Facebook says breastfeeding babies is porn.

[warrior queen]

Images of mother's feeding their babies is apparently so offensive, that women who post pictures of themselves breastfeeding are being locked out of their accounts.
This is PC gone completely insane.
What do you think?

 

[1sickbastard]

YouTube is a private company, and as such, free to self censor whatever they please.

 

[Kruge]

Images of mother's feeding their babies is apparently so offensive, that women who post pictures of themselves breastfeeding are being locked out of their accounts.
This is PC gone completely insane.
What do you think?

Personally, I would support leaving the pictures. I imagine it is one of the most beautiful experieinces a mother enjoyed with her baby.

I also think it helps young people identify the female breast as something more than just a sexual plaything.

 

[islandman]

A policy authored by someone/people who can't trust themselves with their hard-ons.

 

[warrior queen]

YouTube is a private company, and as such, free to self censor whatever they please.

I understand that, but breastfeeding being equated to porn?

 

[warrior queen]

A policy authored by someone/people who can't trust themselves with their hard-ons.

Maybe I'm wierd, but to me there is NOTHING sexual about breastfeeding.
It's simply nature working the way it should.
I realise there will be some who see it as a sexual thing. But not the mothers who are putting the pics up - my guess is they are simply proud mums.

 

[1sickbastard]

I understand that, but breastfeeding being equated to porn?

There are those who have a particular sexual kink about breast feeding.

But why would anyone want to post video of themselves or others breastfeeding to start with?

 

[islandman]

There are those who have a particular sexual kink about breast feeding.

But why would anyone want to post video of themselves or others breastfeeding to start with?

Who said anything about video?

 

[warrior queen]

There are those who have a particular sexual kink about breast feeding.

But why would anyone want to post video of themselves or others breastfeeding to start with?

I could see why - maybe they live far away from family and this is just one of a number of images they are sharing?
Even if the account on fb is set to complete privacy, you will be locked out if you put up an image of breastfeeding.

I'm wondering what would happen if someone posted an image of say, Somali tribeswomen?
Is that also classed as porn? Or only if the Somali woman is breastfeeding?

It just seems stupid to me.

 

[warrior queen]

Who said anything about video?

I've been answering as if he meant pix not vids.
For some people, I can see how it might be easy to mix the two

 

[islandman]

I've been answering as if he meant pix not vids.
For some people, I can see how it might be easy to mix the two

Right, that's why he said YouTube when you said Facebook.

More to the point, the act itself is the most natural thing in the world after childbirth. Banning its display is just plain silly.

 

[1sickbastard]

Who said anything about video?

Right, I made an assumption about video. I generally don't go to YouTube looking for still pictures. My bad.

Go ahead and substitute pictures for video in my question. Then find some plausable answers.

Honestly, I don't really care. I'm not defending YouTube or their position. If one doesn't agree with their policies, one is free to not use YouTube. That's all I'm saying.

 

[islandman]

If one doesn't agree with their policies, one is free to not use YouTube. That's all I'm saying.

That's a fair point, though WQ's question has more to do with why FB thought it necessary to implement such a policy in the first place. You're just answering the question after the fact.

 

[1sickbastard]

Sorry, my bad again. Substitute Facebook for YouTube in my responses. My position is still the same. One is free to use or not use their services if he/she doesn't agree with thier policies.

My brain is not functioning very well. Big surprise, right?

 

[warrior queen]

Right, I made an assumption about video. I generally don't go to YouTube looking for still pictures. My bad.

Go ahead and substitute pictures for video in my question. Then find some plausable answers.

Honestly, I don't really care. I'm not defending YouTube or their position. If one doesn't agree with their policies, one is free to not use YouTube. That's all I'm saying.

*still wondering how you spell youtube using the letters f,a,c,e,b,o,o,k?

 

[1sickbastard]

That's a fair point, though WQ's question has more to do with why FB thought it necessary to implement such a policy in the first place. You're just answering the question after the fact.

WQ would do better to inquire directly with Facebook about the percieved necessity.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Breastfeeding really is a thing of beauty to behold.

 

[1sickbastard]

*still wondering how you spell youtube using the letters f,a,c,e,b,o,o,k?

Mostly because my spelling sucks ass. That and I'm not all that bright, even for a 10watt appliance bulb...

 

[ivantheterrible]

Images of mother's feeding their babies is apparently so offensive, that women who post pictures of themselves breastfeeding are being locked out of their accounts.
This is PC gone completely insane.
What do you think?

its probably the ones who have a tit fetish. even if it has a kid attached to it. i see this and think, feeding hairless ape. and go on about my business. rather look at a woman with her ass up and ready.
breasts = baby bars. not interested.

 

[thirty]

Can you post the breastfeeding photos you mentioned?

 

[ChinaBandit]

Can you post the breastfeeding photos you mentioned?

As I've been know to enjoy lactation porn from time-to-time, this is the best answer yet!

 

[John Doe]

Why am I not surprised that thirty asked that?

 

[Peregrinator]

More to the point, the act itself is the most natural thing in the world after childbirth. Banning its display is just plain silly.

I absolutely agree with all of this...but then how do we respond if someone wants to post childbirth pictures?

 

[warrior queen]

I absolutely agree with all of this...but then how do we respond if someone wants to post childbirth pictures?

Childbirth has always been a private thing.
Breastfeeding, on the other hand, hasn't always been a shameful or private thing - it wasn't until the Victorian era that it became something that should be hidden.

 

[Peregrinator]

Childbirth has always been a private thing.
Breastfeeding, on the other hand, hasn't always been a shameful or private thing - it wasn't until the Victorian era that it became something that should be hidden.

I don't really know the history, but even if that's the case--and I'm not doubting you, it seems likely--then do we make the decision based on how long something's been considered private? "But we've always done it this way" has been used to justify some heinous shit over the centuries.

I'm all for people feeding their babies whenever and wherever they need to. I treat it roughly the way I treat people blowing their nose; a necessary human function, and I just sort of don't stare. I'd probably think the same of a picture on Facebook. "That's sweet. Look at her with her kid."

But I'm not sure to what extent my reaction is based on history. If I saw a pic of childbirth on FB I'd probably be click into EMT mode and look at it with a kind of clinical detachment, but part of me would be wondering what the hell mad impulse made the person post that pic.

I guess I just wonder where and how we draw the line; which bodily functions are "private" and why. I'm not especially interested in looking at pictures of most of them in my news feed on FB.