Kerry, Great post. I absolutely loved what you had to say. It does seem that breastfeeding has a complicating factor that many other social change movements don't, in that it involves individual physical and psychological processes and demands that are not present in most other situations. If the gay couple next door adopts a baby, that is not going to effect my daily life, in the way that a choice to breastfeed will. Since the message to breastfeed automatically comes with the message "this is best for the baby" doesn't it then follow that someone rejecting breastfeeding would feel anger toward the messenger. Even if we remove stridency and passion from our own rhetoric, wouldn't there still be a natural tendency among formula feeders to displace feelings onto the person or people who have made them feel uncomfortable about their choice. I'm not bringing this up because I disagree with you in any way, just because it's something I struggle with and don't have the answer to. Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC Brooklyn *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html