There seems to be a bit of outrage over a magazine cover feature some breastfeeding 'in action', in America. Here's some sample quotes:
"I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine."
"I immediately turned the magazine face down."
I'm not sure how I feel about this, though. In the UK we're portrayed as very Benny Hill when it comes to breasts, and in the US people are portrayed as very confused. It's clearly not that clear cut, but the most alarming result of these hang-ups, on both sides of the Atlantic, are clear:
"Interestingly, and perhaps perversely, these days, the educated and relatively well-off breastfeed at a much higher rate than those who are not. College-educated mothers breastfed at a rate of 52%, compared to 28% for those with high school degrees. Only 30% of women below the poverty line breastfeed, compared to 46% above the poverty line – and this despite the fact that infant formula is costly.
Breastfeeding, of course, is FREE"
That's very true, in my experience, and we should all be trying to better those statistics.
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I bet it has something to do with this, too:
U.S. babies are becoming fatter
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