My husband says yay, I say nay. What are your thoughts?

  • UndecidedYellow@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 year ago

    There are definitely moments when I don’t want to breastfeed, but I still do because I think it’s best for the baby, it’s free, and it requires no washing up of bottle parts. In those moments, I’m not being forced, but I’m not 10000% willing either. Still vegan at those times?

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      1 year ago

      I’m curious where this question is coming from. Why does it matter whether you attach the label “vegan”?

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          1 year ago

          In that case, I’ll try and answer: I think that for 99.999% of vegans the question wouldn’t even occur to them. Veganism is about avoiding hurting animals for food, not about human breastfeeding practices. The question seems bizarre.

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            1 year ago

            I’ve known a handful of folks who abstain from animal products for religious reasons. One or two did not breastfeed because they view any food produced by/in any body as tainted. Ital eating–but hyper restrictive. They never referred to their practices as veganism, but there is that “don’t eat animal products” overlap.

            I thought some vegans don’t consume animal products because they think they are unhealthy, not because of the suffering associated with it, but like I said in other comments, I really don’t know much about veganism, but am open to it.

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      1 year ago

      That’s why I said it matters what your criteria is.
      To me, it is. You’re not being forced or coerced, you’re just not enthusiastic about what you chose.

      A moral system that doesn’t allow people to feed their children is broken.