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YouTube Bans Breast-feeding...Video

The great breast-feeding debate raged on Tuesday, after YouTube's removal of a breast-feeding video sparked yet another nursing controversy, according to a mothers' group.

YouTube is the latest new media site to ban nursing images, following actions at MySpace and Facebook, according to the League of Maternal Justice. Bill Maher stoked the breast-feeding fire when he compared public nursing to masturbation earlier this year.

The folks at the League of Maternal Justice weren't totally surprised that YouTube banned the clip, which was viewed at least 68,000 times before disappearing, but they were upset.

"...I am surprised that YouTube continues to allow explicit videos of women stripping, physically hurting themselves, and starving themselves, all of which are easy to find using simple search terms," League co-founder Kristen Chase said in a statement on group's website.

I couldn't find the video on YouTube, but I easily found plenty of other nursing videos, including one entitled Hey Facebook Suck This by Motherhood Uncensored.

The league asked why YouTube didn't just flag the video as explicit. YouTube stated is doesn't comment on specific videos, but offered an explanation.

"It is our community that polices the site and flags content they find inappropriate. Once it is flagged, YouTube promptly reviews the content and removes it from the system if it is in violation of our Community Guidelines," YouTube said in a statement sent to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

In an attempt to deal with any copyright issues the League of Maternal Justice is reworking the video and plans to resubmit its new version to YouTube.

I have no problem with breastfeeding, but I'm no activist, and I didn't find the video offensive. You can judge for yourself by watching The Great Breast Fest Montage.

A tip of the hat to Suburban Oblivion for flagging this controversy.

Posted by at November 27, 2007 1:15 p.m.
Comments
#70157

Posted by hawk5000 at 11/27/07 3:10 p.m.

who cares!

#70176

Posted by Amish at 11/27/07 4:00 p.m.

You obviously do!

#70186

Posted by Checkyourrealty at 11/27/07 4:20 p.m.

I could really care less but what other reason would you video breast feeding then place it out there? Its not a learning tool, just a pervert.

#70187

Posted by Twinkie's Dad at 11/27/07 4:21 p.m.

No breastfeeding allowed to be shown, but just look
at any cop show on TV. Heads blown off in living
color is okay, but a Mom feeding her baby isn't ?
I mean, it's not like she were twirling them
with tassels or something.
Sheesh !

#70199

Posted by PrincessPetu at 11/27/07 5:39 p.m.

Checkyourrealty said:

"Its not a learning tool, just a pervert."

I disagree. There were some great examples of latching on which prevents a whole array of painful problems associated with breast feeding. Breastfeeding is, you probably don't know, not as easy to learn as it it may look.

Wish I had seen that when I was first nursing. It would have been helpful.

#70240

Posted by jbottero at 11/27/07 7:51 p.m.

Honestly, the only reason to make an issue of breast feeding on YouTube is to make a stink.

It's not an instructional video. Non-issue. Who cares?

What's next, complain that YouTube bans the perfectly natural act of copulation? What could be wrong with videos of people making love, it is after all natural and most people do it...

#70332

Posted by unregistered user at 11/28/07 3:53 a.m.

The difference is that unlike copulation, breastfeeding in public is protected by law.

There's nothing perverted about feeding a child. It's what the breast was designed for, long before Girls Gone Wild. If someone gets some kind of sexual thrill from seeing it, then they're the one with the problem.

Banning a video of a perfectly legal public act is a stupid move. (Or a good move to get publicity on their part. But I hardly think they're hurting for traffic.)

#70441

Posted by unregistered user at 11/28/07 10:52 a.m.

It seems like we ought to test their self-proclaimed policy of removing items that are flagged as inappropriate by mass flagging of some of the videos that really ARE inappropriate which Chase says in the article are there and easy to find. If they're going to object to a breastfeeding video (which really IS instructional) on the basis of sexuality, then let's get rid of all the truly offensive crap that's on there!

#70771

Posted by unregistered user at 11/29/07 9:14 a.m.

hi

#70807

Posted by jbottero at 11/29/07 10:38 a.m.

unregistered user at 11/28/07 3:53 a.m. said...

The difference is that unlike copulation, breastfeeding in public is protected by law.

There's nothing perverted about feeding a child.


There's nothing "perverted" about sex either. So what's the issue?

#71046

Posted by unregistered user at 11/29/07 9:50 p.m.

oh man, i better take that home video of my family eating dinner off of you tube before it gets banned. Apprently its offensive to eat in public now. what are all the restaurants gonna do?

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