"If we can accept and even celebrate such innate bodily abilities as running a mile or having sex in every position in the Kama Sutra, why is breastfeeding such a touchy subject?
When it comes to the biological role of breasts, everyone is a victim or an aggressor. If we support breastfeeding, we are insensitive rabid activists. If we don?t support breastfeeding, we are demonic child abusers. Successful nursers are smug hippies, and those couldn?t or wouldn?t should never be exposed to breastfeeding support or advice because it will make them feel inferior.
Talking about breastfeeding in America is a double edged sword wrapped in a catch 22, leaving a perfectly natural part of life a tangle of regrets, anger, indignation and scorn. Isn?t it ironic that the benefits of bodily functions, in relation to exercise and sex, are easy to discuss, but when the same facts are presented about nursing a baby, they somehow become insipid intimations of unrealistic expectations and ultimately?failure as a woman.
Perhaps it?s time to let go of the guilt, guile and distaste surrounding breastfeeding and just let it be what it is: something that works for mama and baby, or something that does not. And leave it at that"