We pride ourselves by claiming the tag of ‘modern’ and boasting about the broad mindset we have, but where does this modernity go when we shame a mother for breastfeeding her child? A process that is as natural as breathing is seen as offensive if a mother feeds her wailing baby in public, a contradiction that the magazine Grihalakshmi questions in its bold cover.
Grihalakshmi is a Malayalam magazine, which in its latest edition has featured the image of a woman breastfeeding, with the statement, “Mothers tell Kerala, “please don’t stare, we need to breastfeed””.
And as expected, the bold cover has stirred quite a reaction, both positive and negative.
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@ivivek_nambiar @mathrubhumieng What’s wrong in watching a breastfeeding woman and getting sexually motivated?
@ivivek_nambiar @mathrubhumieng What’s wrong in watching a breastfeeding woman and getting sexually motivated?
While the cover may have been for commercial reasons, there is no denying the fact that our society needs to get in some serious thinking mode to get rid of the stigma around the natural process of breastfeeding.