"Chestfeeding"

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This was shared on my fb.

www.romper.com/p/9-reasons-why-i-call-it-chestfeeding-you-should-too-31215?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=romperbf

I am long term lurker. I am Spartacus. Is this for real?? Is this a view held by... well, anyone?

The jist of it is thus: the term breastfeeding is inaccurate and triggering for transmen, so we should call it chestfeeding (also, if you don't you are a jerk, so ner). And, if I am understanding it correctly, not just for transmen, but for all women.

I feel so ... fffffffff.

Anyone who feeds children directly from their body does through via their breasts. Breasts make milk, chests don't.

Every day's a new day.

Sorry I can't see the link but I have a quick question.

Men (born men) can get breast cancer. It's not called "chest cancer" just because they are men.

No, just no. Enough.

Surely this is inaccurate because men do have breast tissue. It's only a small amount, but it is there - so changing the term to chestfeeding is completely unnecessary - and to claim it does, displays woeful ignorance of male anatomy on the part of the writer.

It's also why men should check their breast area for lumps too, because they can get breast cancer (though a far lower incidence than in women).

These phrases "chestfeeding" "female penis" are the magic midget gems that produce peaktrans in droves.

Don't hate on the insanity. It's ace.

Oh, FFS.

Breastfeeding is called that because the milk comes from breasts, not chests.

NB Men can and do get breast cancer, they can produce milk. I would imagine that a male-to-female transperson could be made to lactate (I don't know, not an expert), but it would still be breast feeding.

Male breast ca - don't mean to derail, just FYI.

It's complete and utter bollocks, OP. If you're feeling brave you might say something about men having breast tissue too. It's not just women.

Just out of interest can anyone link to stats regarding the numbers of male to female and female to male trans people in the U.K. and elsewhere?

male-to-female transperson could be made to lactate (I don't know, not an expert), but it would still be breast feeding

Yeah.. do not go down that rabbit hole.. there's an entire fetish for it.

Oh, goody, a fetish, why I am not very surprised?!

It is such a whole load of bollocks, isn't it?
FFS.
Because the world has nothing else to worry about...

I am male. That small flabby bit around by nipple is, undeniably, a breast. In the exceedingly unlikely event that i were to lactate, it would be my breast that issued forth, not my chest.

I'm not altogether onboard with the anti-trans thing that seems to preoccupy this board, but the point at hand here does seem entirely nonsensical. It's simply a misuse of English, and there is nothing that offends or upsets me more than that.

I'm led to understand that, if a man stuffs himself sufficiently with the (in-)appropriate hormones, ultimately he will be capable of lactation. (For the avoidance of doubt, I have no fetish interest here, but I am good at biology)

Men have breast tissue. They can get breast cancer. Fucking chest-feeding.

I would imagine that the Tavistock Gender Clinic has figures on its own patients but this would only cover those being treated conventionally in the NHS. However there seem to be more people, particularly transwomen, who aren't receiving medical treatment though they may be obtaining hormones online.

There is no easy way to work out a reliable figure, I'd imagine, Amelia. It's one of the (many) issues with the topic. If you're counting transgender as meaning absolutely everyone under the umbrella then the figure is completely different to the numbers undergoing recorded medical treatment. Not only are the numbers different, the sex ratio changes. Far more girls are attending the Tavistock but, anecdotally, there appear to be far more transwomen than transmen.

The imprecision must drive serious researchers in the field crazy. How can you evaluate a health issue when you don't even know how many people are affected?

anti-trans

I think you'll find that what you are characterising as "the anti-trans thing" probably has a great deal more in common with the misuse of English you refer to than you realise.

Using language to redefine and obscure reality is a great deal of what you are reading as "anti-trans".

Feel free to get as upset about that as the rest of us do.

Calling 'chest feeding' bullshit is not anti-trans, it is anti-bullshit.
HTH.

I'm not altogether onboard with the anti-trans thing that seems to preoccupy this board, but the point at hand here does seem entirely nonsensical

Chest feeding = nonsensical
Man transforming into a woman (or vice versa) = perfectly possible?
That position seems rather nonsensical to me thedancingbear

Medical degrees must be well out of date by now! How is anybody meant to keep up with all these words changing definitions?

This really does show how farcical it all is.

FFS - now they are just taking the piss. Another Spartacus here. Call me a TERF - who cares?

Chest feeding
Lady penis
Girl dick
Pregnant man
Gender is biological
Sex is a social construct
XX chromosomes don't mean you are female
Likewise XY for male
Lesbian with a penis
Saying Mr is literal violence
Man means woman

If it wasn't so dangerous, it would be laughable.

How many people are there who have transitioned and have children ad breastfeed? A tiny, tiny number. It's probably less than 1000 globally. And yet half the world's population is supposed to rename a part of our body in case it upsets them? Fuck off

I find the word 'chest-feeding' triggering actually. It triggers actual rage

I'm with Jiggly. I have been breastfeeding for six years, twice tandem feeding. I am still feeding DS when he goes to sleep or is teething. For me, this is an achievement and I refuse to call it chestfeeding.