• Noble Shift@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s nice that mothers have a place like this, it’s horrible that they are needed.

    Conservatives and religion made this a necessity that mothers have to hide when feeding their children naturally.

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      2 months ago

      It’s also possible that some women simply want privacy and a calm, quiet environment to feed their baby, or pump breast milk.

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      These rooms are more than just a door. They have tables, microwaves, mirrors, outlets and a number of other things that make feeding and pumping easier.

      Also, even in pretty progressive places, a lot of people just want some alone time and a dedicated place to deal with a kid or a clunky pump.

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      Do you think? Whether conservative or religious, a lot of it comes down to sexualizing every aspect of a woman’s body, arguing that simply existing as a woman is too much for men to handle, and since men can’t be trusted to control themselves, it falls on the woman to hide her body from the men.

      We’re literally a hop skip and a jump to fucking burqas in Christianity, yet it’s far from just the religious conservatives who take part in this (image screamingly relevant).

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        I think without the literal centuries of religious oppression a lot of these problems wouldn’t exist in the 1st place.

        Imagine a world where clothing is optional, where a man could kiss another man without any fear, where we weren’t scolded CONSTANTLY for natural feelings, natural habits, natural desires …

        Sure predation would still exist, after all we’re just animals, but I don’t believe that we would have the problems at the same magnitudes that we do today.

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        Where do you think the general fetishization comes from? Cultures that demonize the existence of breasts and shapely asses.

        What cultures demonize breasts? Conservative religions.

        In cultures that do not promote shame over basic sexual attraction, nudity is no big deal. You’re trying to put the cart before the horse, which is just… really, really stupid logic.

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      First sentence: wow I absolutely agree. It’s such a shame that mothers have to go back to work so soon after giving birth. We should work toward guaranteeing parental time off for all parents.

      Second sentence: yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah… Um… Nevermind.