Uncensored
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Social networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace are great for meeting people, but they’re also the source of much controversy. Do the dangers of these sites outweigh their benefits? Dr. Phil takes a look at the latest issues to crop up on the digital frontier.


Obscene?

Kelli

Stephanie Miller

“Breastfeeding is a huge part of our life,” says Kelli of herself and her daughter. “We've done it every day since she was born. It would never occur to me that that would be something to hide from anyone.”

“I don't find it obscene," says radio talk show host Stephanie Miller, “but I just think it's private."

“I had been a member of a couple other breastfeeding groups on Facebook,” Kelli explains. “I decided to post a picture of me nursing my daughter, and then a few days later it was taken down. And that's when I decided to make a group called Breastfeeding is Not Obscene.” Since then over 135,000 people have joined Kelli’s protest group.

Stephanie says, “I think Facebook is right to take the pictures down because a nipple is a nipple.”

“I was shocked, and I just don't see how anything about breastfeeding could be classified as obscene,” says Kelli. “It's not fair that me feeding my child is something that should be discreet and is deemed obscene, when a woman choosing to bottle-feed her child is completely normal and acceptable.”

“Why did you post this picture to begin with?” Dr. Phil asks Kelli. “You didn't just post this to the world; this was to a friend, right?”

“Right,” she says. “My friend had had her picture taken down, and it was kind of in solidarity that I decided to post a picture of me nursing my daughter.”


A broad screen behind Dr. Phil and Kelli holds a picture of Kelli nursing her daughter. Dr. Phil asks how Kelli feels, looking at that picture.

“I just see me and my daughter nursing,” she says. “Actually, in that picture there's no nipple or areola showing, so you might not have to blur it.”

“Yeah, and that's what they say, right?” says Dr. Phil. “They say that if there's nipple or areola showing that they'll delete it.”

“That violates the terms. Yes,” says Kelli.

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