Breastfeeding profile pictures- more than likely will cause a bunfight

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Im pro breastfeeding- 100%. But I really don't like seeing a woman with an exposed breast (and nipple showing) feeding her child as a profile pic. In a photo album fine, but for people to see that photo when they post on a friend of theres wall or comment on someone elses status with no choice but to see it is not right imo.
AIBU? (I know I am really but just wanted to muster up a discussion to distract me from decoratingwhile away the hours)

I'm always amazed that here on MN, there are more threads (possibly not including the feminist topic) about women needlessly exposing themselves whilst breastfeeding, flopping their whole boob out for all and sundry to see, than complaining about tits out type mags for men and the fact that these mags are a daily sight for many women and their children.
Many womens magazines have more breast on show on the front cover than your average breastfeeding photo.

Get a grip folks :)

So I've been reliably told rhubarb. Not so much on FB, but on the www.

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YABU. I dislike tea, but I don't object to seeing a picture of tea. It's just tea. A breast is just a breast. And I think breastfeeding pictures are rather lovely.

It's not really the boob bit I'm not keen on, per se, but the attitude that goes with flopping out said boob. If it was just a woman feeding her baby and she flashed a bit of flesh then fine, whatever. But it's the 'look at meeeee I'm BREASTFEEDING' eyness of having it as your profile pic.

I think breastfeeding pictures are rather lovely.

I don't. But in the same way I don't think pictures of other people's kids/pets/arse are rather lovely, not because the sight of breastfeeding offends me iyswim.

Yabu

Just done a search loopy, can't find anything in Google images or on Google itself.

haven't read the thread, I could probably guess what it says though..

But I don't know why anyone would feel the need to have a picture of them breastfeeding as a profile picture. For me it just smacks of needing to flaunt the fact, and is just attention seeking. So you have breasts and you can feed a baby. Big deal, why should anyone need to know? or care for that matter?

I certainly don't think it's offensive per se, if that's what floats your boat then carry on. But I do think that people do it to make a provocative statement.

OK here's my list, worst to best

1. Ugly people in inappropriate fancy dress yuk
2. Profile pictures as own children you are not your own child and they may want to decide their own online presence when older
3. Scenery with person as a tiny dot you are not famous or important
4. Pets see number 2
5. Simpsons avatars -ffs--
6. Trout pout teen

27. Nipples with breastfeeding you could have a picture without spare nipplige for the tender hearted

28. Just breastfeeding

29. Just a nice picture of the person's face

DON'T READ THIS POST OP!!

(I am breastfeeding while typing)

I'm all for breastfeeding - did it myself for ages.

However, with the photos/pictures, there is the "Performance Parenting" aspect. It sometimes comes across as one-upmanship (or one-upboobship, even).

And when out feeding, if someone's getting on with it and you see a flash of boobage, well, so what, but it is different when I see women who look round beatifically with a rather smug look on their faces. To me that's no different from the loud parent asking Tarquin to find the organic starfruit in Waitrose.

Ooo one of the worst is the "myspace" shot, where there's a pouty picture taken from above and slightly to the side, that people do to make themselves look attractive and thinner.

its not really different though is it. a breast with a baby next to it is no different to one without a baby next to it. so why exactly would you find a topless women less acceptable than one breast feeding if they are indeed just breasts.

I don't understand why anyone would post a picture of themselves Bfeeding? Can anyone explain?

I'll be breastfeeding mine when she's born (hopefully) but I certainly don't want to be photographed doing it, much less disseminating pictures of it on the web!

"it is different when I see women who look round beatifically with a rather smug look on their faces"

Bloody hell, next time I breastfeed I'll wear a mask just in case my face is arranged wrongly!

And they wonder why mums are so sensitive when we have to worry about people judging our profile photos and facial expressions FGS!!!

As a rule I try to keep my breasts off the internet.

mini I think someone made the point about context earlier in relation to your question. BF isn't a sexual thing, as opposed to posing provocatively with no top on.

Scarlet, well on FB people generally post photos of things that they have enjoyed doing, are important to them, have made them happy and are suitable for a general audience.

Some people would think that them breastfeeding their child fell into that category.

I try to keep my boobs off the internet too but they are so independent! I caught one of them sending an email the other day (think way saggy and a laptop on my well erm lap).

How very dare facebook decide that mens nipples are fine and womens are banned!

Also protecting young people from breast feeding? Isn't that like the total opposite of the WHO message?

There's some discussion of it on Aitch's blw page on FB, Rhubarb. Althoguh I think it may be Timeline cover pictures rather than profile pictures.

Surely other people's profile pictures, unless you actually look at their profile itself, only appear as tiny thumbnails? You'd only get a couple of pixels of possible areola, at most.

How does one avoid looking beatific when breastfeeding? Is it best just to adopt an expression of anger/fear/other emotion to avoid falling into the "looking beatific" trap?

Ok so what do we think about breastfeeding while wearing an (ordinary) dress while sitting in a busy restaurant. I.e. sitting in a pair of tights with your dress up around your waist, back to the room so everyone can see exactly what you're doing, showing off lots of side and back bum through the normal high backed chair your sitting on? The woman in question had carefully chosen her outfit for the occasion, and told me that she'd decided to wear that dress because it was loose and she could pull it up high enough to breast feed? When someone pointed out that the woman was flashing a lot of leg (and the rest) she replied 'but my tights are 50 denier' .

I have breastfed for 28 months of my life and counting, and can't say I've ever felt the need to do that. Am no prude but my concern is that fucking ridiculous, exhibitionist behaviour like that is likely to fuel negative attitudes towards breastfeeding women.

Sorry, is a bit off topic. Breastfeeding pics as FB profiles scream exhibitionism too IMO. That said the Miranda Kerr photo was beautiful.

Scarlet, why do people post pictures of themselves as children/their own children/their pets/cartoon characters/assorted arty shots not actually of themselves as their profile pictures?

I'm not actually bf DD2 in my profile picture, but I am wearing a fairly low-cut top and cradling her. If I had been bf her at the time I don't think the picture would have looked different except that you'd have seen the back of her head rather than the side.

So is my profile picture exhibitionist? If so, why? If it isn't, but it would be exhibitionist if I had been bf her, what would I be being exhibitionist about? The back of her head (which admittedly is very cute as she has a double crown)? You wouldn't see any more of me than you do in my current picture.