My name is Jenn, and I'm a 27 year old married and babied chick. In addition to a husband, a seven year old daughter, and a five year old autistic son, I also have four cats, three hermit crabs, two frogs, a few fish, and one snorty little Pug. I work from home doing a variety of writing and even some web design. I love blogging, digital photography and web design.
Facebook has decided that pictures of breastfeeding women are obscene, and has retaliated by deleting the photos in question, and in some cases, the accounts themselves! Never mind that some of the photos they classify as “obscene” do not feature fully exposed breasts or nipples, which under their own ToS is “obscene”. Some of the photos in question are no more risqué than this:
Playing devil’s advocate, I can see why Facebook would be a little “iffy” on photos like the following two, as they are much more revealing:
But photos like my first example? There’s no way they can be considered obscene. Furthermore, considering that most states in the U.S. have laws enacted that protect breastfeeding women and prohibit the act of breastfeeding and thus exposed breasts as being labeled obscene, Facebook should not be allowed to take the law into its own hands and say differently.
If, after reading this, you haven’t become entirely disgusted with Facebook and decided to delete your account, please consider joining Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!.
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