Comments on: You Know This Would All be Different if Men Could Breastfeed

By: radical mama

radical mama — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:04:00 +0000

Youtube also has the naked Angelina Jolie scene in Beowulf. I mean, of course, they do. We all know who the audience is for that clip, right? Grrr.

By: Lawyer Mama

Lawyer Mama — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:56:00 +0000

Sing it, sister! I couldn’t agree more. Breasts = toys for boys. How sad.

By: Amy [Taste Like Crazy]

Amy [Taste Like Crazy] — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:45:00 +0000

“distinction without a difference”

I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head with that.

By: Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:05:00 +0000

Well said. It amazes me that they would forbid something as innocent as breastfeeding while allowing these other much more sexually-oriented videos. You hit the nail on the head about the reasons.

It’s interesting, the cousin of a friend of mine has ovarian cancer and she said one of her pet peeves is how much more attention breast cancer gets than ovarian cancer. It crossed my mind that it was because men care more about breasts. But then I thought I was being ridiculous. But the more I think about it the more I think that may be part of it, as you said – breast cancer is ‘sexier.’

By: Julie Pippert

Julie Pippert — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:58:00 +0000

BRAVO!!!

I completely agree with your small and large points.

I think it is disgusting and a sad statement on YouTube that they consider feeding a child from the breast sexually explicit...how perverted are they?!

Also? While searching for songs about cats on YouTube for the kids?

We ran across a young lady petting her cat. And I say that VERY euphemistically.

And that's not sexually explicit?

Julie
Using My Words

By: Florinda

Florinda — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:02:00 +0000

“It’s not really about inappropriateness, but about how women are viewed by men.”

That’s exactly what I think is going on here. Men aren’t interested in seeing a “working” breast, if you will. They like their toys, but not when the kids are using them.

I think you’ve done a great job of relating this to the bigger picture of society’s lack of respect for women – a constant reminder of how far we still have to go.