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"  I just love it when , like she did recently when she talked about breastfeeding in public during an interview about her new vegan cookbook and her role on The Big Bang Theory. (BTW, I&amp;#039;m pretty sure she could get the Nobel Prize for her work as a neuroscientist 30 years from now and still have to talk about the years she breastfed her kids.) She can absolutely be counted on to separate the merely opinionated from the vitriolic do-it-my-way-or-you-are-a-terrible-gross-person types. She also provides a grand opportunity for a little refresher course on breastfeeding. Here are three things breastfeeding is not: 1. Breastfeeding is not like going to the bathroom. There&amp;#039;s always someone, like one of the commenters on the HuffPo piece, who is clearly so pleased with him- or herself for thinking of this to say: &amp;quot;Excreting your waste is a completely natural act too.&amp;quot; I know, you think that because bodily fluids are involved in both things, they are similar. But actually, what breastfeeding is is right in the name. It&amp;#039;s feeding! Next. 2. Breastfeeding is not sexual. Breasts can be, sure. But a baby\u2014and even a little kid\u2014is not having a sexual experience while eating. Neither is the mom. If you think it&amp;#039;s perverted to do it in public or continue it past a couple of months or so, it&amp;#039;s because of what you think about breasts, not what the parties involved are thinking about them. And really, you should stop thinking about little kids that way. Who&amp;#039;s the gross one now? 3. Breastfeeding is not your business. Unless you&amp;#039;re a lactation consultant or something, and then it literally is your business. To the rest of shocked-and-appalled set: Bialik clearly isn&amp;#039;t crowd-sourcing her parenting decisions, and neither are the rest of us who are nursing or used to. Let. It. Go. Glad I could clear those things up for you! [Via ] Follow REDBOOK on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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