Got milk?

Recently, I've been following lots of breastfeeding and natural parenting advocacy pages on the internet. I'm interested in what they all have to say. I'm astounded at the people who are angry at people who do things differently. Do you seriously need to get angry at me because I don't think we should spank our kids? Do you need to judge because I'm breastfeeding as long as it works for us? I'm off on a tangent now. Yesterday, the hubs and I were in the drive-thru at Taco Bell (totally healthy, I know). The vehicle in front of us had a "Got Milk?" sticker on their window. I was not offended by the slogan. I was offended by the picture next to it. It showed Betty Boop with HUGE boobies. She wasn't nursing. They were just hanging out for the world to see. It was porn star status. (I took a picture for those of you who can't envision it.)

The hubs said something to the effect of..."It's only offensive because of the way society views breasts." I countered with..."It's offensive because they want it to be." It's like the stupid Time magazine cover that started so much drama last year-ish. They weren't presenting a warm, comforting relationship between mother and child.

I've thought about it since last night and it really bothers me that they were sexualizing breasts in reference to breastfeeding. Does that make sense? If they had a little sketch of a woman nursing, with the catch phrase, cute...I may even chuckle. (Btw, I searched the internet. There are no breastfeeding stick figures. I'll have to work on that. Hehe!) I wonder though...how is the world's view of breastfeeding going to change if we are perpetuating the sexualization of breastfeeding?

I don't know why I'm so angry about this. Wait, I do. I didn't want to breastfeed my wild thing. I was modest and I struggled with the fact that breasts were for sexual gratification. I had a hard time separating the two functions in my mind and it bothered me. This window sticker just reinforced that to the world. I may ramble about this again soon because I'm really trying to work it out in my head. What do you think?