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Category: Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: December 28, 2008
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Facebook Protesters Say: We Want Breasts


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Protesters outside Facebook’s Palo Alto office yesterday demanded breasts, or to be precise pictures of breast feeding off the banned list on Facebook.

The protesters, reportedly outnumbered by the press covering the event, had signs including “Hey Facebook, Breast-feeding is not Obscene,” and sang a song titled “our breasts aren’t porn.”

The titillating argument over breast feeding on Facebook has been bubbling away for most of this year, since Facebook started to remove pictures of breast feeding. Facebook claims that breastfeeding on Facebook is ok, but nipples aren’t….go figure.

The Mercury News has more here, and an MSNBC clip on the issue below. Storm in a D Cup, or legitimate gripe? Certainly we don’t see a lot of people demanding the pictures be removed, so I can’t help but wonder exactly what Facebook’s agenda is in inflaming these people.


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6 Archived Responses to “ Facebook Protesters Say: We Want Breasts ”

  1. D
    Dec 28, 2008

    I breastfed 2 of my 3 children, one of them for 1 year another for a couple of months. My opinion is that if you feel the need to breastfeed and capture that on PUBLIC sites such as facebook you should at least cover the nipple. Why the need to show everything?! I support the benefits of breastfeeding for our children but feel it is not necesary to show it all.

  2. Sandra
    Dec 28, 2008

    Facebook,
    breast feeding is NOT OBSCENE…IS LIVE FOR OUR CHILDREN…Please USA people do not be ignorant… BE ENLIGHTENED.

  3. mrdprince
    Dec 30, 2008

    I believe this is one of those “it is in the eye of the beholder” category. Needless to say it is a beautiful site and quite natural. But there are those who look at these pictures for the wrong reasons. Even for those of us who can be called decent, we still are in awe of its sexuality and arousal properties. Do you really need to display for the whole world?

  4. andrew
    Dec 30, 2008

    Why would anyone want to post breast feeding pictures? It is as if they are proud of this as it is supposed to be some kind of accomplishment. Breast feeding has been going on for as long as Humans (and other mamals have existed) it is no more an accomplishment to be proud of as any other body function is.
    Children can still be breast fed without posting it to the internet. In fact many things can be done without posting to the internet.

  5. Ameda
    Feb 2, 2009

    Breastfeeding certainly is not obscene but the unwanted exposure is the reason of ban!

  6. CASAUNDRA
    Mar 6, 2009

    I THINK IT'S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK THRU A STORE OR A PARK AND EAT A CANDY BAR AND DRINK A SODA, OR SIT IN A RESTAURANT AND ENJOY A NICE WARM MEAL AND YES OCCASIONALLY BURP AFTERWARS……BUT…WHEN IT'S AN INFANT DOING SUCH THINGS IT'S CONSIDERED OBSCENE?! WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? I AM A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER AND I WILL FEED MY CHILD ANYWHERE ANYTIME HE IS HUNGRY. I DO COVER UP MYSELF AND MY CHILD'S HEAD BUT I STILL GET DIRTY LOOKS IN PUBLIC….PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE!