Comments on: Salma Hayek Breast-Feeds Another Woman’s Child for Greater Good http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/ Experiences in living green, healthy and happy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: ann http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 ann Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:07:13 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=3739#comment-2314 how can a nurturing action such as nursing a baby be disturbing? women through history and presumably, prehistory, have nursed children other than their own out of love, out of sisterhood, out of compassion, and for profit. i think what hayek did is beautiful and commendable in every way, and i would have done the same in the circumstances. why should it matter whose baby it is? a woman who had milk held and fed a baby who needed it desperately. this is love in action. a culture that thinks breastfeeding is a marginal activity that should be done out of public sight is, in my humble opinion, demented enough; people being offended or disturbed by someone nursing a malnourished baby simply because it isn't her own child are missing the point---compassion. how can a nurturing action such as nursing a baby be disturbing? women through history and presumably, prehistory, have nursed children other than their own out of love, out of sisterhood, out of compassion, and for profit. i think what hayek did is beautiful and commendable in every way, and i would have done the same in the circumstances. why should it matter whose baby it is? a woman who had milk held and fed a baby who needed it desperately. this is love in action. a culture that thinks breastfeeding is a marginal activity that should be done out of public sight is, in my humble opinion, demented enough; people being offended or disturbed by someone nursing a malnourished baby simply because it isn’t her own child are missing the point—compassion.

]]> By: Lauren http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 Lauren Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:20:47 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=3739#comment-2308 I respect Salma's activism. I respect Salma’s activism.

]]> By: suzanne http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 suzanne Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:17:15 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=3739#comment-2307 This story is Wonderful. . My friend and I breastfed each others' child when they were little and it was a very fulfilling experience... Doesn't anyone remember the term wet-nurse? This was common in the past, but our conservative society has blinded us to what was common place. This story is Wonderful. . My friend and I breastfed each others’ child when they were little and it was a very fulfilling experience…

Doesn’t anyone remember the term wet-nurse? This was common in the past, but our conservative society has blinded us to what was common place.

]]> By: Lora http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 Lora Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:24:34 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=3739#comment-2273 I don't think there is anything wrong with what she did! It takes lots of guts to do what she did... I don’t think there is anything wrong with what she did! It takes lots of guts to do what she did…

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/salma-hayek-breast-feeds-another-womans-child-for-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Nancy Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:10:31 +0000 http://blog.gaiam.com/?p=3739#comment-2241 I was disturbed to watch it but you're right: who can argue that feeding needy children is a bad thing? Certainly not me. I was disturbed to watch it but you’re right: who can argue that feeding needy children is a bad thing? Certainly not me.

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