I could not resist sharing one anecdote from my trip (a few years back) to
Nairobi, Kenya.  During a brief respite for assessing hospitals, we visited
a local market.  People were milling around all the little stalls where
people were selling all kinds of things (I got a large woven bag there).  I
was the ONLY one who appeared to notice a mother who lifted a breast from
her dress (through the scooped neck in front) and allowed her BIG nearly
toddler baby (I estimated about 11 mo old) to suckle.  No one else batted
an eye, whether male or female, adult or younger.

Just goes to show that what is frequently observed tends not to call
attention to itself. What we notice in the US and elsewhere in the
"advanced?" developed world reflects more on our hangups than on other
things, to my mind.  (Or am I biased?)




Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
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