The article entitled “Why Are We Still So Squeamish About Breastfeeding” by Kelly Wallace speaks on how we constantly hear about stories of women being asked to cover up or even asked to leave certain public places such as restaurants, stores, etc. when they happen to be breastfeeding their child. She goes on to mention a particular incident that occurred that got national attention. A mother in Beverly Hills was escorted to the bathroom at an Anthropologie store when she was breastfeeding her six week old child. The mother then took to social media to express her outrage over the incident. Many others caught wind of it and more than 100 women staged a “nurse in” at the store as protest. Another “nurse in” was taken place in Oregon after a
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In Stolzer’s article “Breastfeeding: An Interdisciplinary Review” it goes on to talk about how in ancient times mothers would breastfeed their children up to almost seven years old. Also women in European societies practiced wet nursing, where they would hire lower class/income women who were nursing to breastfeed their children. Soon after though, women began to get tired of breastfeeding and they began to look down at breastfeeding and they viewed it as “immodest” (Stolzer 105). Because of their view on breastfeeding that led to a dramatic decrease in breastfeeding rates all over including in the US, and formula began to be advertised and became widely popular. What these ads and companies failed to mention on the other hand were the negative side effects that came with giving children formula, which were increased risks of infant infection, malnutrition, anemia, brain damage and death (Stolzer 106). During this time breastfeeding was just completely looked down upon by everybody, especially the male controlled health industry despite all of the health benefits that come with breastfeeding. It has been proven that children who are breastfed score higher on standardized intelligence tests, they have higher IQ scores as well as it builds up the child’s immune system (Stolzer 110). Breastfeeding has also been shown to have many positive effects on the mother such as the release of oxytocin, it lessens the chances of developing breast, ovarian and endometrial caner, it aids in weight loss and helps with child bonding (Stolzer 112). Yet, with all of these positive benefits when it comes to breast feeding it’s still something that is looked down upon and it is now become apart of the culture because women and their bodies are constantly being controlled and
In Stolzer’s article “Breastfeeding: An Interdisciplinary Review” it goes on to talk about how in ancient times mothers would breastfeed their children up to almost seven years old. Also women in European societies practiced wet nursing, where they would hire lower class/income women who were nursing to breastfeed their children. Soon after though, women began to get tired of breastfeeding and they began to look down at breastfeeding and they viewed it as “immodest” (Stolzer 105). Because of their view on breastfeeding that led to a dramatic decrease in breastfeeding rates all over including in the US, and formula began to be advertised and became widely popular. What these ads and companies failed to mention on the other hand were the negative side effects that came with giving children formula, which were increased risks of infant infection, malnutrition, anemia, brain damage and death (Stolzer 106). During this time breastfeeding was just completely looked down upon by everybody, especially the male controlled health industry despite all of the health benefits that come with breastfeeding. It has been proven that children who are breastfed score higher on standardized intelligence tests, they have higher IQ scores as well as it builds up the child’s immune system (Stolzer 110). Breastfeeding has also been shown to have many positive effects on the mother such as the release of oxytocin, it lessens the chances of developing breast, ovarian and endometrial caner, it aids in weight loss and helps with child bonding (Stolzer 112). Yet, with all of these positive benefits when it comes to breast feeding it’s still something that is looked down upon and it is now become apart of the culture because women and their bodies are constantly being controlled and