Breastfeeding support group wants to allow males

Well, people are not able to meet in groups properly at the moment. And babies still need to be fed and nursing mothers will still have problems and worries that need help and guidance. So, what would put you off sharing photos would be voyeurs. You know other nursing mothers are going through the same thing and breastfeeding advisors have the knowledge to impart. These breastfeeding leaders will probably also have breastfed themselves. Someone who is neither looking at the photos would make you think twice. Sadly also limit a nursing mothers's ability to get advice.

and I would have wanted limits on who could possibly see close-up pictures of my breast too

How do you propose limiting who is going to see these pictures once they are posted? It seems the height of naivety to think no one outside the group will be able to access them.

Can men breastfeed?

Yes.

health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/why-men-have-nipples1.htm

OP with you all the way on this

Ignore the people who think it is entirely normal to think that men are entitled to be in all our spaces.

It’s not

That right is conditional on getting the titties out for the lads on the internet, is it?

Why are you sexualising breastfeeding? No-one else has done that on the thread, all some posters have said is that maybe normalising breastfeeding and men supporting their partners/learning about it could be a good thing.

Why are some women and men so keen to break down understandable boundaries

What are they trying to achieve from this ?

If normalising that is the aim, surely these males could better support the normalising of breastfeeding as part of a public campaign. They won't get mastitis or suffer from a bad latch. or worry about their milk supply. I don't understand what is in it for them to be party to the photos of the breastfeeding breasts. If you rule the obvious out.

Hmm. It is a group where you can post pictures of something which is wrong or baby's latch. Others in the group can view the pictures to learn and offer their help

The posting intimate photos online for others to look at seems problematic in itself to me!
Unless OP meant they've done that in a RL group rather than a FB one, as you wouldn't know who was viewing your photos or where they'd end up if the latter...

Women do not need to sacrifice their personal comfort and every personal boundary they have on the internet in order to be entitled to breastfeed outside their own home.

There is a difference between a woman breastfeeding in public and putting a close-up photo of a latch on the internet. I was very picky about where I breastfed in public, and I would have wanted limits on who could possibly see close-up pictures of my breast too.

If I needed to see a GP for a breastfeeding issue, would it be unreasonable if I was only willing to show my GP, and not an entire waiting room of men and women, too?

I am going to walk away from this thread for a bit because otherwise I will get banned. We are in a pandemic, women can't meet up with antenatal friends, normal drop-in services have gone, and all some women have left is online groups.

And on a feminism forum, you're saying women have to have men as members of a private facebook group in order to justify having the right to breastfeed in public. That right is conditional on getting the titties out for the lads on the internet, is it?

Shy. Really

What about religious women.

And really just what about women who don’t want men in their breastfeeding groups.

Jeez what is so hard to understand about that. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Hmm. It is a group where you can post pictures of something which is wrong or baby's latch. Others in the group can view the pictures to learn and offer their help.

It isn't a public campaign. Tough legislation which means a woman won't be thrown off a bus or asked to feed her baby in a toilet would mean a lot more for breastfeeding mothers. Or businesses to provide facilities for expressing milk and storing it.

It doesn't appear to be about normalising breastfeeding and making it easier for breastfeeding mothers to breastfeed.

It’s colonisation.

Why do some professional s think it’s oh so cool to think that breastfeeding women have to have men in their groups

Give over and stop pandering to men

Set up a group for the interest Ed men and crack on with that

If you were that shy you can use an alias this is online were talking about not a face to face group.

Nope, I'm not being picky. It's a breastfeeding support group for people who breastfeed.
Well I’ve always called it boobing. I wouldn’t expect to be excluded for that choice. And you don’t get to tell me what to call it either.

Well maybe just maybe some women don’t want men to be in a breastfeeding group.

That’s why

The men can go to a group on how to support your partner when she is breastfeeding

Good grief. I personally don’t care if ftm trans people want to join a breastfeeding group. They are biologically female and can breastfeed so I’m sure it would be relevant. But letting Transwomen in seems bizarre full stop. There is literally no good reason for that to be allowed.

Likewise changing basic biological terminology isn’t inclusive it’s actually excluding women whose body parts are involved. I really just can’t understand what people are thinking these days.

So do we say to men it,s none of your business? Hw then do we help a father to support his partner? How then do we normalise BF in a way where boobs are not just for sex in a mans eyes?
Why then do we except advice from a male doctor but not allow men to discuss learn about bf?

But by saying men not allowed we are saying this is a private matter

Thinking about it, yes, isn't it better that it isn't seen as something secret, to hide away, and to normalise breastfeeding?

Assoaciation of breast feeding mothers allows men.
Le leche league allows men, Breast feeding network allows me. The best book I read about Bf was mostly written by a man. The groups I went to were very occaionally attended by a man for 5-10 mins. Normally women. But by saying men not allowed we are saying this is a private matter. This can be used against us. 9yes it,s private so cover up and do it in private.)