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From: geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: male breastfeeding
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Date: 25 Feb 88 15:46:17 GMT
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In article <2054@navajo.UUCP> baxter@navajo (Ray Baxter) writes:

>I had not noticed that anyone on the net was advocating male breast feeding.
>The question was, is it possible for men to breast feed?  The answer seems
>to be yes.  Why continue the debate?
>
>   Ray Baxter                             Department of Biological Sciences
>   baxter@navajo.stanford.edu                           Stanford University
>   (415) 723-3902                                Stanford, California 94305

Hopefully the department of biology at Leland Stanford Junior University
will teach you to require stronger evidence before coming to the conclusion
that a question is beyond debate.  I have yet to see anything other
than unsubstantiated anecdotes advanced here or anywhere else to support 
the contention that a normal male can produce sufficient milk to nourish 
an infant.  If you are not a student, but faculty...well, I won't say it.