Does a lover really have first claim on breasts?
But this is nothing to the vitriolic missives received by friends who have written thoughtful articles on why they decided to breast-feed their offspring beyond three years of age. From the tone and volume of the correspondence, you might have believed they were slipping their children heroin. One was told she was a work-shy man-hater who had clearly driven away her husband – which all came as something of a surprise to that happily married, hard-working mum. So a provocative article just published in Mother & Baby magazine has acted like kerosene on a conflagration. The author, Kathryn Blundell (the magazine’s deputy editor), wrote that she bottle-fed her babies because: “I wanted my body back … and some wine,” and she wanted her breasts: “on my chest, rather than dangling round my stomach”. However, the most controversial part of Bundell’s polemic came when she said of her breasts: “They’re part of my sexuality too – not just breasts, but fun bags. And when you have that attitude (
