Quote I personally don't understand why someone feels compelled to post breastfeeding photos on Facebook to begin with, unless it was part of some sort of breastfeeding instruction manual to help other new mothers out. Thus, there would be a net benefit to the baby.

funny you should say this because a friend of mine posted (to try out the FB policies) some pictures which are used by a dutch breastfeeding group as instruction for pregnant women... they were -off course- removed

I can see there are not many breastfeeding mothers around here :-)

You are all missing the point these women are trying to make.

Facebook is telling them that something they do everyday and which is as normal as breathing to them, is obsceen. They are labelling it as indecent putting the loving act of feeding their baby in the same category as porn or violence. That hurts.

Especialy because it concerns their children. It makes them feel degraded. And that makes them angry.

And in case you haven't noticed. FB has not only banned public pictures, they have also removed photo's that were labeled private and only visible to friends. So it has nothing to do with this being public and everything with an overzealous censor at FB.

So you compare a drinking baby to having a shit... nice imagery please let me express this is NOT the way all Europeans think !