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Petulant Pixie

I stand corrected.

Sewingsiren

Scout

Well, I wasn't trying to start a solciological debate, lol.

As for the picture, even though it's a different culture, it's not a third-world culture. I do think we should be totally comfortable with women bf'ing wherever they happen to be, just like we are comfortable with them bottle feeding wherever they happen to be. I don't think anyone should be forced to bfip, but I find it odd that so many people think it's taboo.

Jessica

Actually, Venezuela is considered a third world country.

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm

Petulant Pixie

But, Jessica, did you read the definition? And then did you look at the link to the part that says:

Jessica

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Rebecca_R

I've never been to Korea, but I've been to China, and yeah, I would consider it a third world country. It is dirt poor. Poverty like I have never seen in my life actually and most of it is that way.

Didn't look at the list you were talking about. But yea, S. Korea is as much of a third world country as say, NYC. Wink

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Sewingsiren

Scout

Look at the way th woman and baby are dressed, though. They look like they just came from Old Navy. I think when most of us say "Third World," this photo does not portray that image.

But ok, let's go with the fact that it's a different culture, which it obviously is. Why is that an argument that this photo has no bearing on our own culture? IMO, that would be like a southerner saying something like "Ok, well maybe they are more open to diversity up north, but that's a different culture." Just because it's a different culture doesn't mean it's not relatable to our own, or that we can't see that parts of it bear emulating. What it boils down to is that you would never see our president, or just about any man in any position of power or authority, comfortably chatting with a woman while she was openly nursing her baby. Even discreetly nursing would be a stretch. And personally, I just think that's silly.

Jessica

Sewingsiren

China and N. Korea are on the 2nd world list too. So the list is a little bit fucked up.

Jessica

Sewingsiren

And then there is this from the same weblink:

The First, the Second and the Third World
A rough, and its safe to say, outdated model of the geopolitical world from the time of the cold war. The is no official defination of the first, second, and third world . Following OWNO's explanation of the terms.

The Italics are mine.