Boobies = Bad?!?! WTF?!?!

Originally posted on 07/27/06

This would be funny if it weren’t so sad. The August issue of Baby Talk magazine came out recently and on the cover was a picture of a baby nursing. Now the shot has the baby and breast in profile and is shot in such an angle that the nipple is not visible. Despite the angle of the shot and despite the fact that most of the people who read the magazine are mothers who have babies, the magazine has received quite a few letters complaining about the cover.

Are we so horrified by the human body that the sight of a woman feeding her baby is so shocking that it leaves deep psychological scars on those have breasts themselves? It would seem that that was the case.

"I shredded it," said Gayle Ash, of Belton, Texas, in a telephone interview. "A breast is a breast -- it's a sexual thing. He didn't need to see that."

WTF!?!?

If a breast is a breast and it is a sexual thing no matter what wouldn't that mean that any woman who ever breast fed their child was guilty of molestation? That's right, all you mothers out there you must do the "moral" thing and walk into your local police station and turn yourself in as the dirty pedophiles you are. And remember kids, if mommy breast fed you, you are a victim of molestation and should immediately seek therapy for the trauma you suffered.

"Gross, I am sick of seeing a baby attached to a boob," wrote Lauren, a mother of a 4-month-old.

Gross?!?! This woman needs help! If her body image is that poor there has got to be some serious self hatred going on.

Why is it that the female upper torso is so disgusting and yet that upper torso of a male is just dandy, no matter how large his boobies happen to be.

"Lady, you'll have to cover up. There are children present for god sakes!" "No sir, that’s just fine. Lose the shirt. After all, it's a hot day. No, it's ok that you have 38Ds. At least you aren’t a woman."

Does that seem right to you? It sure doesn't to me.

I'm of the firm belief that clothing should be optional anyway. Some say that some people look bas naked. Well, that's true, but, by the same token, some folks are ugly. Should they be made to walk around with paper bags on their heads? And if so, who decides who gets the bags. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Your idea of beauty and mine might be very different. Which one of us is right?

Some say that is we all ran around naked there would be so much rape and sexual assault that it would be utter chaos. The statistics would seem to refute that claim. In societies where there is a less puritanical the rate of sex-related crime actually drops. The quickest way to make someone want something is to tell them they can't have it. When you make it into a taboo, what do you think happens then?

A body is what it is. It is neither beautiful nor disgusting and yet can be both. Both states are completely subjective, dictated by the viewer. What is not subjective is the fact that the natural state of the human body is nudity. I wasn't born with clothing, were you? (If you were, contact Ripley’s immediately and go on tour)

Here is the article that started me off on this tangent:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/07/27/entertainment/e134753D90.DTL

Rant over... for now