4,500+ Parents Petition “Sesame Street” To Feature Breastfeeding Again
Maybe I’m not watching enough “Sesame Street” these days, but is a lack of nursing moms with their tits out really something that’s missing from the children’s TV series? Thousands of parents seem to think so.
The “Bring breastfeeding back to Sesame Street!” petition outlines their mission statement as such:
Back in the 70’s and 80’s nursing was tastefully shown on the show but now they have replaced their nursing videos with bottles. Please note… We are not asking Sesame Street to remove bottle feeding. We are asking that both ways of feeding babies be shown as normal.
An example from 1970s “Sesame Street,” where breast-feeding was the norm.
An example from the 1990s, where all mentions of breast-feeding have been removed in place of bottle-feeding. Conspiracy?
My only thoughts on the matter are this: “Sesame Street” is totally cool with featuring Katy Perry’s boobies jangling about — enough to make any todder’s mouth begin to water… or an adult, for that matter — but won’t talk about breast feeding anymore? Seems kind of silly to me…
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Youngurbanfailure a year agoProof positive Ernie is not gay. Look at how psyched he is to see some boobs. Ernie the Muppet, breast man.
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Krissy Diggs a year agoI mean… I get it. Breast feeding is natural and is treated as some sort of unnatural thing. Even I must admit that I’d probably not want to do it directly (i’d pump though). There’s such a stigma around it, and there shouldn’t be. Boobs aren’t supposed to be only sexual.
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Not Very Likely a year agoThr point about K. Perry is all wrong- they wouldn’t even ler her [mostly covered] boobs on air, apparently too buxom for their critical viewers.
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TroutMaskReplicant a year agoHave there really been that many squandered opportunities to feature breastfeeding on Sesame Street? And is it truly necessary, considering the audience primarily consists of children who don’t give a flying fuck? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care if there’s breastfeeding on Sesame Street. I just don’t think it’s petition-worthy. Needlessly expended energy.
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diandras a year agoThe issue isn’t whether Sesame Street is cool with breatfeeding and/or “Katy Perry’s boobies jangling about.” The issue for me is that parents where in a huge uproar when Katy Perry’s boobs WERE jangling about so much so that the episode had to be pulled BUT showing breastfeeding is acceptable????
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GroovyMe a year agoI’m a mom, and I breast fed my son. I also did it in the privacy of my own home. Don’t really see the need to have it on TV, seeing as how kids are the main audience. Mom’s know they have the option of breastfeeding or formula feeding, so why advertise it? And…what if there is breast milk in the bottle?
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