Oh no! Look Mom it's a breast!
So what's the big deal? A breast is intended for nursing. I mean jeez, that's why we have them right? So why is it such a big deal to show a baby nursing on a magazine cover?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/28/national/main1844454.shtml
How many times do you stand in the checkout line and see covers of magazines with practically (and sometimes completely) naked women with their nipples just barely covered? And no one thinks twice since its being displayed in a sexual way. But heaven forbid someone show it being used as its intended! Is it crude when women wear clothing with their breasts hanging out? Why does society encourage showing them only in a sexual way? It just doesn't add up for me.
It seems to be in our society breasts are made to be sexual objects while in reality they are intended to be functional. If we didn't hide them all the time and act as if they are taboo, people would be less freaked out when they see a mother nursing her child.
I think people need to just get over it and accept nursing as a natural and beneficial parenting choice. I'm not saying everyone should or has to do it, just that its the way things are supposed to be and there is no need to make such a huge deal over it. What would all of these nay-sayers have done a hundred years ago when there was no such thing as formula?
Ok I'll end my little rant for now and leave you with another link....
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/02/national/main1773867.shtml