Breastfeeding - It’s Difficult to be A Woman
5 June 2007For original article, click here
Breastfeeding as Enlightenment
Breastfeeding for me is an enlightenment. Breastfeeding is a “source of thoughts”, as quoted in Breastwork (Bartlett 2005 pp. 21-22)
“The bosom” is regarded as the seat of thoughts and feeling. … Lactating breasts become fertile grounds of wisdom, active organs producing food for the mind as well as the body.
I called it “enlightenment” because I started to think about things that I didn’t think about before, both positively and negatively. Positively, I began to be enlightened on the difficult task of mothering, and I learned to appreciate mothers even more. Negatively, I began to be angry at the society and the social constructs that undermines femininity.
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