I mean really it just be a baby sucking on a fat elbow

First of all - why didn't they just say it was an elbow? Babies suck on anything. Babies suck on walls if you approach at the right angle. Problem solved.

Second of all - someone already dropped the David Cross line, so reference that post.

Third of all - This is the most non-controversial controversy I've ever seen. This is worse than the Janet incedent, which was a non-incedent. Only in America does anyone freak out over something like this. If you're offended by this picture, you have issues. Maybe you were touched as a child, or beat as a child, or a combination of the two. Maybe you've had some abusive relationships and your view of sex and sexuality is horribly skewed. I don't know. But the problem isn't the perfectly natural, gentle, and innocent picture of a mother feeding her baby - it's you.

Fourth of all - "A breast is a breast - it's a sexual thing." Shut the fuck up. A breast is a "sexual thing" because people like this person freak out whenever they see one. It's only a big deal because people like this make it a big deal. If everyone walked around naked, would anyone care? No. The problem is that people insist on imposing these ridiculous, and artificial, standards, and then try to push the envelope as far as they can against them, and as a result people are totally hyper-sensitive. 100 years ago ankles were sexual - I don't see anyone throwing a fit when a woman wears sandals anymore. And apparently a man can do whatever he wants short of showing his ding-dong, because men rule the world. A man's breasts aren't sexual. I don't know who the fuck decided that arbitrary stipulation - I guess because someone decided to draw Adam with a fig leaf over his cash and prizes and not his chest. Whatever. Get over it and shut up.

This is the sort of thing that makes me embarrassed to be human. These people know that breasts can be used by babies to feed right? I think the people shocked and offended by this are the ones who get turned on by it. These parents are warping their children. When is this BS going to stop here in the US? It just keeps getting worse....

oh no... it could be a lot worse.

I think you really hit the nail on the head here. The real problem is that anything having to do with human sexuality is viewed by many as "sexual" (read: smutty and inappropriately erotic).

GOD, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that picture, c'mon, people who don't like it, take the stcik outta yer ass!!!

o my god. there are some stupid people out there. im sorry but that picture is just cute and if i was thirteen i dont think that would give me a hard on. that would just be down right creepy. damn conservative uptight white americans.

they were probably church people, and pro bush and that explains there irrational reasoning.

if a breast is a breast, and a breast is sexual, that baby is almost fucking its mother. HOW REVOLTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

america........land of the SHUT THE FUCK UP

It's actually a picture of a baby being forced to kiss another baby's ass as part of a sadistic day-care frat hazing ritual.
BabyTalk...read it for the revealing investigative journalism.

The herd mentality of the masses never ceases to amaze and astound me, I would hope the picture isn't remotely sexual to the general populace if it is then I think that just shows a bigger problem.

Am I the only one who thinks that's just funny 'cause let's face it breasts are pretty much everywhere you look now, all you have to do is pick up any magazine or just look at the nearest billboard and you'll see them. Personally I think it's perfectly acceptable for women to breast feed their babies in public and if anyone gets some sort of sexual kick out of it then I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks they probably need a good slap.

If there's any reason to hide that breast, it's because that kid looks like he's had enough already.
...did we stop discussing Britney on <i>Esquire</i> already?

actually they did have quite a bit of trouble. it was pulled from super market and bookstore shelves and store workers refused to stock it until a group of Mothering readers complained to the store owners.

misguided americans- let's review:
not sexual:


sexual:

Who gives a fuck! I need to move out of this backwards ass country!

OMFG, its a baby magazine, and the picture artistic more than sexual in anyway. I hate bitches that cant handle that their unhappy with their tits.... one of the quotes said the husband was offended... YEAH RIGHT, he probably took the magazine and stashed it on his side of the bed so his wife "didnt have to see it" Boobs are boobs, theyre everywhere, some are better than others, and that baby was enjoying those, what is wrong with it?