INSIDE THE MIND OF KATHY DETTWYLER
  • Curriculum Vitae 2014
  • Essays, Letters to the Editor, PowerPoints
    • Loss of oestrus and concealed ovulation in primates
    • Muslim Americans and Terrorist Attacks in the US
    • Is Breastfeeding Advocacy Anti-Feminist?
    • "A Worldwide Average Age of Weaning?" -- or "That Pesky 4.2 Years Figure"
    • "Breastfeeding as a Human Rights Issue"
    • Breastfeeding vs. Lactation (2005) Why a child nursing from a non-lactating mother is not child abuse
    • Why breastfeeding is more than just milk (X-rated, for references to sex)
    • Examples of societies where children nurse for many years
    • Response to Rhonda Graham's column bashing moms who breastfeed in public
    • PowerPoint Presentations on Breasts
  • "Court Letter" -- no longer available -- electronic copy, words of wisdom from Elizabeth Baldwin
    • 2015 Court Letter --
    • "Extended Breastfeeding and the Law"
    • "Is Breastfeeding Really a Visitation Issue" by Elizabeth N. Baldwin (1993)
  • Scholarly Publications (peer-reviewed)
    • 2004 "When to Wean: Biological vs. Cultural Perspectives" -- Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • 1998-99 "Evolutionary Medicine & Breastfeeding: Implications for Research & Pediatric Advice" -- Skomp Lecture, Indiana Unversity
    • 1995 "Beauty & the Breast: The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding in the United States"
    • 1995 "A Time to Wean: The Hominid Blueprint for the Natural Age of Weaning in Modern Human Populations"
    • 1992 "Infant Feeding Practices and Growth" -- Annual Review of Anthropology; coauthored with Claudia Fishman
    • 1992 "Nutritional Status of Adults in Rural Mali"
    • 1991 "Paleopathology and Compassion" AJPA
    • 1989 "Styles of Infant Feeding: Parental/Caretaker Control of Food Consumption in Young Children" -- American Anthropologist
    • 1988 "More than Nutrition: Breastfeeding in Urban Mali" -- Medical Anthropology Quarterly
    • 1987 "Breastfeeding and Weaning in Mali: Cultural Context and Hard Data," Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 633-644
    • 1986 "Infant Feeding in Mali, West Africa: Variations in Belief and Practice" SSM
  • Books & Documentaries
  • Contact
  • Book Reviews (reviews written by Kathy Dettwyler)
  • Terrains of Ignorance -- a lecture by Dr. Marlys Witte (1995)
  • Blog
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Why breastfeeding is more than breast milk [note: contains discussion of sex] Imagine, if you will . . . . a man and a woman.  Soul-mates, best friends, true partners in all the myriad experiences of life.  Lovers.  Participants in a physically intimate, loving relationship between each of them and their favorite person in the entire world.  They hold hands on walks.  They hug and kiss upon leaving each other’s company, and on rejoining later.  She massages the tense muscles of his shoulders after a long, stressful day at work.  He rubs her feet as they watch TV.  As she cooks dinner, he passes by and gives her shoulder a squeeze.  She comes up behind him in the bedroom as he dresses for work and gives his naked bottom a gentle pinch.  They both laugh.  They make love. . . . [to read more, click on the link above]
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