than good to
>breastfeeding.

Why would you be offended by a woman's breasts?  Would you be offended by an
ad that showed a cow's udder?  Seems to me like most every ice cream
commercial around here shows cows' udders.

In my humble opinion (as always) we have to take the stance that breasts are
perfectly normal, standard body parts, designed for feeding babies.  The
more people are "exposed" to breasts in this context, the more it will come
to seem perfectly normal and natural to them, and breasts will lose their
artificial, sexual connotations.  If we continue to act as though breasts
*are* primarily sex objects, to be kept hidden and out of sight except when
absolutely necessary for feeding a baby (or for use in selling beer or cars
or sex), then we'll never see the day when breastfeeding is accepted as
normal and natural, and many women will never be able to feel comfortable
nursing in public.


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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
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