Susan wrote:
"My own commitment to helping women and children nurse
does not arise simply from a passion for
breastfeeding.  Rather, it is the politics that
inspire me.  Because breastfeeding is intrinsically
female.  Because breastfeeding is a choice (albeit
cultural), a deliberate act on the part of the mother
(even in the best of circumstances) drawing that baby
to the breast again and again.  It is precisely
because breastfeeding is the one deliberate,
exclusively female act that I find it to be the
ultimate feminist issue. "

Wow! You said exactly what I believe we need to be talking about if we are
really, truly advocates of mothering. It's nice to have you back after the
conference!
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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