History of Breastfeeding
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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The Hypocrisy of Breastfeeding Your Own Child
Joanna says Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a central figure in Western Europe towards this making breastfeeding your own child more fashionable for the wealthy. He argued that it's not only for the good of the child, but it's also for theGood of mankind. But he had five children and sent them to foundling hospitals. So again, the hypocrisy of it is stark. Joanna: Stay in your dumb lane, Rousseau!
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