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> From:    Morgan Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
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> Isn’t it interesting that the part of the world producing the most
> pornography and exporting it to the rest of the globe has seemed to  
> lose all
> sense of the true meaning of the human breast?

In the latest  issue of Amningsnytt Jerker Nordlund suggests an  
explanation of why. Here is an abbreviation of his article, in  
translation.

It surely isn't the sight of the naked breast that upsets, as  
magazines and underwear ads expose much more naked skin on breasts  
than what's visible when a woman breastfeeds.
Breastfeeding incites satisfaction of needs and makes us painfully  
aware of how unsatisfying our own lives often are. It makes us ponder  
what we ourselves miss in our lives.
He quotes Oscar Wilde:
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is  
exquisite, and leaves one unsatisfied.
And this is why, states Nordlund, pornography may exist in public -  
it makes us hungry, it urges us to consume more, increases our  
desires and makes us commercially exploitable.
A breastfeeding mother shows what satisfaction is and reminds us of  
our own vulnerability. She demonstrates our exposedness and how  
hopelessly lost we are in our striving for satisfaction of needs.
Thereforethe breastfeeding woman is anti-commercial. That's what  
makes her provocative and not that she brings someting private into  
public space.

This was a real challenge to translate and I'm afraid my translation  
just gives a rough idea. I think it's the best theory on why  
breastfeeding in public stirs up strong feelings, even in Sweden.

Marit Olanders
editor of the Swedish bf magazine Amningsnytt
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