ANTH 2170 Lecture Notes - Morality Play, Sex Symbol
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Latching on: the politics of breastfeeding in america, 2006: breast was suddenly shown as utilitarian object and not an object that man go after. In the black society breast-feeding was not socially acceptable and had to do with slavery and they would not even talk about it even if they breast fed whereas, in the white society it is more socially acceptable. Therefore, they were thinking of slavery so they did not support breast-feeding. Glam-mother breast feeding as no option because no one could afford formula. Class is an important factor so people that are working in business you are not likely to get paid for maternity leave. Whereas, people that work for government usually get paid for their maternity leave. Therefore, financial situations are an important issue for families that are having babies. Also, the issue of formula being expensive and may impact people"s decision whether to buy formula or not.