A photograph of women breastfeeding their children was pulled from
Facebook after the social networking site received a barrage of
complaints from men.
Jade Beall, who has been photographing women for 15 years, says the
website took down one of her group portraits showing seven mums breastfeeding their kids, because one nipple was visible.
She said: "This photo received a lot of traction quickly. I received many private messages (all from men) telling me I should
remove the photo, though I'd posted the image with nipples and genital
areas blurred (because I have had images removed before by Facebook
where a woman's nipple was shown)."
But after someone spotted she had forgotten to blur one of the nipples, Facebook removed the picture.
It is the latest in a number of controversial incidents over
breastfeeding in public, or photographs of women nursing their babies.
Photographer Jade, a mother herself, says she wants her work to help
women to feel better about their bodies, especially those changed by
the process of childbirth.
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