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Many women struggle to breastfeed. Scientists are starting to ask why

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Re: Many women struggle to breastfeed. Scientists are starting to ask why

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Post by moeris »

colpabar wrote: post #53
moeris wrote: post #33

Most of the comments here are implying that there is some environmental change which has caused breastfeeding to become harder or less efficient. The article doesn't seem to say that, though. I didn't see any implication that breastfeeding was better back in prehistory. It's possible that it's always been hard. Being in a social group large enough that there are other mothers would solve the issue, largely.

It's against the rules to imply this but most of the comments here are written by people who don't read the articles.

Well, it's good I didn't imply that, then. People can miss things in articles, ignore them, or just not understand. All are valid reasons for missing/ignoring that part. My point is that the article doesn't mention it was easier to breastfeed back in the day, despite that being a kind of obvious point to make. So it's possible that they couldn't make the point because we don't know if breastfeeding was difficult back then.

Re: Many women struggle to breastfeed. Scientists are starting to ask why

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Post by FrontierPsych »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #146
GuB-42 wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This, I think, is a perverse effect of feminism. Women wanted to be able to get a job, they ended up being forced to get a job, and men still have to work like they did before, so, who cares for the kids? It is an example of bringing equality by making everyone miserable, and it is not even equal: women still do more household tasks on average, except that now, it is in addition to their job. The winners in this stor…

> The winners in this story are childless singles To each their own, but I'm not convinced they're winning overall either. Humans are, for better or worse, extremely driven to procreate and have families and communities. We're absolutely butchering those opportunities at a grand scale in North America, and so far it seems to be having adverse effects on our mental health. I don't know how this will play out but I hav…

>Humans are, for better or worse, extremely driven to procreate and have families and communities.

But in reality, marriage has fallen off a cliff. It's the lowest ever.

And women are much more money-oriented than men - men want a hot young woman, women want a provider - even if they work themselves, they want a man to make as much or more. Men don't care - they will marry a broke waitress if she looks good to him. And the reality is that men ar dropping out of society - women are earning 60% of undergrad degrees, and I've read that it will be 70-75% in 10-15 years. These women are not going to want to marry men not at their level.

If any woman disagrees here, I'll gladly be the stay-at-home partner while you go work and I play video games all day.

August 2020 Pew report (describing data from 2019): "Half of all solo single people don’t want a romantic relationship or even a date."

A long, long time ago I made the decision not to get married because marriage is a really, really bad deal for the man. I feel that no man should get married, not one. You may say "what would happen to the human race, then?" Well, the world might not be flamed baked like Venus if the human race was to die out in the next 100 years.

Re: Many women struggle to breastfeed. Scientists are starting to ask why

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Post by FrontierPsych »

mariosisters wrote: post #174
bluefirebrand wrote: post #164

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> Meanwhile, a single mother in poverty with 4+ kids is a regular sight depending on what side of town you are on. Yet, "I'm too poor to have kids" is not a phrase you'd ever hear from such a person "I'm super happy and am living a great life" is probably also a phrase you'll never hear from this person. Because what people are really saying when they say "I'm too poor to have kids" is "I would have to sacrifice a gr…

Don’t leave us hangin’ with the asymmetry! From yet another, not having kids is a selfish choice.

And from yet another, who cares about children in the first place?

Re: Many women struggle to breastfeed. Scientists are starting to ask why

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Post by Dove »

blahblah1234567 wrote: post #167
Dove wrote: post #71

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Post by drainyard »

positr0n wrote: post #171
antognini wrote: post #57

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That may have been true for agricultural societies, but it doesn't sound right for hunter gatherers (at least from my memory of an anthropology class I took). Many hunter gatherer societies have strong postpartum taboos and space children at least three years apart.

I thought babies would breast feed for 3 to 6 years. Even today the WHO recommends 2+ years.

WHO recommends _up to_ 2 years. After 6 months in addition to other nutrition.
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