Aug 10
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Gisele Bundchen Breast Feeding Comment Controversy
Supermodel and definitely multi millionaire Gisele Bundchen, who just may have the perceived “dream life” being married to football superstar Tom Brady and having good looks that money can’t buy but that people will pay for, has crossed a line in many women’s minds with her recent comments about breast feeding.
In a magazine interview, apparently the supermodel turned mom of a little infant boy, made some comments that every new mother should have to breast feed her child, and said something to the effect that there should be a law that says you have to breast feed your child for at least the first six months of their lives. She also made comments about how formula is full of chemicals and she’d never want to do that to her baby.
She is definitely entitled to her opinion, and it’s kind of a shame that people come under fire for saying what they feel, but you know these comments caused a firestorm because they came off as judgmental toward women with babies who just simply can’t breast feed. There are a myriad of reasons women cannot breast feed, it’s not just simple choice sometimes.
Women with jobs that work long hours whose employers aren’t all that patient with pumping several times a day, for example, are definite deterrents to breast feeding. Also, there are issues with extreme pain experienced by some women with breast feeding and the issues that can crop up simply with that alone. Of course women were upset, and Gisele had to clarify her comments.
I think women were upset because someone who makes millions of dollars and has every luxury at her disposal to breast feed, pump and nurture her child, made these comments. I can understand that. But let’s also give her a break, she is entitled to her opinion, even if you or I don’t like the way it “sounds”.
I guess I just feel like everyone has to be afraid to speak their mind these days. Sure, there are comments you wish people wouldn’t make, but isn’t that what the US is all about -free speach without fear of getting harassed for it?
