Comments on: Breastfeeding Nazis

By: MomTFH

MomTFH — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:25 +0000

Oh, good point about the search engine thing. Ha, well, I’m glad they’re ranting on your poston it instead of my older one.

I just can’t imagine telling people who are defending a fairly non controversially healthy practice that needs encouragement that they have a bad attitude while calling them names and being outrageously judgmental and rude.

The world is full of shallow, mean, hypocrites. I am still an idealist, however, and it still makes me frustrated when I see it.

By: MomTFH

MomTFH — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:38:20 +0000

Jef, translated:

Harshly domineering and dictatorial…like, let’s see, someone telling women that they can’t feed their kid the best way (like your wife did for all four of your kids), and accusing them of having bizarre ulterior motives (like “feminism” – we all know how motherhood and breastfeeding are such a stereotypical feminist cause – WHAT?) , and being COMPLETELY intolerant of their breastfeeding in public. Right.

Please tolerate MY desire to control your behavior and your feeding of your child! Please tolerate my HARSH ranting about your motives! Please ignore my attitude when I complain about your ugly stretchmarked boobs! Please tolerate my domineering attitude about your feeding choices!

Breastfeeding is not a cause, but harassing women about it is?

Oh, the irony, it burns!

By: MomTFH

MomTFH — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:32:33 +0000

How about separating yourself from guys like Jef? Who is putting out the attitude? The people who legitimately support a healthy practice or someone who is ranting about ugly boobs and mysterious feminist conspiracies?

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:26:41 +0000

@MomTFH:

I find the comments annoying and upsetting too. My hope, however, is that they are not reflective of society overall. My hope is that generally most people go about their lives without taking particular notice of how a woman chooses to feed her baby. At least my experience with nursing two children whenever and wherever has shown me that most people do not care. There are jerks out there, for sure, and I think that this post is a magnet for them because they are the ones who go off to Google searching on the term “Breastfeeding Nazi” and land here.

By: MomTFH

MomTFH — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:02 +0000

Seriously? I wish I wasn’t subscribed to this thread.

There are more people on this thread ranting about militant breastfeeders than there are militant breastfeeders. I have never met anyone who shoves their boobs in anyone’s face, or who is more concerned with feminism than feeding their newborn. And I trained as as midwife. Calling people names like “Nazi” and painting them to be evil boogeymen does NOT make it so, and is even worse coming from people who claim to support breastfeeding.

Scientific literature researches obstacles to breastfeeding. Most common? My husband will have an issue with it, think I’m less sexy. Next? Being judged for it, especially in public, by trolls like these. Not mentioned? Those damn middle aged militant boob in my face thrusting political feminists!!

The hostility from these comments is seriously upsetting and disturbing. And is ample proof that posts like this are necessary.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:20 +0000

I do have to say that I find it disturbing having to constantly separate myself from the bad examples of lacto-moms. It’s getting like being part of an infamous club everytime people find out I work for lactation education. We really need to work on the public image to further the education and standing instead of being such separatists of the opinion that it’s our way or the highway. My husband feels exactly like that guy, and I understand the point. It’s not about “seeing” anything, it’s more about the attitude people are putting out there.

By: Greta

Greta — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:32:39 +0000

Yeah, I think that guy is just kind of a $&#@-head.

By: zchamu

zchamu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:55 +0000

Ah. Troll. Also? Lame.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:09:33 +0000

Am I the only one who has actually never seen a “boob hanging out” when I’ve seen a mother NIP???

As someone said, it’s not about you. It seems to me your personal hang up over the potential glimpse of a nipple is more important than a child’s right to be fed. That’s messed up.

By: Jef

Jef — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:43:10 +0000

thanks for proving my point. Maybe if you’d quit focusing on being a rights driven feminist and more on being a member of society, there would be a better discussion on breastfeeding and its benefits and stories about “feed-ins” and debates over showing in public wouldn’t exist.
I’m done here but I’ll make my point…you obviously care more about forcing your will on others that educating ppl about a healthier lifestyle. As usual when discussing or hearing ppl discuss breastfeeding, I get the distinct impression that here it is more a subject of feminist positions than parenting.
And yes my wife laughed when I showed her this because even she says the biggest opponent she has in trying to get young mothers to commit to breastfeeding are the middle aged women breastfeeding activists who are more political activist than mother and give it a bad name.
Either way, I support breastfeeding and think it’s definitely better that formula, but I do believe that proper discretion(and the post with the pic of a woman in a burqa is a beautiful way to go over the top with your desc) may not be the law, but it is respectful of those around you without the desire to see your breast.
The same old defense of other women wearing low cut tops just sounds more like jealous feminist than someone with a valid poit. This over the top feminism is hurting the cause of reintroducing breastfeeding as a primary method, but as i said, I get the distinct impression this is more about getting to have a cause than it is about actually breastfeeding.

I will not respond or read anymore as this is getting tedious and lame, so feel free to rant and man bash to your heart’s desire…..but as far as the “Nazi” label…Yeah I think it fits- Nazi: n, …b : one who is likened to a German Nazi : a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person. Please tolerate other ppl’s desire NOT TO HAVE TO SEE YOU BOOB HANGING OUT.
So yeah, feminazis, breastfeeding nazis, hippies without a cause…whatever it is, sounds more like feminism is more important than motherhood some of the time.