TIME Magazine puts 3-year-old boy sucking on his mom's breast on cover

[Steve-O]

TIME is all about shock value right now. It's either something like this, Sarah Palin, or a picture of jesus gracing the cover over the last few years.

That said, advanced-age breastfeeding is just fucking creepy. There are certain things that are abhorrent to most humans throughout time, whether it's culturally or socially acceptable or not (cannabilism, incest, murder) and *most* people don't even need to be told not to do these things, it just creeps you out, and whether you know it to be right or wrong your brain tells you there is something inherently wrong with the act... obviously this woman needed to be told this is socially unaaceptable, and nobody did.

Everything about this statement is incorrect. Ending breastfeeding at an early age is a very recent social convention. Also, I think you are projecting modern American sensibilities. I don't think most humans throughout time would see anything abhorrent to this picture, although they might wonder what the big deal is about.

Just did a little work with the google, and apparently I'm the weird one! it seems other cultures (India and the phillipines among them) routinely breastfeed their kids up to 3 years old. This is still creeping me out though! I like learning something new

[4Dragons]

Every time I look at that pic I just can't help but to think how funny it would be to 'shop that kids hand up a bit onto his mom's crotch.

[BetCheckBet]

Everything about this statement is incorrect. Ending breastfeeding at an early age is a very recent social convention. Also, I think you are projecting modern American sensibilities. I don't think most humans throughout time would see anything abhorrent to this picture, although they might wonder what the big deal is about.

Just did a little work with the google, and apparently I'm the weird one! it seems other cultures (India and the phillipines among them) routinely breastfeed their kids up to 3 years old. This is still creeping me out though! I like learning something new

Amazing... a forum poster who can actually change their opinion...

[bukowski72]

I think this is a lot more gross.

Alicia Silverstone Pre-Chews Food for Son Bear, 10 Months

"In a video posted to her website, the 35-year-old actress and vegan demonstrates that her son Bear Blu, 10 months, eats food that she's "pre-chewed" and spits into his mouth."

"He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I'm eating"

Video:
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...#ixzz1uVQ3SpwF

[ErickAA]

Everything about this statement is incorrect. Ending breastfeeding at an early age is a very recent social convention. Also, I think you are projecting modern American sensibilities. I don't think most humans throughout time would see anything abhorrent to this picture, although they might wonder what the big deal is about.

Just did a little work with the google, and apparently I'm the weird one! it seems other cultures (India and the phillipines among them) routinely breastfeed their kids up to 3 years old. This is still creeping me out though! I like learning something new

In your defense, Time magazine is obviously aware of how uptight we are as a society, so your reaction is exactly what they were going for.

[ErickAA]

I think this is a lot more gross.

Alicia Silverstone Pre-Chews Food for Son Bear, 10 Months

"In a video posted to her website, the 35-year-old actress and vegan demonstrates that her son Bear Blu, 10 months, eats food that she's "pre-chewed" and spits into his mouth."

"He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I'm eating"

Video:
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...#ixzz1uVQ3SpwF

This is something I have never heard of, in humans at least. It is pretty standard across the animal kingdom though.

Back to the breastfeeding, I remember recently my wife was having a breastfeeding conversation with one of her friends (Unfortunately when you have a baby you have to listen to a lot of conversations no man was meant to hear) who breastfed till her kid was 2. Her friend said she knew in her mind it was probably time to wean her kid off when he started having conversations with her during the feeding...

[BCR]

You don't consider it sexual because you aren't a pedo.

I guarantee that child porn enthusiasts are going to love that picture.

Notice that the mother, in addition to being young and pretty, has her hair done, and is wearing makeup, a tank top, and tight jeans. So the picture is trying to grab your attention because you see a sexually appealing mom with her breast out, and then notice it's being sucked by a little boy (who actually looks older because of the stool he's standing on.) I guarantee this wouldn't have been on the cover if the mom was 43 and ugly.

They are sexualizing this without directly sexualizing it, so they can fall back on the excuse that they're just demonstrating breastfeeding at a late age. However, in reality, TIME was very aware of what they were really doing.

I would argue that pedophiles would be less likely to be sexually excited by this picture than "normal" adults. Particularly because the sexualized image is on an attractive, adult, female. I don't believe pedophiles would be that turned on by this unless they had some breast feeding fetish. I could be wrong but I'm not aware of pedophiles hoarding breast feeding pictures.

Certainly sexualized, but catered towards titillating a heterosexual male more than pedophiles.

[mtnDew]

FRAUD ALERT!

those small breast have no milk in them.