Interesting, isn't it, that the feminist era
precisely overlapped with the 1st-world's return to breast-feeding
and the resulting additional maternal ties which it entails?)


Yes, interesting in that it was the feminist movement which said there was nothing offensive about a woman nursing her child. It was also the feminist movement which validated a woman's right to stay home and fought for her to have some equality to do so. Who do you think fought for the Family Leave bill?<sup>1


1</sup>click here: Feminist leaders, who for decades have supported paid family leave, celebrated the governor's decision to make California the first state to enact comprehensive legislation.

Bee, good work. I know what you mean about the young women. They still take so much of what we gained for granted. When I volunteered at a Planned Parenthood in the late 70's, I marvelled at the young women who would come in looking for birth control after a year or more of being sexually active with no protection, finally scared enough by a missed moontime or a friend's pregnancy to get some help. I don't think they knew how fortunate they were to have it so readily available without parental permission.

Also, there are still men, here in the West, who believe a feminist must be a lesbian and man-hater.