Breastfeeding on Facebook

Facebook Breastfeeding Ban

Breastfeeding ban on facebook website. CNN is covering a breastfeeding ban that has occurred on the popular website called facebook. Facebook makes their money by selling themselves as a way to connect with friends and family far and near. You can share photos and information about yourself and others here. As with any website, you use normal common sense and browse through forums posted by individuals knowing that anyone can say that they are an expert at something without having any credentials at all to back it up.

Now to the battle, facebook vs. breastfeeding women. Mothers have posted photos and videos of themselves breastfeeding their children on this website. Facebook received complaints and has since banned these photos and videos. The mother’s argument is that they are banning educational and informative videos and that are perfectly natural and are far from “dirty” pictures. One of these women has created a facebook group called “Hey facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene.” The LaLeche League supports the mothers stating that they can use these videos as a teaching tool for mother’s learning to breastfeed. Facebook says that baring an entire breast is clearly against their policy and the agreement entered into between the users and the website itself.

My personal opinion is that if you wish to post breastfeeding videos that are tasteful, go for it. There are many new moms’ who could benefits from knowing positioning tricks and techniques that make breastfeeding easier. As a nurse, I can see many benefits that can be gleaned from the information.

It does seem silly to make such a big deal over pictures of breastfeeding when there is live pornography on the internet and sex, drugs, and vulgarity on T.V. Yet there are many perverted people who would make such an innocent and wholesome thing seem x-rated. I don't think that I would breastfeed in public for that reason. I also believe that you should not let any pictures of your children in little or no clothes get into the wrong hands. There are all kinds of sexual preditors lurking out there. There's a sex offender website to find them in your area. There are a few in mine.

I also feel that it seems a little petty to be throwing up a stink about mothers posting video’s of them breastfeeding. I don’t know how many public places I have been and there are mother’s breastfeeding there. Also I think it is someone’s own decision on what they video and post as well as photo’s. Everyone knows that there could be consequences to posting anything on the internet. There is so much more that if by far worse to see on the internet, I think this is getting out hand and not actually where more restrictions need to be enforced. I think facebook is trying to keep their web site clean, but this subject could be taken in many views!

I believe that there is nothing pornographic about breastfeeding. I have personally witnessed women, some of which I have never met before, do it in public. I have seen women in my family breast feed other family members. It is a natural part of life. However, some of the women I have witnessed breast feeding, I really wish I didn’t. Like my cousin or one of my customers as she waited in the lobby while I was trying to work. I would assume that facebook doesn’t want some ten-year old watching some woman do that. It would probably be much more suited on a different web-site.

well this was an interesting article. I understand from both sides of the story. Why the mothers would think this is informational and helpful, but then also the viewers who think the videos are a little offensive. I'm all about the teaching and learning of things to interesting people, but I think it is a little rediculous to be posting home-aid videos of breastfeeding on facebook. Maybe you-tube, or a more video driven website made specifically for watching movies that users can post.. but when facebook can be easily full of young teenagers that can find these clear boob shots. - well then i understand why the facebook owners didnt approve of the movies.

I have never heard of this before and I have face book. It's very interesting, I would say if they want to put those pictures/video’s up on their page than it should be fine. There are worst things up on the interest than breastfeeding. It’s a natural thing and it does happen nowadays. I believe that some parents wouldn’t want their kid seeing a mother breastfeeding her child, but than again I think the site allows a person to join the site at the age of 14. A kid should know what’s going on in that situation. I don't know, I just think it's not a big deal what people are making out of it.

I look at it this way: If it doesn’t bother that person to put themselves on the internet breastfeeding then who really cares. If it bothers you that much then don’t look at it. Simple as that. I do though find it odd for them to put it on Facebook though, of all places for it to be on and for it to be a learning experiment? Putting it just on the internet would be a simple way to search for it, why resort to Facebook? It’s to stay in contact with family and friends, not to teach others how to breast feed. Simply just search the internet for that. Do what you want but I’m not sure if it needs to be put on Facebook.

I think that it is very weird that someone would post a breastfeeding video in the first place but if it really was to help other new mothers learn than I don’t see the problem. Maybe they should make a setting that the videos and pictures are private and you can only see them by messaging the ‘maker’ of the video. Then she would know that she really was helping other mothers. I also think that this is a silly thing to worry about considering if someone wants to look at a woman’s breast than they can go to the millions of other sites out there to see that. There really are worst things on T/V and in magazines that are available for everyone to see.

As everyone knows facebook if a very popular website used by all ages, but mostly by college/young adults. People post all kinds of pictures on this site that probably shouldn't be seen or could be taken as offensive, but there is a way to block pictures that can only be seen by "friends" on facebook. If you are just browsing people's profiles and pictures then you should be prepared for what you are going to see and you have not right to dictate what pictures they have posted unless it is vulgar or totally unacceptable. If you know the individual then you would have an idea of what type of pictures they may have on their site. Like everything else you have control of what you see, read and watch and you can make the choice not to view it. So if this offends people then don't look at the pictures. Personally, I feel breastfeeding should be done in private and not exposed because there are some people that just do not feel comfortable while a mother is feeding her baby even though this is basically an accepted and natural way of feeding a baby.

I'm not familiar with facebook, but from what I heard I think you have to be friend on someones page to view their pictures. If this was the case then if they want to post the pictures and videos, more power to them. If their friends don't want to see them then they will tell them to take them down or not be their friend on their page. No one is being forced to look at the pictures and the videos, and if you have to be a friend, then no one should be able to just run across these pictures. I think that as long as people are not being forced to view these pictures, then there is nothing wrong with it... don't look at them if you don't like what they are showing.