These are excerpts from the writer's response to my email.  Please, everyone
on LactNet needs to let this woman know that what she did was NOT amusing.


>To: [log in to unmask] (Gibbons  Kathy)
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>>I am at a loss for words. The column was intended to be lighthearted and
>>tongue-in-cheek, and in no way a slam against breastfeeding.

>>It was tongue in cheek. I thought that was clear, and based on feedback
>>I've been getting from other women here, they took it that way, too. You'll
>>notice I also wrote that breastfeeding offered some of the calmest, closest
>>times with my babies. And I didn't say it ruined them. I said it changed
>>them - not necessarily in a way I would choose - which is what I've heard
>>from nearly every other mother I know. But what can you do about it but
>>view it with acceptance, and humor, and that was my point. kathy


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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department                               phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University                                    fax: (409) 845-4070
College Station, TX  77843-4352
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