Relationshipsbetween siblingscan run the gamut from maximum love and support to pure hatred. The ancient Castor and Pollux on one hand, the biblical Cain and Abel on the other… Well, the sisters from our story today are obviously now going through a period of disapproval of each other.
For example, when the author, theuser u/Throwraweddingseats, recently got married, she made sure that the moments with her breastfeeding elder sister were not caught on camera – and this clearly upset the new mom. However, let’s talk about everything just in order.
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The author of the post got married a week ago and she wasn’t happy with her elder sister being present at the ceremony
Image credits:Wendy Wei (not the actual photo)
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So she did at the author’s wedding too – but the bride took measures deliberately
Image credits:Asad Photo Maldives (not the actual photo)
She seated the sister far away from the camera and asked the photographer to not shoot the sister if he saw her nursing
Image credits:KAL VISUALS (not the actual photo)
So it happened – and the sister was very upset at not being present in literally any of the wedding photos
However, the bride is now wondering whether her behavior was a manifestation of hypocrisy and prudence. In any case, the original poster took it online to seek people’s advice and probably support.
Image credits:Frans Daniels (not the actual photo)
Well, a certain element of prudence seems to still be present here. At the very least, researchers are almost sure that the issue largely lies in the excessive sexualization of female breasts in contemporary society.
“It has been identified that women who breastfeed in public may be accused of sexual exhibitionism or sexual immorality. However, such censorship is not about breasts being seen, as breasts are ubiquitous in Western advertising, fashion and media,” the researchers note.
“Infants typically feed anywhere from eight to 10 times in a day,” USA Todayalso quotesDr. Lori Feldman-Winter, who chairs the breastfeeding wing of the American Academy ofPediatrics. “It’s normal that babies feed regularly throughout the day and may literally feed as often as every hour.” So the original poster’s sister really cared about her child first, and only then about the opinions of others.
At the same time, the viewpoints of commenters on the original post were very divided. Some people actually agreed with the author that they wouldn’t like to see these breastfeeding scenes in her wedding photos. “Nothing against public breastfeeding, but I wouldn’t want to see that in my formal wedding photos or video – especially if she’s doing it for the attention,” one of the commenters wrote.
Experts believe the problem is breasts’ sexualization in modern society, and the commenters’ opinions were mostly divided
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