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Can transgender women breastfeed?
The Economist ^ | 2/23/24 | The Economist

Posted on 02/25/2024 11:23:33 AM PST by DallasBiff

Biological males may have a latent capacity to produce small amounts of milk

THE MALE breast is an evolutionary enigma. Human males are born with nipples and milk ducts—traits that appear early in embryonic development, before sex differentiation. What is more mysterious, however, is why male mammals of all kinds have not evolved to use this equipment to feed their offspring. The plumbing is intact: human males are known to be able to produce a milky nipple discharge in rare circumstances. That phenomenon is now in the spotlight after one trust in England’s National Health Service (NHS) stirred controversy in February by concluding that milk from transgender women—that is, biological males who identify as women—was the “ideal food for infants”. Is this true?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: breastfeeding; chat; chestfeeding; darwin; domperidone; donatefreerepublic; homosexualagenda; jimknows; nothanks; notnews; recognizemeplease; theeconomist; transgender; uk; weallknow; xyxx
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve thought of male traits as options added to the stock design, like a leather interior or a turbo engine upgrade. There is no option to remove features, just to add to them, or render them vestigial.


21 posted on 02/25/2024 11:53:01 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: butlerweave

Exactly.


22 posted on 02/25/2024 11:53:56 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Lurker

They need Jesus!


23 posted on 02/25/2024 11:54:10 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

Fake women are men.


24 posted on 02/25/2024 11:55:06 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. A)
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To: HIDEK6

God will not be mocked. Male and female He created them.


25 posted on 02/25/2024 12:03:11 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: HIDEK6

God will not be mocked. Male and female He created them.


26 posted on 02/25/2024 12:03:14 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: DallasBiff
The Economist
Posted on 2/25/2024, 11:23:33 AM by DallasBiff

Biological males may have a latent capacity to produce small amounts of milk

THE MALE breast is an evolutionary enigma. Human males are born with nipples and milk ducts—traits that appear early in embryonic development, before sex differentiation.

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says who ? the economist ?

i wonder what their biologist says about house loan rates.

well, i guess i dont really.

27 posted on 02/25/2024 12:09:00 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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To: DallasBiff

Dumb question - there is no such thing as a transgender.

There are only males and females, some of whom are mentally ill, very young or very stupid.

Then there are monstrous politicians and doctors who will mutilate these vulnerable people for a paycheck.


28 posted on 02/25/2024 12:14:26 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: DallasBiff

Like Romulus and Remus, babies would probably be better off suckling from she-wolves.


29 posted on 02/25/2024 12:24:01 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: yldstrk

In fact, as others have noted, very little, very seldom, and not for very long. Perhaps not very well either.


30 posted on 02/25/2024 12:26:07 PM PST by Bethaneidh
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To: Tennessee Nana

Men should be sued to provide breast support either way.Pay mom or DIY


31 posted on 02/25/2024 12:28:08 PM PST by cnsmom
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To: DallasBiff

32 posted on 02/25/2024 12:38:36 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: DallasBiff

They are trying everything AND ANYTHING TO MAKE THIS WORK;
“Uterine transplantation entails the transplantation of the uterus, including the cervix, a cuff of vagina, the surrounding ligamentous and connective tissues, as well as the major blood vessels to the level of the internal iliac vessels. The uterus is then placed orthotopically in the pelvis of the recipient, where it is structurally supported using the uterosacral, round and broad ligaments laterally, the bladder peritoneum anteriorly, and the vagina and paravaginal tissues inferiorly.”

This is from Fauci land and real.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492192/


33 posted on 02/25/2024 12:39:44 PM PST by DazedVet (Self esteem cannot be taught in school but comes from actual achievement.)
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To: DallasBiff

Hint: they aren’t women.


34 posted on 02/25/2024 12:48:00 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: DallasBiff
No.

What they are doing is producing liquid from their nipples with large doses of hormones. This liquid is not milk and not good for the baby.

In fact any liquid coming out of your nipples that is not normal lactation is not healthy. Go get checked out.

35 posted on 02/25/2024 12:51:08 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: DallasBiff
In their mentally sick, delusional minds they can ... and a lot of mentally healthy, normal people will not only pander to their delusions, they will validate them and even celebrate them.

We live in a sick society; a terrible thing to have to admit to about our once great country.

36 posted on 02/25/2024 12:52:20 PM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: DallasBiff

They could if they used the Manery Gland…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0s18i95JKA


37 posted on 02/25/2024 12:54:58 PM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: Grampa Dave
the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate

IMO it's more like a loyalty test. They want their subjects to parrot the party line regardless of how preposterous it is.

38 posted on 02/25/2024 1:26:45 PM PST by LuxAerterna
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To: DallasBiff

Stop the world, I want to get off


39 posted on 02/25/2024 1:33:26 PM PST by CapandBall
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To: Lurker

Obviously they have to much money in their budget and to much time on their hands.
Cut their budget by 20%


40 posted on 02/25/2024 1:46:32 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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