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"Chestfeeding"

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elusivemoosive · 20/01/2017 13:48

This was shared on my fb.

www.romper.com/p/9-reasons-why-i-call-it-chestfeeding-you-should-too-31215?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=romperbf

I am long term lurker. I am Spartacus. Is this for real?? Is this a view held by... well, anyone?

The jist of it is thus: the term breastfeeding is inaccurate and triggering for transmen, so we should call it chestfeeding (also, if you don't you are a jerk, so ner). And, if I am understanding it correctly, not just for transmen, but for all women.

I feel so ... fffffffff.

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LuluLovesFruitcakes · 20/01/2017 14:29

Men have breast tissue. They can get breast cancer. Fucking chest-feeding. Hmm

thedancingbear · 20/01/2017 14:29

I'm led to understand that, if a man stuffs himself sufficiently with the (in-)appropriate hormones, ultimately he will be capable of lactation. (For the avoidance of doubt, I have no fetish interest here, but I am good at biology)

thedancingbear · 20/01/2017 14:28

I am male. That small flabby bit around by nipple is, undeniably, a breast. In the exceedingly unlikely event that i were to lactate, it would be my breast that issued forth, not my chest.

I'm not altogether onboard with the anti-trans thing that seems to preoccupy this board, but the point at hand here does seem entirely nonsensical. It's simply a misuse of English, and there is nothing that offends or upsets me more than that.

PacificDogwod · 20/01/2017 14:26

Oh, goody, a fetish, why I am not very surprised?!

It is such a whole load of bollocks, isn't it?
FFS.
Because the world has nothing else to worry about... Hmm

ChocChocPorridge · 20/01/2017 14:23

male-to-female transperson could be made to lactate (I don't know, not an expert), but it would still be breast feeding

Yeah.. do not go down that rabbit hole.. there's an entire fetish for it.

AmeliaJack · 20/01/2017 14:21

Just out of interest can anyone link to stats regarding the numbers of male to female and female to male trans people in the U.K. and elsewhere?

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 20/01/2017 14:16

It's complete and utter bollocks, OP. If you're feeling brave you might say something about men having breast tissue too. It's not just women.

PacificDogwod · 20/01/2017 14:09

Male breast ca - don't mean to derail, just FYI.

PacificDogwod · 20/01/2017 14:08

Breastfeeding is called that because the milk comes from breasts, not chests.

NB Men can and do get breast cancer, they can produce milk. I would imagine that a male-to-female transperson could be made to lactate (I don't know, not an expert), but it would still be breast feeding.

CommonFramework · 20/01/2017 14:06

Oh, FFS.

HairyLittlePoet · 20/01/2017 14:03

These phrases "chestfeeding" "female penis" are the magic midget gems that produce peaktrans in droves.

Don't hate on the insanity. It's ace.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 20/01/2017 13:58

Surely this is inaccurate because men do have breast tissue. It's only a small amount, but it is there - so changing the term to chestfeeding is completely unnecessary - and to claim it does, displays woeful ignorance of male anatomy on the part of the writer.

It's also why men should check their breast area for lumps too, because they can get breast cancer (though a far lower incidence than in women).

ageingrunner · 20/01/2017 13:53

No, just no. Enough.

AmeliaJack · 20/01/2017 13:52

Sorry I can't see the link but I have a quick question.

Men (born men) can get breast cancer. It's not called "chest cancer" just because they are men.

ExitPursuedBySpartacus · 20/01/2017 13:52

Every day's a new day.

Ginmakesitallok · 20/01/2017 13:50

Anyone who feeds children directly from their body does through via their breasts. Breasts make milk, chests don't.