Breastfeeding: The Current Feminist Movement

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Although the current feminist movement has revoked some stigma from public breastfeeding, mothers are still ridiculed for feeding their children. A mother will be walking through the local shopping mall with her infant son; the baby begins to cry and he must be fed. Her only options are to either modestly cover herself as she feeds him on a bench, or go to the public restroom and feed her child in a graffiti-covered stall congested with the scent of feces and stale urine. She opts to feed her son on the bench. She receives critical gazes from bystanders who remain unfazed by the half-dressed Calvin Klein model plastered on the store beside her. I asked parents their opinions about breastfeeding, and noticed a trend between the different generations

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