Gendering and the Body

An interesting one here for anyone studying culture and identity and/or gender. This article reports on another article elsewhere about breastfeeding which seems to have caused a bit of a stir in some quarters of the media. It’s interesting though that the journalist who started it all (a woman), dislikes breastfeeding and anchors her own identity firmly in terms of her sexuality. There are alternatives. A woman could for example anchor her identity more in terms of one’s identity as a mother. Lots of scope for reflection and debate here. What is the dominant identity for women in British society today? Is the identity of ‘mother’ one which is declining in status? Are the identities of ‘woman’ and ‘mother’ in competition? Is there a hierarchy?