Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding

[craigerNY]

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding

You can't make this stuff up......

(June 5) -- Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

 

[JustOneWay]

Rufus is all grown up, yet he still craves the mamma's milk....

lol

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

While it is a silly thing...it sounds like they are saying mothers should pump their breast milk and give it to an adult male to use it to feed their male babies. That would avoid physical contact between the mother and the male son.

Very sad; as the mother of two sons, I can't imagine missing out on the bonding provided by nursing, but not advocating that adult males consume the breastmilk.

 

[craigerNY]

While it is a silly thing...it sounds like they are saying mothers should pump their breast milk and give it to an adult male to use it to feed their male babies. That would avoid physical contact between the mother and the male son.

Very sad; as the mother of two sons, I can't imagine missing out on the bonding provided by nursing, but not advocating that adult males consume the breastmilk.

Oh no, this is not what they are saying at all. Not by a long shot........

 

[DaisyDay]

While it is a silly thing...it sounds like they are saying mothers should pump their breast milk and give it to an adult male to use it to feed their male babies. That would avoid physical contact between the mother and the male son.

Did you read the article?

Very sad; as the mother of two sons, I can't imagine missing out on the bonding provided by nursing, but not advocating that adult males consume the breastmilk.

One guy, Ezzat Attiya, proposed this and he was expelled from the university afterwards. Now, another cleric, Al Obeikan, just reproposed it.

Saudi Arabian women with no male relatives actually have a serious problem because there are many things they are not allowed to do for themselves that only a male relative can do for them. This proposal is a way around that restriction - have a non-relative become a relative by way of breast milk.

It was nowhere proposed that the grown male directly breastfeed - that's just people being snarky. The proposal is actually a compassionate one while adhering strictly to sharia.

Of course, the restrictions should just be dropped, but try telling any fundamentalist society such a thing and you'll get a rant about feminazis.

 

[ZephyrWiccan]

Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding

You can't make this stuff up......

Hmmmm..... I wonder how many earthquakes this will cause*. ------------------







*To those that don't get it, google: "Iranian Cleric says cleavage causes earthquakes".

 

[AirPo]

It was nowhere proposed that the grown male directly breastfeed .

Oh yes it was. 7th paragraph. I'd quote it but I think it would violate CF rules .

 

[JustOneWay]

It was nowhere proposed that the grown male directly breastfeed - that's just people being snarky.

Bummer. Thats what I get for commenting on only the title....

 

[DaisyDay]

Oh yes it was. 7th paragraph. I'd quote it but I think it would violate CF rules .

I stand corrected.

But I wonder if it is being reported accurately.

 

[DaisyDay]

Google Translate

This (google translated) was given as a source in the article.

 

[JustOneWay]

I stand corrected.

But I wonder if it is being reported accurately.

It is back on, yeah! Time to consider becoming Muslim....


lol

 

[moonkitty]

I thought this law said that to be a breast milk relative they would have to have been fed 5 "fulfilling" sessions before the age of 2. Since this is talking about adult breast feeding whether directly from the breast or pumped it still seems like a moot point.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

Oops, I really misread that.

 

[Gishin]

Stop following silly outdated rules instead of trying to find loopholes. They're not grounded in today's reality.

 

[Husayn]

Just when you think they can't say something stupider.

I would just like to grab them by their beards and say "are you kidding me?"

 

[Wolseley]

They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed.

Well, first you have the woman lie face-down on a table with a hole cut in it; then you get a bucket and put it under the table at the correct spot, and then you....ah......

Never mind. Maybe we just better stick with Elsie the Cow.

 

[jameseb]

I'll never be able to drink milk in my tea again...

 

[Etsi]

Did you read the article?


One guy, Ezzat Attiya, proposed this and he was expelled from the university afterwards. Now, another cleric, Al Obeikan, just reproposed it.

Saudi Arabian women with no male relatives actually have a serious problem because there are many things they are not allowed to do for themselves that only a male relative can do for them. This proposal is a way around that restriction - have a non-relative become a relative by way of breast milk.

It was nowhere proposed that the grown male directly breastfeed - that's just people being snarky. The proposal is actually a compassionate one while adhering strictly to sharia.

Of course, the restrictions should just be dropped, but try telling any fundamentalist society such a thing and you'll get a rant about feminazis.

Thank you for the explanation