México.- Un maestro en California, Estados Unidos, prohibió a una alumna amamantar a su bebé mientras impartía una clase online del nivel universitario.

La joven Marcella Mares toma clases virtuales como parte de las medidas de distanciamiento social contra la pandemia del coronavirus Covid-19 para evitar los contagios en las escuelas.

Marcella Mares es madre de una niña de 10 meses y contó a través de su perfil en Instagram la discriminación que sufrió por parte de su profesor "por ser una alumna con hijos".

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I never write long posts but this is a good one! • • • I didn’t want to post this picture because I just wanted it for me but I just wanted to show that I CAN focus in class WHILE breastfeeding my child. My professor changed the requirements for class & said we needed to have our camera & microphone on in order to receive credit for the attendance part of class. I told him I obviously don’t have a problem with having my camera & microphone on but I might need to turn them off to feed my daughter from time to time. His response was “that’s not what you should be doing during class. Do that on your own time.” I didn’t respond & went to class about a half hour later. The first thing he says to the whole class in our zoom meeting was “I got this really weird email from a student stating she needed to do inappropriate things during lecture time. You guys need to understand that you have priorities now and you need to put all those distractions aside or be creative when your child needs you and give your full attention in my class.” If you know me, you know how pissed this made me. It was one thing to send the email telling me what I can and can’t do in my house with my child. But it’s a whole other thing when he announced a “weird” email was received about “inappropriate” things. I felt so unmotivated during class I was so hurt that an actual human said these things about me & my breastfed baby in public to other students. I was humiliated. Then I realized, he should be humiliated. He discriminated against me and many others when he said “put those distractions aside or be creative when your child needs you” like what the fuck?! This is a child we are talking about not our phones or TVs or any other THING. I am so so happy my cousin has helped me with taking action with this & got me in contact with some of her friends who got me in contact with people they know. I hope this man thinks before he decides to continue with his career, if he even has one anymore. Breastfeeding mamas &any mama that is trying to juggle school, work, & a child should be praised not put down & humiliated. I love my baby & would choose her health over anything or anyone, any day of any week!

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El pasado 23 de septiembre la joven recibió un correo electrónico de su profesor en el que explicaba las nuevas normas de conducta para los estudiantes de la Universidad de la ciudad de Fresno.

El maestro requería que los alumnos encendieran la cámara y el micrófono mientras daban la clase a lo que Marcella le comentó que cuando le diera el pecho a su hija, apagaría ambos dispositivos.

Pero el profesor le pidió que no amamantara a su hija en el momento que estuviera encendida la cámara. "Simplemente, hazlo después", le exhortó.

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Breastfeeding is the best thing I have ever decided. But it was not what I expected at all. I had every person in the world warning me of what to expect just so I would be ready but I still didn’t expect to be sitting for hours throughout the day with a little human attached to me. I also was not expecting to have such a bigger connection with my baby because of breastfeeding. It’s such an amazing thing that I make her food. My body makes the milk she needs if she’s not feeling well. My body senses when she’s hungry & my body starts lactating to her cries or her whines. It’s such a beautiful thing to be able to feed her with my body. The nights she would wake up every hour & a half were the toughest! Having to sit in pain from my stitches & from fracturing my tailbone while pushing her out & also being tired was so hard I thought those nights would never end & now they seem so far gone. I’m still in pain with my fractured tailbone & I can’t sit down too fast or stand up too fast but I can walk normal now & sit normal so it makes it so much easier. Breastfeeding is such an amazing & beautiful & tiring experience to share with my babygirl. I’m so happy I chose this way. I wouldn’t want anything else for her ❤️

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Sumado a eso, el instructor, comenta la alumna, hizo saber del suceso a todos sus alumnos de la clase, dejándola en evidencia, y ella se sintió humillada.

"Por favor no des el pecho a tu hija durante la clase porque no es lo que deberías estar haciendo en ese momento"

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LOVE.

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Ante la polémica que se generó y luego de que la joven lo habló con la institución educativa, el maestro accedió a que pudiera amamantar a su bebé en la clase virtual sin problema. 

En otro correo electrónico, el profesor externó: "Lamento las molestias con respecto a su intención de amamantar a su bebé. De ahora en adelante, tiene derecho a amamantar a su bebé en cualquier momento durante la clase".

En tanto, la mujer publicó una foto en Instagram para demostrar que es capaz de estudiar y dar el pecho a su hija al mismo tiempo y comentó: “No quería publicar esta imagen porque solo la quería para mí, pero quería mostrar que puedo concentrarme en clase, mientras amamanto a mi bebé".