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We see lots of images of sexualized breasts, but the image of a lactating breast is somehow unusual. Breastfeeding a baby is an intimate act, And it should be done privately like farting or masturbating, or p*****g. Yet another Breastfeeding controversy. It’s Creepy. We Are in a society that spends a lot of time doing the opposite of empowering women. Being a lactation consultant so many years, I began to see that there really is a problem in America. It felt like I failed. The entire structure of pediatric care in America has been influenced by formula company money. There’s no profit to be had in supporting breastfeeding, period. The formula companies have created a huge insecurity for moms that make them feel like they can’t feed their own babies. Let’s not mention the fact that it might destroy your kid’s immune system because there’s another for-profit industry leader that can benefit from that. I think women are surrounded by a lot more people who are ready to help them fail than to help them succeed. We need some answers and we need to turn this around. How do we build a society which nurtures breastfeeding as part of a larger concept of attachment? We’re trying to come at solving the world’s problems. From the symptomatic stuff back, I think it would be so much easier to start from the beginning and work up. This is a huge movement that needs to happen right now in America. Women can trust themselves. They can trust their body, and they can trust their babies.