Erasing mothers from breastfeeding.

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ixqik · 20/03/2022 02:05

One woman's experience with the Australian Breastfeeding Association: Sacked for insisting that only women breastfeed.

Make no mistake that this is also endemic in the UK charities.

If you don't have time for the video, her experiences are recounted here in a peer reviewed journal as well.

worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn/article/view/802

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Goannaforanna · 20/03/2022 03:41

I know there's been issues, but this doesn't all add up. Was she sacked before or after she went to the media?

Glendaruel · 20/03/2022 02:40

I had a discussion at one group who were changing to chest feeding. I pointed out I did not feed from my chest. Men have breast tissue and can get breast cancer and therefore to use term chest feeding was actually to deny this, which could make it harder for a man going through this.

Kennykenkencat · 20/03/2022 02:33

At some point people will die because they are told over and over that TWAW and TMAM and will overlook the fact they aren’t

Biologically we cannot change our sex. Trans women and trans men are still male and female respectively.
We will have TW dying of cancer because sending them to get their prostrate checked out will be seen as transphobic.

The language used to be inclusive just ends up excluding more people than it includes. It does the exact opposite to what it says it wants to do.
I see posters advertising companies where they say that they are an inclusive and diverse company and no one is excluded

Then when you read the small print on how they hire people it says the opposite.
If you are straight and white you might as well forget it.

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