Do you know what female breasts are for? Feeding children. Even characteristics of human breasts such as roundness and prominence aren’t from sexual selection — they’re to prevent human children, who don’t have a prominent jaw, from suffocating while feeding. Our culture has apparently forgotten the primary purpose of breasts, instead turning them into completely sexual objects. That was the problem faced by?Karlesha Thurman when she noticed her child was hungry during her college graduation ceremony, and did the perfectly natural thing — fed her. Here’s the photo that caused all the stir:
We show breasts all over the place, provided they’re in a sexual context. Media, malls, ads — as long as the demonstration is directly provocative, we don’t appear to take issue with it. The second you try to breastfeed in public, though, be prepared to face the judgement of faceless strangers that don’t have to raise or feed your child (hint: if breastfeeding makes you uncomfortable, don’t look. If you stare at a breastfeeding mom you’re probably going to come off more than a bit creepy anyway). For Karlesha Thurman, that moment came during her college graduation. After the picture was reposted by the Facebook page “Black Women Do Breastfeed,” the squeamish hordes lost their collective minds, taking to comments sections to attack her decision.
Here is video coverage of her comments, via KTLA:
The best part of the video? When she says, “I think people don’t see breasts for what they are intended for anymore.”
Exactly. The primary purpose of breasts is to feed children, and your sexual objectification has no right to get in the way of that. We see breasts as sexual objects for two main reasons: A) because on some evolutionary level, it indicates a possible mate’s ability to feed their child and B) because we cover them up, and forbidden is sexy.
I’m 20 and heterosexual, so I’m of an age where our culture expects me to be a slavering beast with no self-control (so sorry to disappoint). Do you know how I feel when I see a woman breastfeeding in public? Glad. Glad that she has the courage to stand up to stigma and take care of the needs of her kid. And thankful, because we need more women willing to stand up for that right. There is nothing sexual whatsoever, because?breastfeeding a kid isn’t sexual, regardless of the fact that a nipple is involved. If it makes you uncomfortable, get over it or don’t look. It really shouldn’t be this much of an issue.
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