Immediately after a woman conceives her baby, she is faced with many decisions. The moment the baby is born, the choices multiply. The decisions include what kind of diapers to use, which doctor to visit, when and where to send the child to daycare, etc. One of the most important decisions is whether to breastfeed the child or use the formula. Resent research shows that breast milk is healthiest for the baby and the mother. Babies survive and thrive because their mother’s milk is food, medicine and comfort. Mother’s milk doesn’t only grow the body, but also fuels behavior and shapes neural development. Furthermore, breast milk impacts the course of a person’s entire life in terms of growth and development and can save nation billions of dollars
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Women alone have a power and responsibility to nourish the next generation and provide them with the best possible foundation. This gives a woman confidence in her abilities. Breastfeeding also requires sufficient self-esteem to protect, and sometimes defend the right to breastfeed. Often times, as soon as breastfeeding comes up, many women become uncomfortable and begin to emphatically claim that breastfeeding is better than formula. Our culture should empower and provide support to all women who desire to breastfeed their child (Shaw …show more content…
As mothers, women are faced with difficult negotiation of gender stereotypes that demand strict separation of maternity from sexuality. The pervasive male presumptions that woman’s bodies are made for men’s pleasure will more likely influence man to devalue breastfeeding, leaving women to choose between her partner and her child. Breastfeeding remains a divisive topic for some partners, as social stereotypes continue a strict distinction between natural breastfeeding and sexualization use of women’s breasts (Shaw, 2004). When society does not support breastfeeding mothers, they do not only fail the breastfeeding mothers, but also the new generation, and their family unit (Barlett,
Women alone have a power and responsibility to nourish the next generation and provide them with the best possible foundation. This gives a woman confidence in her abilities. Breastfeeding also requires sufficient self-esteem to protect, and sometimes defend the right to breastfeed. Often times, as soon as breastfeeding comes up, many women become uncomfortable and begin to emphatically claim that breastfeeding is better than formula. Our culture should empower and provide support to all women who desire to breastfeed their child (Shaw …show more content…
As mothers, women are faced with difficult negotiation of gender stereotypes that demand strict separation of maternity from sexuality. The pervasive male presumptions that woman’s bodies are made for men’s pleasure will more likely influence man to devalue breastfeeding, leaving women to choose between her partner and her child. Breastfeeding remains a divisive topic for some partners, as social stereotypes continue a strict distinction between natural breastfeeding and sexualization use of women’s breasts (Shaw, 2004). When society does not support breastfeeding mothers, they do not only fail the breastfeeding mothers, but also the new generation, and their family unit (Barlett,