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The problem is that our culture has been taught that a woman's breasts are sexual and therefore if a woman exposes her breasts in public even to feed her child, she is doing something wrong. What is wrong is our perception of why women have breasts. We need retraining as a society that the purpose of a woman's breasts is not to sell cars or beer or to attract men but to provide nourishment and care for her child. Our culture needs to change it's collective mentality to accepting and encouraging women to nurse their young children openly and often, while refuting marketers who try to misuse the beauty of women's breasts in their advertising.

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Q: Why is breastfeeding in public seen as obscene?
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