Strollerderby

Fountain Shoots, Um, Breastmilk?

Posted by JeanneSager

Still freaked out over breastfeeding in public? Then we're going to guess you won't be posing for pictures in front of any of the host of water fountains around the world that feature women pumping . . .in very public places.

Because what else do you call the mermaids in the celebrated Piazza Del Netunno (Neptune) in Bologna, Italy? With water shooting out of their nipples, it makes you wonder if the architect had a nursing mom at home:

And what do you make of the Fontana delle Tette in Treviso? More Italians love for mama?

So what do you think? Were these the first examples of pumping in public?

Images: Virtual Tourist, Suite 101

Related Posts:


+ DIGG + STUMBLE
Posted May 24 2009, 12:01 PM
Filed under: , , , ,

Comments

 

Marj said:

Culturally Italians are into boobs.  Full breast-feeding boobs are just sexier.  Don't mistake the love of breast-feeding for not seeing the boobs as sex objects when it comes to this particular culture.  Breast-feeding = sexy mama in Italy.  Course I don't think either the men or the women have issues with that idea.

May 24, 2009 2:12 PM
 

elohveeee12 said:

i dont know much about italy, but the first one is sort of creepy.

the second one isnt too bad, but maybe thats just comparatively? seriously, does that first one have octopus legs? I would love to talk to the person that made that one, what was the insperation behind it?

May 24, 2009 3:10 PM
 

Zombielogic said:

I think breastmilk is great.

May 24, 2009 10:42 PM
 

Becca Cait said:

I knew I liked Italians for a reason... that post gave me a smile!  Just wanted to let you know that we linked to it on our Nursing News round-up this week!

nursingmotherscompanion.com/.../nursing-news-friday-5-29-09

May 29, 2009 5:18 PM

About JeanneSager

Jeanne Sager is a writer who lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a dog and too many cats. She refuses to believe motherhood comes with pumpkin appliqued sweaters, and she';s not ready to apologize for having only one child. She writes about raising her kid in her own hometown and the mom stuff she's not embarrassed to own at her blog, Inside Out (http://jeannesager.blogspot.com), she's contributing editor of Grand Magazine, and she's a regular essayist here on Babble

in

GROUP BLOGS

  • Strollerderby

    The smartest, funniest, most exhaustive parenting blog in the blogosphere.

  • Droolicious

    Modern design for modern parents.

  • FameCrawler

    Your daily baby celebrity fix.
back to blog homepage