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obamanut2012

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8. Remember when Salma Hayek breastfeed a baby in Sierrea Leone?
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:26 AM
Jun 2012

My God, the way some reacted, you would think she had stripped naked and danced across the floor of Congress which killing a kitten and drinking its blood.

I think this was partly an ewwwww reaction by idiots who would never suckle a baby of color because they are racists, and partly because Hayek is seen as a sex symbol.

"The actress and producer was told by doctors in Sierra Leone that many mothers stop breastfeeding their infants within the first few months after birth because of pressure from their husbands. Tradition has it, in some areas, that it is not acceptable to have sexual relations with breast feeding women.

Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world, in part fueled by malnutrition. Physicians there told Hayek they would like to see mothers breastfeed for a full two years but that stigma too often gets in the way.

Hayek said her decision to breastfeed another woman's child was an attempt to diminish the stigma placed on women for breast feeding. At the time she was still breastfeeding her 1-year-old daughter."


http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6854285&page=1#.T8jCAtSrJ-E

I'm a lesbian and I like breasts [View all] obamanut2012 Jun 2012 OP
Working in third world settings a fair part of my life, this was not an issue... hlthe2b Jun 2012 #1
I think that's definitely part of it obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #6
Quit injecting all that sanity into this debate! Scuba Jun 2012 #2
Sex is a really weird thing in this country obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #7
But it's okay to show people getting their brains blown out on TV, Dash87 Jun 2012 #24
sex is a primal thing qazplm Jun 2012 #3
I read somewhere... Whisp Jun 2012 #22
Generally, I like them too ... but I have to see them to be sure ... zbdent Jun 2012 #4
Funny you should mention it. Watch GMA they are discussing breastfeeding in uniform. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #5
Remember when Salma Hayek breastfeed a baby in Sierrea Leone? obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #8
I think breastfeeding = not buying formula. Whisp Jun 2012 #16
Disappointed TlalocW Jun 2012 #9
I can't stop reading the subject to the tune of "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay" petronius Jun 2012 #21
It astounds me that nature gave us a means to feed our children Catherina Jun 2012 #10
I find this interesting re the Time cover LadyHawkAZ Jun 2012 #13
I thought the Time cover was a little staged too Catherina Jun 2012 #15
I have often watched women struggle with a baby while doing everyday things in public, Jamastiene Jun 2012 #20
That really struck me here Catherina Jun 2012 #23
Sometimes I think it's not really about breasts (and I'm a lesbian and I like breasts too) justiceischeap Jun 2012 #11
I think the concept of unwanted hair is pretty stupid. Neoma Jun 2012 #14
I agree. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #17
The result of a sexually repressed society LadyHawkAZ Jun 2012 #12
I think people are, fortunately, way less uptight about it than they used to be. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #18
Breast feeding is perfectly natural. Jamastiene Jun 2012 #19
I am also a lesbian Aerows Jun 2012 #25
I will try to excuse the headline... happy juneteenth Jun 2012 #26
What's that supposed to mean? nt Zorra Jun 2012 #27
I know obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #28
Is it because you used the highly provocative word breasts? LeftyMom Jun 2012 #30
When I was 7... Neoma Jun 2012 #31
That poster is no longer with DU. yardwork Jun 2012 #29
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