Facebook bans ANOTHER breastfeeding photo - after complaints from men about one nipple

 

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.
Speaking to Cosmo, 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.

 

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It is the latest in a number of controversial incidents over breastfeeding in public, or photographs of women nursing their babies.
Last month, dozens of mums posted breastfeeding selfies on Facebook after the social network removed a photo of mum Kaya Wright, because it violated nudity rules.
Many more Mirror Mums posted their own images in a worldwide show of support.
Also in January, it was reported that breastfeeding mums were banned from nursing their children - at a breastfeeding conference.
And UKIP leader Nigel Farage was criticised after saying on a radio show that there was no need for women to be “openly ostentatious” about nursing in public, adding the sight could make some feel “very uncomfortable”.
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.

 

She said despite a relatively easy waterbirth she became depressed after giving birth because she felt "ugly and confused when I knew I should be nothing but grateful and happy".
"I have been photographing women for 15 years," said Beall, "but it was a nude self-portrait I took of myself breastfeeding my son (when I was 80 pounds heavier), that sparked my desire to photograph and celebrate the beauty, 'flaws', shapes, and vulnerabilities of all mothers."
Beall decided to turn some of her photos into a book, 'A Beautiful Body Project' which celebrated the female form.