Hanna Rosin

The Scientific Benefits of Breastfeeding

May 14, 2009




There are a great many Web sites and studies out there that talk about the benefits of breastfeeding. Like much of the stuff on the Web, they have been written at different stages in time, may or may not have been updated, may be based on science or may be based on what someone heard [...]

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The Economics of Breastfeeding: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

April 24, 2009




This month two very different positions have emerged about the economics of breastfeeding. Someone reading either of these stories on their own could be led to believe a conclusion about the financial aspects of breastfeeding that is not entirely complete. I want to tell you a bit about what they both said and then try [...]

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The Case Against Breastfeeding: The Voices

March 18, 2009




I’ll admit it. Sometimes I write things to get a rise out of people. Sometimes it is one sentence. Sometimes a whole post. But I have to bow in complete reverence to Hanna Rosin in terms of her ability to get people going. If she’d written her article as a personal story, one woman’s experience, [...]

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The Case Against Breastfeeding: Is it Anti-Feminist?

March 17, 2009




In her article The Case Against Breastfeeding in The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin attacks breastfeeding from both a scientific and feminist perspective. I plan to respond to both of them, but the scientific one will take more research and I may only get to it next month (Here it is: The Scientific Benefits of Breastfeeding). However, [...]

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