After receiving censure for a photograph that showed her breastfeeding her newborn son, Aliya Shagieva, the 20-year-old daughter of the president of Kyrgyzstan, has responded to critics this week with a powerful message.
This body Ive been given is not vulgar , Shagieva, an artist, told BBC Kyrgyz. It is functional, its purpose is to fulfill the physiological needs of my baby, not to be sexualized.
Shagieva is the youngest daughter of Almazbek Atambayev, a former prime minister who has served as president of Kyrgyzstan since 2011. Shagieva came under fire in April for posting a picture on social media that showed her breastfeeding her infant son, Tair.
The photograph had the caption, I will feed my child whenever and wherever he needs to be fed.
A picture of the Kyrgyz president's daughter breastfeeding her baby has sparked debate. What's so wrong with breastfeeding in public? pic.twitter.com/P12IJr8O5E
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What's so wrong with breastfeeding in public? pic.twitter.com/P12IJr8O5E
LBC (@LBC) July 30, 2017
Shagieva eventually took the photograph down after critics denounced it as immoral and shameful . She told the BBC that her parents had also objected to the image.
Before she deleted the picture, however, Shagieva defended it in a Facebook post. Womens breasts are not vulgar nor indecent , she wrote, according to Cosmopolitan Russia. People have long forgotten their real purpose.
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