Military Moms Breastfeeding in Uniform Stir Controversy

[avebury]

147. I will tell you exactly why pictures like this

cause for women to not be taken seriously in the military. There are some jobs in the military that require a lot of taxpayer dollars for training - pilots for example. When deciding who qualifies for expensive job training (I have heard that pilots cost in the millions of dollars to train) you have to wonder what will the return on the investment be if you select a woman. There are some women who do qualify on their own merits to go toe to toe with men in the military but they end up being lumped in with all the other women in the military (including the two women in the picture).

We are living in a time when conservative Republicans are waging a war against women and posting pictures like the one posted above is just plain stupid and short sighted. While women have the right to choose to breast feed they forget that the consequences of their actions extend way beyond their own lives and plays into the hands of the conservative movement. Is it right that millions of other women and young girls end up paying for the consequences of the actions of a few selfish women? It does not help the women's fight to gain equality in the workforce, including equal pay.