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Running Head: Rhetorical Analysis 4

Rhetorical Analysis

Nicole Garcia

Baker College

The article “Breastfeeding: What’s Law Got to Do with It? By: Abbie Goldbas” talks about the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding. The argument in this article is that women want to breastfeed their children in public because breastfeeding is a natural thing. The mothers shouldn’t have to worry about having to put a cover over their child or getting comments from others about the way she wants to feed her child. There are laws for women that want to breastfeed in public to protect them so they don’t get criminal charges against them.

In the past breastfeeding mothers, would get charges against them for feeding their child in public. A few states in the United States don’t have the same laws as others for breastfeeding in public. Mothers that can’t breastfeed in public will stop breastfeeding or they will not breastfeed their children at all. Mothers that get shamed will stop breastfeeding because of the publics actions toward it. People don’t realize the benefits that breastfeeding does for a mother and a child they just think breastfeeding is sexual and should not be done in a public area. No matter if a woman is breastfeeding in public covered or uncovered people have issues with that.

This article is for everyone in the public because they want them to know that women can breastfeed their child in a public place. When a child is hungry they need to eat, they can’t wait until they get home or get to a private place so they can eat. Society doesn’t approve of a child getting breastfeed when they are hungry, they think a child can cry it out and wait. That is why the government made a law for breastfeeding mothers. The author wants the public to understand why the mothers breastfeed in public, it is nothing sexual they are making sure their children are getting the nutrition that they need to grow. Mothers choose to breastfeed because it is cheaper and better for the child than giving them formula.

The author wants the public to know that there is nothing wrong with women breastfeeding in public and what the advantages are of the child being breastfeed. Most people don’t know the facts before they start judging and shaming the mother for doing what she knows is right for her child. Mothers are going to do what they feel is right for their children even if society doesn’t like it. There is so many people that will push mothers to breastfeed because they all say breast is best. Some mothers will put a cover over their children while breastfeeding because they feel more comfortable with that and no one will say anything to them. Would people in society like it if they had a cover over them while they are eating. It I the same concept and that’s why mothers breastfeed uncovered.

References:

Goldbas, A. (2015). Breastfeeding: what's law got to do with it? International Journal of Childbirth Education, 30(4), 21+. Retrieved from http://bakerezproxy.palnet.info/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.bakerezproxy.palnet.info/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lom_falconbaker&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA435358033&asid=f8edf70c1040137eafad0ce7ea9daa8f