Saturday, July 28, 2007

Breasts

This was started on a message board, but I feel the need to go off for a little bit longer. First visit here http://www.007b.com/breast_obsession.php
Then at least go here http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php
If it wasn't considered pornographic, I would post a picture of my breasts here, but if I remember correctly the thing on blogger said something about not posting pornographic images. I think it might end up in a fight, I don't want that now. But anyways, my breasts have been milk makers for five and a half years. It makes me sick when I hear things like, "Oh, I am not going to breastfeed, it will make my breasts sag" or too big, or I heard they get smaller, bullshit. It makes me want to strangle women, or they boyfriends/husbands for making these women hate their breasts, for thinking that they aren't perfect, when perfection doesn't exist. Look at those pictures of breasts, look and try to tell me that breasts are sexual objects. Their use is to make milk. That's all, they are no more sexual that an ear that someone kisses, do we have surgery to make our ears look better? I am sure that some people do, never mind that. Do we cover up our ears? Oh my god, Jack kissed my neck last night, I shall never show it in public again, I shall wear a scarf to not show the sexualness of my neck. What the hell is wrong with us that we have to hate and cover our bodies in such a way? This is why breastfeeding is failing. And what can we do about it? I mean to not stare at a woman while she is nursing, she is going to think you are uncomfortable with her nursing. To say something will make her self-conscious of it and then you loose. Either way, you loose, because we have went so far in hating our bodies, that I am not sure if we can go back. Oh, I am sure that we can, I am a little over dramatic. I know this. But we need to start with something other than breastfeeding. We need to make sure that young girls realize that their breasts are their breasts, and to love them no matter what.

3 comments:

hamadryad said...

my boobs sagged during pregancy & from losing weight. it wasn't so much the milk making.

Mama said...

I hear you and one thing that drives me even crazier is when people say they had a c-section because they were:

scared of the pain
didn't want their hoohah (god I hate that word) stretched out
wanted family member to be there for the birth

etc...it drives me nuts.

Wine Bottle Art said...

When I gave birth to my three I thought I would be the last one on earth to give birth naturally - ok it was in the hospital but with no drugs - closest thing that was acceptable with your DAD. Going home the next morning was unheard of and breast feeding was considered old fashion. While you are in the picture it's hard to see what it ahead. There will always be those who will go what they think are the easier way. I think that natural childbirth was the easy way. I wasn't drugged up and neither were the kids. I had to fight to nurse on the delivery table and had to fight to go home the next day, but I did. I nursed you while pregnant with your brother and was told I had to stop. Didn't for quite a while and Matt was ok - well maybe ok. Anyway, there will always be those who take different routes in life but in the same turn there will always be those who do what's best for their children despite the lastest trends. While your Grandma Suchyta was still giving birth at home or with a midwife - your Grandma Sleek was giving birth in the hospital with drugs. Some things don't chage it just appears that they do.