Man attempts to breastfeed infants

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

http://sittingnow.co.uk/archives/1458

Ragnar Bengtsson, a 26-year-old student at Stockholm University, is regularly breaking out a breast pump to induce lactation. Bengtsson is the father of a 2-year-old child, but he has no plans to nurse his toddler. Rather he wants to breast-feed future children and inspire other dads to offer their breasts as a way to bond with their children at earlier stages of development.

"Anything that doesn't do any harm is worth trying out. And if it works it could prove very important for men's ability to get much closer to their children at an early stage," Bengtsson told The Local, an English newspaper in Sweden.

The story was major headline news in the Nordic country, and now it's making the rounds on all the parenting blogs. The story will probably continue to escalate as Bengtsson's efforts will be documented by Swedish TV8. Also, he maintains a blog on the station's Web site.

I'm not quite sure if this is weird enough to qualify as 'high wierdness', but it's probably more unusual than agricultural fertility cults.

[Golden Applesauce]

If this works, it will make for some veeeerrry interesting discussions with feminists.

[MMIX]

If this works, it will make for some veeeerrry interesting discussions with feminists.

. . . why??? . . .

[Template]

If this works, it will make for some veeeerrry interesting discussions with feminists.

. . . why??? . . .

Men playing at borders of "femeninity".  Is it welcome?  Should it be accepted or aided?

or

??? 

[Triple Zero]

STOP SAME-SEX BREASTFEEDING

BREASTFEEDING SHOULD BE BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A BABBY

[Payne]

STOP SAME-SEX BREASTFEEDING

BREASTFEEDING SHOULD BE BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A BABBY

IF MAN BREASTS FEED A BABBY, THAT HOW IS GAY IS FORMED AND JESUS CRIES.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I just can't get past the hairy nipples...... 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Scientists somewhere (can't remember where) were working, at one time, on a hormone treatment that would induce male lactation. Seems to me that prolactin would do it, but what the hell do I know.

[Kai]

Scientists somewhere (can't remember where) were working, at one time, on a hormone treatment that would induce male lactation. Seems to me that prolactin would do it, but what the hell do I know.

Excessive stimulation over an extended period WILL do it alone in many males.

I think the question is whether guys want boobs or not.

Wait, they'd probably LIKE it.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

http://web.archive.org/web/20040612183349/http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_700634.html

i have seen some accounts of other men when stranded wif no wimmenz and babbies who started to breastfeed, historical accounts too...

[LMNO]

Men actually have the glands needed to create breastmilk?

[Triple Zero]

Scientists somewhere (can't remember where) were working, at one time, on a hormone treatment that would induce male lactation. Seems to me that prolactin would do it, but what the hell do I know.

Excessive stimulation over an extended period WILL do it alone in many males.

I think the question is whether guys want boobs or not.

Wait, they'd probably LIKE it.

how excessive and how long a period? like rubbing them for 10 minutes daily?

[Brotep]

It is possible IIRC, only men aren't capable of producing as much milk as women.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Scientists somewhere (can't remember where) were working, at one time, on a hormone treatment that would induce male lactation. Seems to me that prolactin would do it, but what the hell do I know.

Excessive stimulation over an extended period WILL do it alone in many males.

I think the question is whether guys want boobs or not.

Wait, they'd probably LIKE it.

I think the application they were hoping for was one where the lactation could be triggered with a single injection (this seems like something they could use in women who have a hard time with their milk coming in, too) and the it would be sustained naturally by the stimulation of the baby feeding.

[Richter]

Scientists somewhere (can't remember where) were working, at one time, on a hormone treatment that would induce male lactation. Seems to me that prolactin would do it, but what the hell do I know.

Excessive stimulation over an extended period WILL do it alone in many males.

I think the question is whether guys want boobs or not.

Wait, they'd probably LIKE it.

No thanks.  My frame doesn't need counterbalances.