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Hooters a Sacrament; Breastfeeding Mothers a Sacrilege
In an age of being inundated with all things sexual, constantly bombarded with images of practically naked girls in thong bikinis leaving nothing to the imagination at almost every beach, swimming pool, and water park; it is breastfeeding mothers who are criminalized and discriminated against.
The shrews and shrills who harass, criticize, and abuse nursing moms in public claim that these moms are being "indecent" and thus are inviting such abuse. They have threatened, bullied, shamed, humiliated, and coerced breastfeeding mothers (and their infants) into filthy toilet stalls, back allies, and cars - regardless of sweltering heat or bitter cold. And they justify their shabby treatment of nursing moms in the name of "decency" under false pretenses, cloaked in the guise of "respectability" and "family values."
But none of these mother-bashers utter a Puritanical peep in clucking disapproval when images of women's breasts and scantily clad pre-motherhood bodies are pimped out by "Big Media" and their corporate sponsors to sell everything from aspartame-laden beverages to sports cars, and from genetically engineered "diet" food to blockbuster movies to Viagra. "Big Media" profits handsomely off of steamy sex scenes in movies and in "reality TV" shows. Yet "Big Media regards programs supporting breastfeeding mothers and shows depicting natural home births or unhindered childbirth (UC) for information purposes to educate women on ALL of their childbirth options as too "indecent" for viewers.
Women are only worthy and deserving if our bodies are good enough for amusement, if we're "eye candy" to be displayed in the act of sex or in suggestion of sex for the benefit of male gaze and profit; but too much of an "eye sore" to be seen as nursing mothers or in the capacity of fulfilling the magical and sacred role of unmedicalized/untechnicalized childbirth that is mother-centered.
The message behind this double standard is crystal clear: Our male dominated society and wealthy powerful corporate interests hate women and all realistic facets of womanhood that falls outside the realm of male entertainment and the fraudulent standard of beauty. They view women as status possessions whose only purpose and real value is if we can be shown off as "trophies." And sadly, these misogynist men with mommy-issues have a retinue of trophy wife Barbie Doll type of women agreeing with them, thus helping to perpetuate the status quo. Their mentality is not far removed from that of the "house Negro" in the antebellum South - the "Massa" has been good to them. The rest of us are just "uppity no-account bitches" who need to be kept "in our place."
The shrews and shrills who harass, criticize, and abuse nursing moms in public claim that these moms are being "indecent" and thus are inviting such abuse. They have threatened, bullied, shamed, humiliated, and coerced breastfeeding mothers (and their infants) into filthy toilet stalls, back allies, and cars - regardless of sweltering heat or bitter cold. And they justify their shabby treatment of nursing moms in the name of "decency" under false pretenses, cloaked in the guise of "respectability" and "family values."
But none of these mother-bashers utter a Puritanical peep in clucking disapproval when images of women's breasts and scantily clad pre-motherhood bodies are pimped out by "Big Media" and their corporate sponsors to sell everything from aspartame-laden beverages to sports cars, and from genetically engineered "diet" food to blockbuster movies to Viagra. "Big Media" profits handsomely off of steamy sex scenes in movies and in "reality TV" shows. Yet "Big Media regards programs supporting breastfeeding mothers and shows depicting natural home births or unhindered childbirth (UC) for information purposes to educate women on ALL of their childbirth options as too "indecent" for viewers.
Women are only worthy and deserving if our bodies are good enough for amusement, if we're "eye candy" to be displayed in the act of sex or in suggestion of sex for the benefit of male gaze and profit; but too much of an "eye sore" to be seen as nursing mothers or in the capacity of fulfilling the magical and sacred role of unmedicalized/untechnicalized childbirth that is mother-centered.
The message behind this double standard is crystal clear: Our male dominated society and wealthy powerful corporate interests hate women and all realistic facets of womanhood that falls outside the realm of male entertainment and the fraudulent standard of beauty. They view women as status possessions whose only purpose and real value is if we can be shown off as "trophies." And sadly, these misogynist men with mommy-issues have a retinue of trophy wife Barbie Doll type of women agreeing with them, thus helping to perpetuate the status quo. Their mentality is not far removed from that of the "house Negro" in the antebellum South - the "Massa" has been good to them. The rest of us are just "uppity no-account bitches" who need to be kept "in our place."
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