What I found really interesting from my study of long-term breastfeeding in 
Australia was the frequency with which "boobie" was used for breastfeeding 
in comparison to similar research in the US....it was by far the most common 
term used by breastfeeding toddlers and young children in Australia, not so 
in the US. I think that this is an indicator that we are a little more 
comfortable with breasts and breastfeeding here, though far, far, far from 
having problems, especially around perceptions of long-term 
breastfeeding.....and don't get me started about adoptive breastfeeding. 
Simply the mention of the title of my talk on adoptive breastfeeding in our 
national adoption conference program led to some serious lobbying of the 
conference organisers to withdraw my presentation. They had additional 
moderators in my room to make sure there was no trouble. I was a tad anxious 
about it all, but it was fine, there were no hecklers in the audience.
Karleen Gribble
Australia


> But, conversely, for all that breast is taboo and nipple even more taboo
> in general terms... it can sometimes be easier to discuss 'nipple' in
> terms of latch etc, as opposed to breast, with other mothers.  It's
> almost as if breast is always sexual, but nipple can be functional when
> it's one to one discussion.
>
> Yet mentioning nipple at all, outside breastfeeding, is more taboo.
>
> Humans, what do we do to ourselves?  :-)
>
> Morgan Gallagher
> 

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