Chanita,
Again, let me address this stereotyping.  Mormon women are no more abused
than the average person.  Where did this assumption come from?  The
Mormon home and family is loving and nurturing.   Any Mormon that is
abusive in any way, shape or form would be excommunicated and
disfellowshipped.  Again, why is everyone who hails from the state of
Utah presumed to be a Mormon?  Any woman that has this much of an issue
with her breasts should be receiving therapy.
Heather Richards
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>I want to address the question that you raised about the Utah women =
>being maybe sexually abused, and therefore pumping instead of =
>breastfeeding, and wondering if BF wouldn't be less traumatic to
>abused =
>women.
>
>First of all, dealing with Mormon women, which is mainly what we are =
>talking about when we talk about women from Utah -- I think the place
>of =
>the Mormon woman in the home and family is still not a very free one,
>=
>and as such, I think many Mormon women are abused, psychologically, =
>certainly, if not physically.
>
>How previously or currently abused women view breastfeeding varies
>alot =
>with what else they have done to get beyond their abuse.  Some women =
>(abused or not) have such severe issues with their bodies that having
>=
>their breasts touched for any reason, including nurturing their
>infants, =
>is too traumatic, either physically or emotionally or both. =20