It is most likely «strange» for you because you have grown up in a culture which
sexualizes breasts and uses them to sell cars and clothing rather than highlight why we actually have them.
I never even planned on breastfeeding him since society has
sexualized breasts so much I felt uncomfortable with the idea of breastfeeding.
«We have
sexualized the breast to the point where we assume that it is a sexual thing rather than a tool for nursing.»
I feel like part of the discomfort stems from how
sexualized breasts have become.
Just because some of our societies around the world have
sexualized breasts does not change the fact that the reason we have them is to feed our children.
For some reason, our culture here in the US has
sexualized breast feeding once the kid is old enough to ask for it, which is ridiculous.
YOU (bagel shop man) have
sexualized my breasts.
So when one of the best ways to prevent breast cancer is breastfeeding and you are «raising breast cancer awareness» by
sexualizing breasts, I just don't get it.
It says: «I think people are more comfortable
sexualizing breast than relating them to what they were actually made for which is feeding another human.»
I am not shocked to see the cover... just think it's an attempt of TIME to catch people's attention by
sexualizing breast feeding instead of showing it as it really is... a nurturing bond between a mother and child.
But I have a totally new view on breasts in general, specifically the fact that I'm hyper - aware of how
sexualized breasts are in the media.
Too bad we have
sexualized the breast to the extent where women don't feel comfortable using them for what they're intended for.
Women's stories, leading lactation professionals, archival footage, religious iconography, and formula advertisements show how mothers» authority was co-opted by medical professionals, and how they have been pressured to forfeit their nourishing breasts in favor of highly
sexualized breasts.
In the States and in our culture,
we sexualize the breast so much that there's an aspect of it that people just don't know how to wrap their head around the idea of showing your breast in public.
Milano had the perfect response to Internet trolls who criticized her for posting photos of herself breastfeeding: «You know, I think people are more comfortable
sexualizing breasts than relating them to what they were made for, which is feeding another human.
Not exact matches
We have so
sexualized a woman's
breasts that we have completely forgotten they are first and foremost for the nourishment of the young.
Yes,
breasts are
sexualized.
All of us moms grow up in a culture where
breasts are
sexualized and we have to overcome that if we want to breastfeed.
I'm fed up of my
breasts being «hijacked» by being
sexualized by the general public.
The
breast has become such a
sexualized body part that their other function, nourishing a child, seems to have been forgotten.
Who else here is willing to bet that at least SOME of the NCB nutters who think a midwife stimulating a clitoris or groping
breasts uninvited is okay are the same ones who bitch and moan about
breasts being overly
sexualized when it comes to breastfeeding in public?
Sexualizing any aspect of patient care, or justifying the provider's desire to fondle the
breasts or genitals of the patient by convincing her that birth, or gynecological exams or mammograms are sexual is a violation of that sacred trust.
Sometimes this is for a laugh; the producers of Friends, for example, apparently loved the idea of grown - ass men not being able to handle seeing a woman's
breast without
sexualizing it.
So, I just feel like it's a lot of lack of nutrition — education about the nutrition of baby and because of that, we don't realize what
breast are for so we
sexualize them and kind of negated its real purpose for them.
But whether you like it or not,
breasts are
sexualized by Western culture.
While Gina makes a relatable point about the life of a working parent with a baby at home, the tension - filled scene
sexualizes breastfeeding by conflating the couple's physical relationship and her need to express
breast milk.
And the fact that any breastfeeding's happening seems truly miraculous when you actually think about all the forces on us, telling us about what the
breast is for and all the forces on us telling us the importance of being
sexualized couples and the importance of being sexy.
Women's
breasts being so
sexualized that everything we do with them being
sexualized as well.
Breasts are
sexualized and it is almost deemed abnormal to breastfeed, especially in public.
Breasts are not a play toy and
sexualizing breastfeeding is what makes people like you feel uncomfortable.
Another user, ejoelleduval, said, «I hate that
breasts have become so
sexualized that they have lost their original purpose in the public mind.
The American
breast been
sexualized and used to sell products.
The
breast has been
sexualized and we have forgotten that the true purpose is to feed our babies.
In the multi-media installation «Known / Unknown: Plague Column» at PPOW, Schneemann examines the history of health and illness in a gender context, where permutated cancer cells metastasize amid a background of religious symbolism; no doubt a comment on how female diseases like
breast cancer have had received only lagging attention until recently when, in a bizarre twist, campaigns promoting
breast cancer awareness are now trivialized into marketing tools and even at times overtly
sexualized.