The magazine Babytalk is getting a lot of complaints from readers for featuring a cover showing — gasp! — a baby breast-feeding.
The photo is barely revealing, but it prompted this response from a woman in Kansas: “I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine. I was offended and it made my husband very uncomfortable when I left the magazine on the coffee table.”
Poor guy — maybe he can escape to Hooters. And this from the mother of a four-month-old: “Gross, I am sick of seeing a baby attached to a boob.”
In all, about 25 percent of respondents expressed outrage, according to the editor. More proof that, despite all the official talk about breast-feeding being best for children, many Americans continue to have serious hang-ups about a mother providing nourishment to her newborn.
Get a life, for crying out loud.
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And if you can’t get a life, get a boob at least, for crying out loud!
Since no nipples are shown, how can we be sure it’s a profile of a breast?
LoL I have seen enough “boobs” in my life to know….That is a breast!
OMG! SEX! That’s why God created boobies, after all. Squishy, bouncy, fun. Yep, that’s why they exist.
I think it’s quite difficult for people to reconcile their sex-oriented views on breasts with their intended function, breastfeeding. It’s almost like we see a breastfeeding baby and think it’s almost…pedophilic…some child hooked onto a sex-pillow. Especially when women are breastfeeding to 2-3 years of age (*what* is wrong with her? cluck cluck cluck)
Quite sad, really. But it does seem like a funny gag on our Creator’s part to make them so fun and sensitive, when their main function is to feed the young.
I always knew God had a sense of humor…look at the duck-billed platypus.
Offended? Please! Her Husband was uncomforable? Shoot! He just wish the baby was out of the picture. Little does she know, her husband probably has the latest issue of Playboy stashed away somewhere.
A boob is a boob. Seen one, you seen them all.
Wonder if Offended are suffering from mammary envy. And her husband’s discomfort probably stems from the fact that the wife is still in the same room with him… She can always rip off the cover page like some others did.
On another hand, would it be more acceptable to have the baby attached to a cow’s udder?
WHAT A JOKE! If thsee idiots have a problem with nature then they souldn’t get the magazine. In fact, they shouldn’t need it since they shouldn’t be having babies anyway.
Time for Operation Southwind part deux?
Or are these mags offered in Old Town?
Boobs in public are never a bad thing. Unless they reach past the knee.
LOL, Todd. I draw the line somewhere just below the navel myself!
Doesn’t LOOK LIKE a boob.Looks more like the top of my head.That’s it! Baby is just kissing grandpa’s head!
As a soon to be lactating female who plans on breastfeeding her child I’m really not sure what the big deal is. The picture isn’t graphic – I don’t know how someone could make that picture perverted without some photoshop editing.Jeez people – get over your hangups. It really isn’t the end of the world if a woman chooses to breastfeed.
Oh, Joe – most hetero guys I know would say “Once you’ve seen one boob – you want to see more”:)
Don’t you people get it? The human body is EEEEVIL!
Just ask Jan Beemer.
“Oh, Joe – most hetero guys I know would say “Once you’ve seen one boob – you want to see more”:)”
heheh. Some lesbians would say the same thing julie. heheheheheheheh
So now we know Joe Williams is NOT a lesbian.
Julie, I hope you are feeling well and are as comfortable as possible. I know the big day is nearing, and you and MM and your whole family are in our thoughts. I hope things happen as easily and without complications as possible.
Ya know we are gonna have a big party when the blog baby arrives.
I have little “blue state” things already purchased.
heheh. That outta make mm happy!!!
Dont worry, it’s just a little Cedar Bluff t-shirt…. heheh
Now I’m offended Tracy!
;^)
Thank you for your kind words KFG.I’m looking forward to our blog blowout :)
Babytalk?! Someone tell that baby not to talk with his mouth full!
This is shocking! This is disguisting!
It is more evidence of the unravelling moral fiber that is leading to the degeneracy of our “liberal” society.
I’ll bet you that baby grows up GAY!
Uh, well, probably not gay, but maybe lesbian? heheheheheheheh
All my guy friends out here who have met my girlfriend now think THEY are lesbians too…..
at the time of my first post I didn’t really look at the picture. Now that I’ve taken some time to look at the picture to find out if there is someway that it is offensive (which I still haven’t found). A question comes to mind…
Why is the baby in the position that it is? It is positioned so that it is vertical or perpendicular to the mother. I’ve never heard of trying to feed a baby like that – I know however you can get it to latch on but still… I know the traditional cradle and I know the football (opposite the traditional – like your carrying a football) but I’ve never seen or heard about the vertical (at least for breast feeding babies), but that is an entirely different story that doesn’t need to be aired on the blog.
This is an example of America’s addiction to pornography. This is vile and disgusting and the Wichita Eagle should be fined for even showing a picture of this. When I get into office I’ll propose legislation that will severely punish anyone who publishes pornography like this. God will not be mocked!
Wow. . . .I think the above is PROBABLY satire. . .but I’m not sure. . .
Okay, just to keep Jannie from blowing a gasket, I verified that there is no “operationsouthwind.net.”
Pretty damn close to reality, whoever you are!
An old, deceased biker friend of mine was fond of saying, “If I was a woman, I’d be a lesbian!” :)
There are several groups out there that promote breast feeding, such as “la leche league” — they are by definition very “pro family.”As pornography goes, I have a simple rule: If nearly identical images can be seen on the walls or ceilings of ANY ancient cathedral, it is probably NOT pornography.My definition would stop alot of foolishness, too bad the “seperation of church and state” folks won’t allow it.I have my doubts that the post above was really from Beemer.
I have some mags like that…but there is no baby attached.
Much better that way.
I know on Saturday nights I often try to revert to my childish ways.
HOLY HELL, Paul and I agree on something!
Tony – may I recommend a very very very hot shower and lots of scrubbing (maybe with a utility scrub brush like you use on veggies)?
Ok julie, now I’m getting out the sandwich clamps….
Paul,”As pornography goes, I have a simple rule: If nearly identical images can be seen on the walls or ceilings of ANY ancient cathedral, it is probably NOT pornography.”Are you including Hindu temples?
hehehe mrbill and tony and rage.
Oh and mrbill, why wait until saturday? Life is short so eat dessert first…
Julie – so when do you join the ranks of parenthood? You will find it very fulfilling and a whole lot of fun!
Paul, go look at some pics of ancient temples in the east/middle east.There’s SOME stuff there that’s pretty well porno.Something like a Hindu temple.
I’m just sayin’.
Ben -I have been a card carrying member of parenthood for several years now. I have a 12 year old and a 3 year old and one due within the month.
Tracy-If it’s on the walls of a temple then surely it is meant for educational purposes, you know physics! (how in the world can you contort like that?)
“I have my doubts that the post above was really from Beemer.”
Gee, Paul, you figured that out all by yourself!
Give the man a medal!
Why Ben, why would you be offended?
Is it because your head and mine side by side would look like a nice set (without nipples)?
That was part of an old Benny Hill gag. Oh, for the good old days. It was a big deal back then when you caught a glimpse of some nice boobies on Benny Hill, OH and those Hill’s Angels–Whooo-weee.I’ll bet farm girl remembers them!
Rage -Even a broken clock is correct 2 times a day.
Julie, we must have seen the same ancient stuff.Modern people have no sense of how natural and acceptable our sexuality used to be. We call that stuff kinky–they used to insist it was all a natural part of being a couple.
Man look at all the posts here.Boobies ARE popular!
And taking the grandkids to the public pool(s) over the weekend was much more revealing than the photo above. Some of those little patches of cotton don’t hide much, especially when wet.Not that I was lookin’ or anything though, you know, with my bigger half and the kids there and all.
heheh you too jed!!!
Is the Kama Sutra hindu?
I think it’s Hindu.Talk about sex Ed.I didn’t even know people coould do some of those things! I’m sure I can’t.
Damn girl, I’ll bet you even owned a copy of The Whole Earth Catalog!
“We tried position 31,yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,it was terrific fun,Uh-huh,In position 72,You were me and I was you!
Kama Kama Kama Sutra with me!”
The Bonzo Dog Band
FA-AAAAR OUT!….John Denver
JedI should have seen that one comming.Very good question on the Hindu temples.Paul
Paul, I would like to take this opportunity to agree with you, with the exception of the Hindus.If you can see it at the MOMA or a religious temple or cathedral, it’s most likely family friendly.If you’re my age or older, you can probably remember hippie families traveling around and the momma always having a baby on her tit.Nothing shocking, just life.Anyway, I agreed with you on something and didn’t even act juvenile about it. HA.
Paul:”My definition would stop alot of foolishness, too bad the “seperation of church and state” folks won’t allow it.”
Sorry, Paul. I think you have it EXACTLY wrong here. It is your fellow far-right partisan dominionists who will not let this debate go. They are the ones who facilitate this nonsense, not “seperation of church and state folks”.
What does church and state have to do with bare fun-bags?
“Damn girl, I’ll bet you even owned a copy of The Whole Earth Catalog!”
hee hee hee
Yes, but I managed to resist the urge to buy flannel shirts and birkenstocks!
Well, ok. I do actually own flannel shirts now, but only for farming purposes. And I STILL dont wear birkenstocks. Or patouli.
Paul,In case you’re curious, I don’t consider those temples pornographic, just a celebration of life. Unfortunately, a lot of people get bent out of shape over them (as well as by trying to emulate them) just as many people get upset over a kid bellying up to his mama’s bar. A breast is there for the kid; any other purpose is secondary!
Yep, them boobies popping out all over the place to feed them no count kids is just horrible, I tell ya, Horrible. Why, what’s this world commin’ to when some harlot pops her titties out in the wide open world to give that little wipper-snapper a drink? Ya all might just start thinkin thats what they was made for, then what would them bible totin’, God fearin’, hell and damnation spoutin’ women start thinkin then? Shoot, they might just try to pass some law sayin’ them boobies is for topless joints only, then what would them kids eat? Its a crazy world out there, I tell ya.
I wonder if the offended woman showers with her clothes on? I’ve often wondered how prudish conservatives procreate since their so afraid of sexuality.
Why did the Eagle show this boob! I’m calling the race card on this one! Why not a Black or Hispanic breast? Why not an Asian breast? Does the WE staff think the only boob worth showing is a white women’s breast? I want equal posting rights, WE. I want one boob from each race, and one from each religion.
ksfarmgrrl
Most of time you seem fixed on those who you can taunt rather than debate.
When do we, those who appreciate your humor and wit, get to see you put forth a sense of what you are really about?
You know, get real with us, tell us what is really important with gusto and feeling!
The first time I remember seeing a baby breast fed was when my 2nd cousin (a minister’s wife) pulled hers out (almost literally) in the middle of a Kansas field at a family reunion and fed her baby daughter.
What I am really about? hehehe
I am about pricking pomposity, skewering the holier than thou, and making fun of the overly self important.
What you see is what you get.
And you?
Hey RD, how are ya? Good to see ya!
Hiya, KFG. I’ve just been reading and sighing over all the insanity and laughing at the same too. Sometimes it’s all a bit much.
Dingus,It’s not their own sexuality that scares them, it’s everybody else’s!
In my family, nursing was so common, I grew up thinking that it was the only way to feed a baby. I even “breastfed” my dolls!
Tit4Tat,
I have no desire to see any minority bazongas, thanks!
V.L.R.B!!
I don’t think there are any minorities that would want to look at you either.