Probably if the dress of these women had been any other the photos would not stand out among others images that show the beauty of breastfeeding the baby. But they appear in uniform, military uniform to be more concrete, and that has raised blisters between certain sectors of American society.
Terran Echegoyen-McCabe and Christina Luna decided to pose to support a campaign to promote breastfeeding, and their images have been disseminated on social networks by groups that also support breastfeeding. As expected (unfortunately) the negative reactions were swift.
The images were taken at the Fairchild base in Washington and posted on Facebook by Mom2Mom Breastfeeding Support Group (also on the BrynjanPhotography site itself), although it is in the first group where the stir is causing the most.
Some instances have expressed their disagreement with these photos, claiming that it is a disgrace to the institutional uniform, comparing them (how little original) with some images in which the women had left making their needs with the uniform on.
Of course, there are also those who defend mothers and their right to breastfeed in public, something that is also not prohibited by military laws.
On the contrary, the regulation of the United States Air Forces expressly defends (section 4.16) that exclusive breastfeeding is the best food for the baby for the first six months of life and indicates that women should be given a suitable place to express the milk if you wish. It also proposes the postponement of certain missions or training of women until 12 months after delivery so that the baby has all the benefits of breast milk.
The debate is served, as when a few weeks ago Time magazine asked us "Are you a mother enough?" In reference to prolonged breastfeeding, which was shown on the cover with a four-year-old boy sucking.
And they will not be the last controversies, because it takes a lot of time (and education) for such narrow minds not to be scandalized with issues like these. And I'm afraid it's not just a matter of breastfeeding mothers wear the military uniformSurely something similar would happen with many other clothes, with or without uniform, with or without profession.
