Extended bf pic

[VictorianSqualor]

Don't know if this has been linked before but isn't the picture in this article lovely?

the translation is hilarious

draagdoeken means 'slings' - literally 'carry cloths'

puddles is the translation of her surname Fio.

If you think that picture of a nursing mum is provactive, what do you think of this one?

wish mine looked like this

Looks like a Gap advert to me.

Think policy's analysis is spot on. Thoroughly agree with "it's a shame that women are objectified every frickin moment of the livelong day". But like it or not, the sexualised female image is everywhere, and this kind of stuff clearly appeals to many women as well as men, so maybe it's just the thing to get more girls into breastfeeding. On the other hand they might just be more interested in where they can buy her jeans.

Or this one. That's some spurting.

Aww these pics are lovely. So sweet some of em. I like to see pics of bfing whether the woman has tight jeans/is or isn't sexy or whatever.

Yep VS it gets pretty boring doing all the adoring gazing after a while lol. If i look at my 2 yr old she tends to poke me in the eye or chat to me whilst still bfing,Ouch!!

Oh yes PW, I have lots of 'ishoos'. A lack of tolerance for those who demonstrate ignorance/prejudice is one. (Not suggesting for a second that you are prejudiced or ignorant, but whilst we are all on the couch.... .)

I also struggle with someone telling me something that I know to be wrong I dont do the smile sweetly thing....

have a look at this truly shocking perversion - I mean who could feed another's child.......????

Jesus. So your response to being disagreed with is to spray indiscriminate insults? I didn't know that about you. Ah well, I do now.

aGalChangedHerName you could be describing Tink.

No. It isnt. I was being somewhat flippant. But you'll think what you like anyway. As is your right.

As to why you seem to think this is directed at you or is personal to you (or maidamess) I dont know. I stated very clearly what I thought early on specifically about those who disliked the picture. Not those who thought it contrived or anything else - just those that didn't like it. At no point did you say you disliked it so I dont honestly know why you seem to think I've been calling you hung up or that you have 'ishoos'. To be honest, I thought you werent taking my posts that seriously because of the fact that you appeared to be taking umbrage at them for no particular reason.

Perhaps if you care to read my posts instead of glossing over them and making huge assumptions yourself, I'd make a concerted effort to take what you say with some seriousness, and not in the flippant manner I've resorted to. As for "not knowing that" about me, clearly you can't have ascertained an awful lot if you don't read posts properly in the first place, so I don't think I'll be particularly bothered about what you think you know about me.

Whatever. Really. I have lost any interest that I had in anything you have to say about this.

LOL! Of course you have dear.

I think it is a shame that the picture isn't being seen for what it is People can argue it's provocative, sexualised and the like, but imo it remains a picture of a mum doing something lovely and natural.

She is doing in the picture something she does every day for her children and if the picture gets folk talking then it's done it's job i suppose eh?

i agree. the picture is overtly sexual. It makes me uncomfortable. I don't think 'how beautiful' i just think it's disturbing.

Really??

I just dont' get that when i look at it

Just showed this picture to DH, he thought maybe they were too old to be bfing but he wasn't sure how old they were. When I asked him if it was overtly sexual his responses was "that's bollox" and his face was

Yes, it's people talking. If it was a piece of art I'd agree that it's done it's job - attracted lots of publicity and divided opinion.

As a campaign for promoting ebf I'm not convinced it has achieved it's aim at all. Ordinary woman will feel nothing in common with her airbrushed perfection, and the sexy posing looks unnatural which is the complete opposite of breastfeeding.

It doesn't 'normalise' breastfeeding. It glamourises it. That is not to say that there is anything wrong with bfing mothers being glamourous. I'm just not sure what the photo is trying to achieve.

I have mixed feelings. I don't think it is as black and white an issue as is being claimed by several posters on here. I think it is a very interesting picture - thanks for posting it VS.

Gosh VVVQV. I'm guessing it was the way "PW", "issues" and "ignorance/prejudice" all appeared in the first line of your post that made policy read it the way she did. (That's certainly how I read it).

But I might have ishoos too. Am breastfeeding my toddler as we speak, and it looks more like this in our house.

what's uncomfortable about this image is the way the mother is looking at the camera. She is almost emotionally detached from the children, there doesn't feel like there's any warmth between them. She has a challenging expression as if she is deliberatly looking for an adverse reaction rather than celebrating what she is doing. Just mho (and i think i got mixed up and posted this on Jo Frost thread - sorry)

It is an interesting picture and it's fascinating when you put it into context with paintings linked to on here.

Well yes, Iorek.

But to be fair (to myself ) I was responding to PW's last paragraph of this "By policywonk on Mon 14-Jul-08 14:45:27" post, in which she refers specifically to me in the same terms.

Or doesnt that count?

I still don't see it. She has her arms wrapped round both boys and holding them tightly to her. Her face says to me "ha these are my boys".

Some paintings linked to have completely nude mums bfing. Nobody has complained about that afaik. Probably cos they are a bit chubby and mumsy?