Benefits Of Breastfeeding

Deltas
As the oldest child in a family of three children, I have been lucky enough to see and remember when my two brothers were babies. One of the things that most sticks in my memory is seeing my mother breastfeed my littlest brother, Angel, who is now three and not a baby anymore.

The article that I found online relating to chapter 7 is about the benefits of breastfeeding. This article claims that breastfeeding helps improve mothers' health, as well as their children's. A woman grows both physically and emotionally from the relationship she forms with her baby. Just as a woman's breast milk is designed specifically to nourish the body of an infant, the production and delivery of this milk also aids her own health.
This article relates to Brave New World, because in chapter 7 Lenina is revolted by the image of two young women breastfeeding their infants. this also relates to our society nowadays. In today's society, breastfeeding is often thought of as unnecessary. Young mothers are mistakenly led to believe that formula does very well as a replacement for breast milk. Others (like Lenina) don't want to have an intimate relationship with their babies.


Question: Based on what we know so far about Brave New World why do you think that breastfeeding completely disgusts Lenina and the other "civilized" people in the World State?


Link to Why Is Breastfeeding So Important?