Academics called breastfeeding 'ethically problematic' because it endorses 'gender roles.' Their view is gaining traction. "We are concerned about breastfeeding promotion that praises breastfeeding as the ’natural’ way to feed infants."

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[–]Comatoast 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I don't think it's an incredible idea for women that aren't naturally lactating to do it either, but at least women have the basic prerequisites required.

Are you saying that exogenous hormone exposure along with whatever other hormone blockers are required to keep male test levels at bay are safe at levels excreted within breastmilk?

Men don't have the same physiology. They're not going to just have naturally risen levels of prolactin or any of the other shit that rolls out from each hormone center within the human body to just up and maintain it either.

Show me long-term scientific evidence from a published medical journal that shows the safety levels for an infant of transwomen breastfeeding despite all that, and we can talk about that whole emotion vs logic thing again.

[–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

seems to me that playing with androgen blockers is a bit... selfish:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20547585/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1939-4640.1992.tb00338.x

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648097969628

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20547585/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0018506X81900283

there are no long term studies. In the case of the last one published, they didn't even bother to do a follow up on the baby, it was all about the 'transgernder' mum.

[–]Comatoast 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Thanking you kindly for coming up with the gold there. Bodies are just too complicated to be fooling around with all of that shit when you have a completely helpless baby that's going to feel the brute force of effects for just adult selfishness and desires.

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

exactly. Surely a mum would recognise the risks and choose to self sacrifice to avoid them? these dick waving 'lesbians' though....