Case Closed: Breast is Best

Peggy O'Mara of Mothering magazine has written a wonderful response to the breastfeeding article in The Atlantic that I posted about a few days ago. Called Case Closed: Breast is Best, the article closes with these excellent thoughts:

"Hanna Rosin's article exposes the dichotomy between the high value we place on breastfeeding and the low value we place on mothering, but it is cowardly to blame breastfeeding. Slandering breastfeeding because our society makes it inconvenient is like vacillating on equal pay for women because it's difficult to achieve."

"This is no time to waver: Powerful economic and political forces are continually undermining breastfeeding progress. Surely, we need state and federal protections for breastfeeding—that's a given. To achieve our national health goals, we—like our sisters around the world—also need guaranteed health care, paid family leaves, and caregiving credits. Bottle-feeding is an old-school feminist solution to inequality. The equal-rights arena of today is breastfeeding."

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Molly
CfM Blogger