Is Motherhood a form of oppression?

[pinkfizzle]

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article7070165.ece

I don't think so - and I get a bit sick of breastfeeding is oppressive - blah blah blah...

oh and how convenient that the author has a big stake in publicis - so is incredibly wealthy - so I'm sure she is really concerned about the wage and wealth gap between men and women.

aminagic - "I think that there is a lot of propaganda spread about bfing these days - not the health benefits which are obvious - but about the ease of bfing v formula, the reduced faffing, the bonding, the fact that it is not less tiring etc.etc. which I think is negating a lot of mothers real struggles."

I hear ya. The thing is....that for some mothers this good stuff is true, and for others, it gets to be true in time.

The social support for bf - which includes all the stuff you indicate about maternity leave, need for partner support - is something that should somehow change, to reduce the avoidable difficulties of bf.