Sentences with phrase «women feel guilty»

Milk is usually formula but a doctor told me that it was fine to feed a baby cows milk cut with water, that they just make women feel guilty to sell formula.

«Many women feel guilty taking time for themselves, but for happiness and good health, you need an inspiring purpose,» says Andrea Pennington, an integrative medicine physician and wellness coach.

We have to find balance between promoting breastmilk as the healthiest food option for babies, and making women feel guilty about being unable to breastfeed.

It seems like every aspect of motherhood has some sort insidious aspect of it, designed by a patriarchal society to make women feel guilty for feeling anything other than what some nebulous entity has decided they should feel, or making a decision that doesn't follow some pre-determined path.

«I will not make women feel guilty for not breastfeeding, because I don't want to feel guilty for my child not being breastfed».

As for promoting guilt, when we pussyfoot around about making women feel guilty, we are patronising them — how can anyone make an informed choice if information is deliberately withheld?

Too many women feel guilty or disappointed that they didn't get the delivery experience they dreamed of, but that's like feeling guilty or disappointed that you didn't get the plane trip you dreamed of.

It is wrong to make women feel guilty for doing what is natural, good for Mom, and good for Baby, rather than educate them on how to do it safely.

The notion of a Mom happily taking care of the kids and house all day * by herself * is a nutty 20th Century notion that seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of making women feel guilty.

It is about deliberately making some women feel guilty so other women can feel superior to them.

In one oddly worded article, Dr. Jack Newman, author of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, writes that the concept of mother guilt is just another ploy of breastfeeding detractors; that we should not stop promoting breastfeeding just because it makes women feel guilty.

They have done everything in their power to make men and women feel guilty about having sex with each other, while the leadership was having homosexual relations behind closed doors.

«So often, I see so many women feel guilty [about their work - life balance], but they isolate it.

In order to prevent women feeling guilty about not breastfeeding what is required is not avoiding promotion of breastfeeding, but promotion of breastfeeding coupled with good, knowledgeable and skillful support.

(Not pressuring her to breastfeed, it should be noted, because «you wouldn't want to make a woman feel guilty for not breastfeeding».)

No group should make a woman feel guilty about the decisions she made. . .

TV makeover shows and glossy magazines can leave women feeling guilty for not wearing «sexy» lingerie — especially on Valentine's Day.

Maybe I'm just tired of simpering weak women feeling guilty about the past.

Not exact matches

The same way no one should feel guilty about, say, wanting to hurt others, stealing money, or raping women.

A woman may also feel guilty for helping to prosecute a man who continues to profess his love for her.

Religion teaches women who've had abortions that they really, really need to feel guilty for having murdered their babies.

She felt guilty if she did not sing in the choir, attend all women's meetings and teach Sunday school.

If the woman has truly done nothing wrong, then she should never feel guilty or shameful, now should she?

Rachel: Kathy, What can Christian women do to recognize and celebrate their ambitions rather than feel guilty about them?

Guilt, guilty knowledge, and guilty feelings are not the same thing; men and women can have the knowledge without the feelings, and they can have the feelings without the fact.

Women are made to feel guilty for trying to acquire an independent source of income.

As woman you subconsiously feel guilty for not fitting that role and it can really wear a soul down.

I think religion has made women feel far more guilty than men about their natural urges.

However, please can we not treat every man as if they are not guilty before proven innocent and not treat every woman as if they have nothing to take ownership for with their feelings and conduct either?

Again in order that this issue be addressed can we whilst being attentive to the justice and equality needs of women not create a society of fear and retribution where every man is treated s guilty before being proven innocent and not treat every woman as if they have nothing to take ownership for with their feelings and conduct either?

So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)

I really loved Natasha's (Natural Urban Mama's) post about this, http://blog.naturalurbanmamas.com/?p=1998, because she calls attention to the fact that women are feeling so guilty and ashamed about their parenting choices that they are projecting it onto this issue when it is so obviously not about that.

Women don't seek out the support that is there because they're afraid that if they ultimately decide to formula - feed they will be made to feel guilty about not trying harder.

Regarding the pressure to breastfeed, Tuteur says the movement makes mothers who have difficulty feel unduly guilty — and the supposed long - term health benefits that motivate women to breastfeed are not definitive.

Looking back at how I behaved with other women on message forums and real life, I feel extremely guilty.

I was made to feel guilty and still feel a little jealous when I see other women do it successfully.

The line is firmly tongue - in - cheek, but the truth is women often feel guilty for receiving any kind of intervention during labor, from IV medication to a vacuum extraction to a c - section.

And why do so many women report feeling guilty for discontinuing or supplementing?

Women do feel guilty if they don't breastfeed but they need to be shown how to breastfeed properly and alternatives such as pumping.

While we can argue whether women themselves are entirely, or even predominantly, responsible for constantly feeling guilty, I see so much truth in...

If you were planning to have a natural birth but change your mind during labour, you shouldn't feel disappointed or guilty; although most women are told about the pain caused by labour, nothing can prepare you for the actual feeling and if you can't handle the pain without a little help this is completely normal.

In Fear of Flying, Erica Jong said, «Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.»

As women, we're made to feel guilty if we don't want to become mothers.

It is also encouraging for women who would like to supplement, but feel guilty about it.

Women should do what they want regarding this issue and not feel guilty.

As a society, breastfeeding needs to be encouraged, but in a gentle and supportive way, and women who have problems should be offered help, and not made to feel guilty when they cant

When it comes down to it, my right to ensure that my baby doesn't get exposed to formula trumps the rights of adult women not to feel guilty or the victims of paternalism.

It foists on women a particular paradigm of what a mother «should be» in such a way that a) can make her feel guilty for not conforming within those parameters b) limits her ability to figure out her own version of motherhood that would better benefit everyone in the family unit because she's so busy handling everything on her own.

I read a great article by an MD that talks about how doctors are afraid to really educate women on the benefits of breastfeeding because they don't want to make moms feel guilty.

Seeking help shouldn't be something that new fathers put off, for like women who suffer from postpartum depression, dads can also experience those scary symptoms like feeling guilty about their childcare or wanting to cause harm to themselves or their children.