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Women's Rights & Issues

Ilsa

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7. LMSP, thank you so much for posting

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 08:19 AM

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this article! I was a lactation specialist many years ago, and reading this both amazes and angers me. I'm always amazed by the new things discovered, but so angry about male scientists' dismissiveness of her work, and their selfish priorities.

"What science dismissed as simple nutrition was actually the most sophisticated biological communication system on Earth."

I wish I had studied evolutionary biology.

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