Posts Tagged ‘breastfeeding in public’

• Why breastfeeding mothers rock at multitasking

  Date: 2011.03.30 | Category: Breastfeeding | Response: 0

  I read this article commenting about a new study of how society sees breastfeeding women, and I just had to share. Please head over to Miller-McCune and read how breastfeeding women are seen as less competent, and apparently as especially less competent in math. It’s a fascinating read, and a really well-written piece.

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• Breastfeeding in public

  Date: 2011.03.24 | Category: Breastfeeding | Response: 11

  Apparently, breasts are so sexualized that breastfeeding in public still produces hot debates, and are a nice topic for the “mommy wars”, especially online. Here is my perspective. I’ve been breastfeeding for the last (nearly) five years. The right to breastfeeding in public is guaranteed in most places, even though a few unlucky women end up being criticized (notice those nurse-ins organized after a mom was told to leave a public space if she “insisted” on nursing?). Public breastfeeding is more about the baby’s right to eat than the mother’s right to breastfeed.

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