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Mixed feelings and milk siblings

A friend in need has a profound effect on Alev’s feelings about women sharing their milk in this final instalment of ‘The Breastmilk Market’.

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Communities of cross-feeders

A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.

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The work of wet-nursing

Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.

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Trading breastmilk with men

When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.

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  • Eat more fish caught by British fishermen / issued by the Empire Marketing Board.
  • The milk marketing fraud / The Vegan Society.
  • The milk marketing fraud / The Vegan Society.
  • Guidelines for oral rehydration therapy for child diarrhoea in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ghana Social Marketing Programme, ca. 2000.
  • Mueleze! Bila Salama? Hata siku moja by the Tanzania AIDS Project Social Marketing Unit (PSI) as part of AIDSCAP. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A male-female couple hold hands looking at each other representing Secure oral contraception in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Program, ca. 2000.
  • A couple with their heads together and a couple in silhouette representing Kamal contraceptive foaming tablets in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • Two women sit in discussion representing a safe-sex advertisement for Salama condoms by the Tanzania AIDS Project Social Marketing Unit (PSI) as part of AIDSCAP. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman raises her finger to her male partner as they walk along together representing a safe-sex advertisement for Salama condoms by the Tanzania AIDS Project Social Marketing Unit (PSI) as part of AIDSCAP. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman in a check dress points her finger at the chest of her male partner representing a safe-sex advertisement for Salama condoms by the Tanzania AIDS Project Social Marketing Unit (PSI) as part of AIDSCAP. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
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