Roberta,
I agree that we need to downplay the sexual connotation of the breast, but I
think Kathleen's penis binding/breast binding analogy served the purpose of
illustrating the painful effects of binding an engorged organ...Of course one
would not open such a discussion with a casual aquaintance, she did say this
was an old and dear friend.
(That wasn't too messy now, was it?)
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC