{"id":2677,"date":"2006-09-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/06\/breastfeeding-and-the-class-system\/"},"modified":"2006-09-06T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T17:30:00","slug":"breastfeeding-and-the-class-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=2677","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding And The Class System"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a New York Times<\/em> article<\/a> about breastfeeding, class and jobs:<\/p>\n

Doctors firmly believe that breast milk is something of a magic elixir for babies, sharply reducing the rate of infection, and quite possibly reducing the risk of allergies, obesity, and chronic disease later in life.<\/p>\n

But as pressure to breast-feed increases, a two-class system is emerging for working mothers. For those with autonomy in their jobs \u2014 generally, well-paid professionals \u2014 breast-feeding, and the pumping it requires, is a matter of choice. It is usually an inconvenience, and it may be an embarrassing comedy of manners, involving leaky bottles tucked into briefcases and brown paper bags in the office refrigerator. But for lower-income mothers \u2014 including many who work in restaurants, factories, call centers and the military \u2014 pumping at work is close to impossible, causing many women to decline to breast-feed at all, and others to quit after a short time.<\/p>\n

It is a particularly literal case of how well-being tends to beget further well-being, and disadvantage tends to create disadvantage \u2014 passed down in a mother\u2019s milk, or lack thereof.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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