Re: In Reversal, Student Is Given Extra Exam Time to Pump Breast Milk

From: Ina May Gaskin (midwifeim@earthlink.net)
Thu Sep 27 14:12:59 2007


The judge was right to overturn the ruling, and we ought to be able to make breastfeeding jokes. But let's make the moms comfortable while we crack the jokes.

Not everyone can pour out milk as fast as Anna, and we're far too serious about breastfeeding (which has a tendency to make it less fun). I want to see some on TV. It's the only way I know for us to get less weird about nipples. Oops! Taboo word! On the other hand, we could call them "breast warts", as German speakers do.

Ina May (Still having the bends from seeing attractive, comfortable places for women to sit and feed babies in airports, malls and restaurants in Norway, Sweden and Austria for the last 2 1/2 weeks, and now I'm back in the US, where it's obvious that our society is geared to keep breastfeeders out of sight and to keep their numbers low).

On 27 Sep 2007, at 10:59, <l.glazerman@rcn.com> <l.glazerman@rcn.com> wrote:

> OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> ROTFLOL
>

>> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:54:36 -0500
>> From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: In Reversal, Student Is Given Extra Exam Time to Pump
>> Breast Milk
>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/27/2007 12:11:02 P.M. Central
>> Daylight Time, dean@thehuffpeople.net writes:
>>
>> In overturning a ruling that denied Ms. Currier
>> the additional 60 minutes of
>> break time she requested, Judge Gary Katzmann said
>> yesterday that she needed
>> the extra time so she could be on “equal
>> footing” with men and nonlactating
>> women taking the test.
>>
>> I would have said "so she can stay abreast of ..."
>>
>> Joe P.
>>
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