Mr.
LionBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in the news again. No, they're not
adopting kids again (yet); this time Brad took pictures of Angelina breastfeeding
one of their newborn twins and sent them to a magazine. Brad took the
pictures with a camera that she bought him as a gift, and the pictures are supposedly done tastefully.
They're a wonderful couple and do
many things for charity, but is this a little too much?
I can't
remember one instance of my dad being around when my mom was
breastfeeding my younger siblings. I guess they don't have the comfort
level Jolie and Pitt possess in their relationship.
But many women do
have a problem breastfeeding with men around, even if it is the
boyfriend or husband. Most women have trouble having others take
semi-nude pictures of them let alone breastfeeding.
How high is your comfort level with your significant other?
Would you ever let your significant other take pictures of you topless or nude? What if it was done tastefully?
Comments (75)
Ugh... why does she have to make my name look so icky in headlines?
Anyhow, I definitely think it's fine to do something that personal in front of your partner if that's the way it works. In my personal experience, the only thing my ex and I never did right in front of one another was using the bathroom for number two. Everything else was up for seeing each other do. I suppose I would have been cool (or would be) with pictures, as long as they were tasteful and were never going to be seen by anyone else!
Maybe it's weird to some people that certain couples have no boundaries. I usually think, if you can't be comfortable naked or in another vulnerable position in front of your partner, then maybe you don't really trust them (or you are just super duper insecure and need to chill out).
if my so would let me take tasteful photos i would enjoy to do so and i think it would be fun. but i dont think i am photogenic so none of me, thanks. that is why i stay on the other side of the lens.
I think a picture of a mother breastfeeding her baby is precious and intimate, not "scandalous."
I wouldn't mind having the pictures taken, but I'm a bit of a private person sometimes (lie) and would prefer not to have the pictures sent to a magazine.
I think we're too caught up with celebrities. To answer the question, I wouldn't do it. I'm very comfortable with my body & my boyfriend, but I don't want it on film or anything. It can be tasteful, but it isn't for me.
I think I would be totally fine with it. I don't really see it as especially scandalous, but then again, it takes a good deal for me to see anything that way. In that situation though, I would be comfortable with it. However, if I had prior knowledge of them going to a magazine...things may be different.
I have tasteless and tasteful nudes already.
If I wouldn't be comfortable with my siblings and parents seeing the picture I wouldn't allow it to be taken. Today's SO is too often tomorrow's SOB.
A woman breast feeding is not a scandalous image.
IF they weren't released to anyone else, why not take nude pics
Plus if it helps my SO be a little bit more worked up, then I'm all for it.
i don't have a baby and never been married.. but i just know that i never thought of keeping my husband from seeing me breastfeed our baby.. and if he wants to take a pix it or me topless or nude i wouldn't have a problem either.. after all, he's my husband!
as far as anyone else other than a husband? absolutely N-O-T!!!!
If I had a child, I think I would take pics of my wife breastfeeding but only as a memory type of thing. That would be for us only and our kids. We don't need to be showing it to other people. I don't know why he'd show it to the magazine(aside from money or maybe he wanted to show off his kid and wife) Seriously though, I'd keep those pics to myself. But, I might or might not take pics. I'd be comfortable just by looking without taking pics because there is a beauty about seeing your wife and son/daughter like that. That doesn't mean you're going to keep staring like you got something else on your mind.
I think they're too much. I understand they are doing things for charity but do you really need to milk it every chance you've got?! They've already sold rights to the first pictures of their twins & now this? really? I think those pictures are private moments & not meant to be shared with the rest of the world. I'm so sick of hearing about them.. Enough already~ [No offense to those who are huge Brangelina fans.]
I think I'd like to have my privacy. It's fine to take pictures or special moments & especially of intimate moments but it's another to publicly display them & sell it to the public & get them published.. -___-"
It's really in the context of how people put it. Remember the scandal of Miley Cyrus? How the artist thought it was a "tasteful" shoot, Miley agreed, but then people threw a fit that it was "exploiting her in the wrong light" and then Miley flopped her decision?
In this case, it is not much. It's a connection of mother and child through breast feeding. Almost all women who give birth will do breast feeding and it would be a good memory of mother and child bonding. Anyone who really throws this picture out of proportion really need to think into deeper context, not just accept with the statement "yea it raunchy because there's a boob."
Xo
I would, but only if I knew he wouldn't post them on the internet if we broke up.
I don't mind getting a partial view of Angelina's boob. =p
But you know, different people are into different things. How many people pose nude for sculptures in art class? There are porn stars, sex tapes, myexgirlfriend.com haha you'd be surprised what people do these days!
As far as this photo goes, there's absolutely nothing scandalous about it. She's almost completely covered, there are Xanga display pictures that are far more 'scandalous' than that... I'm having a really hard time understanding why we're open minded and cultured when we admire naked art in museums, etc. but when it's an actual person involved in a very intimate moment with her child it's unacceptable.
And as far as allowing my boyfriend/husband take tasteful photos of me, sure! Of course. Who else could I do it with? I think it'd be fun :)
How can a picture be scandalous yet tasteful? I wouldn't allow anyone to photograph me if it wasn't going to come back to haunt me. If such pictures end up in the wrong hands!
i don't see how a picture of breast feeding could in any way be scandalous. most babies are breast fed, women have breasts, these are the facts of life! no breasts, no breast feeding, no humans LOL
i don't have a problem with doing nude art stuff of other people or being the nude model. although my poor boyfriend was not very happy about being my nude model for a couple of weeks when i was taking an art class on the human body LOL (it was the sitting still not the nudity though!)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding, whether it be with your partner, in public, or having a picture taken. It is perfectly natural and shouldn't make anyone give a second look. Our boobs produce milk, that was God's way for us to feed our children since their digestive systems aren't ready for solid foods. I bet you aren't a parent, huh? That's why you don't get it. Breastfeeding is an amazing experience of bonding with your child. It's a time where you can just take a moment to rock back and forth, peacefully stroking your baby's head, and watching them fall asleep. I think it's wonderful she wants to take pictures of that, and even better that Brad wants to take pictures of her doing that! It shows that they know just how beautiful being a mother, and a parent, is.
i can't believe this is considered scandalous. breastfeeding is totally normal and common. i personally am not a fan of angelina, but kudos to her for doing it. breastfeeding is much better for the physical and emotional health of the baby than any alternative. i think that a celebrity breastfeeding is a fantastic way to encourage it in the public :)
my girlfriend doesn't care... i have a few scandalous pictures of her on my phone, haha. trust me, when someone reaches for my phone to rifle through my images and texts, i'm like UH NOPE. when my girlfriend (going to be wife in a few years' time) is breastfeeding our kid, i'll probably be on the other one. not gonna lie. haha! not really, but we have a comfort level like that.
I actually like this picture of her. It's show the motherly instincts that she possesses, and also it may help promote the cause of getting other women to breast feed their infants. Breast feeding is very important I think, so I'm not sure how this would be scandalous. Besides, I'm pretty sure everyone who watches her movies has seen her doing more than exposing one breast that you can barely even see to begin with. lol.
i wouldn't mind tasteful pictures to be taken of me. i just don't know if my bf has that kind of photography skills!