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Breast Feeding "In Public" - The HORROR

LadyMoonlight said:
I have no problem with breast feeding in public. If the baby is hungry, feed him or her. However, some discretion would be nice. An uncovered boob in public I find somewhat tacky when it is easy to throw a cover over the shoulder and allow the baby to feed discreetly. I would never, did never, breast feed in public, but that's just me as I would find it extremely difficult to show my body like that in public. I think anyone who chucks a wobbly about a woman breast feeding has a problem, but, like I said some discretion is always nice.
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Discretion is nice if possible, but sometimes babiesncan be quite lucky and won't want to be covered or whatever when feeding. So if possible, it is curtious, but it's not always possible.
 
Dragonfly said:
Breastfeeding mom sparks online uproar in China - CNN.com



So, China and the USofA are very similar in their screwed-up-in-the-head type mentality over something as natural and pure as breastfeeding.

It's truly amazing to me that people have an issue with this.

Are you "threatened" by a breastfeeding mother and her child?

Seriously. WTF is wrong with people?
Why is this an issue with anyone?
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Having nursed 4 children I still think it's strangely humorous when people claim it's natural and pure. It's awkward, strange, and difficult - as well as messy. Just like bowel movements and constipation.

But I don't see what's wrong with encouraging public breast-feeding etiquette. Was the mother in that photo in violation of such etiquette? No - she was sitting on a commuter train. Not like she could wander off and find a private corner.

But I think most people agree in some general etiquette. Things like:

  1. Don't drip your breast milk on the floor, park bench, or other areas. It's unsanitary and unsightly.
  2. Don't dangle your bare breasts where young children or sexually-budding teens will get more than a natural-nursing eyeful. (because - yes - breasts are BOTH for babies and they also count as sexual organs in the US and MOST countries. Let's not pretend otherwise.)
  3. Don't choose to nurse while standing in the way of shopping customers and other such people going about their daily life.
  4. If your kid is old enough to sustain themselves on a solid-food diet they do not need to nurse - if you insist on nursing a grown child do so elsewhere.
 
spangledbanner said:
I was watching a Modern Family episode the other day and that Mexican chick opened the door while breastfeeding and the delivaery guy is asking her to sign here and here and here and here and here and here - until Al Bundy comes along and shuts the door on him and calls him a perv. But the fact is that many men seem to be depraved and perverts but also the fact is that the Mexican chick opened the door while breast feeding. Many females are far too casual about breastfeeding and I have seen big fat women just flop their entire boob out as if it isnt going to bother anyone or attract depraved and weird perverts. It does happen. Requiring all women that feel the need to breast feed in public to wear a breast feeding cover solves any problems with it. Why would any women have a problem with using a breast feeding cover? And even if some do I say bad luck because it is disgusting and I do not want to see that in any public space but especially while I am trying to eat. Plus what if I am trying to enjoy some milk. Its just gross. Breast feeding covers are the solution.
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Well you could always just not stare.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Having nursed 4 children I still think it's strangely humorous when people claim it's natural and pure. It's awkward, strange, and difficult - as well as messy. Just like bowel movements and constipation.
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And yet humanity somehow survived tens-of-thousands of years....
 
Dragonfly said:
Breastfeeding mom sparks online uproar in China - CNN.com



So, China and the USofA are very similar in their screwed-up-in-the-head type mentality over something as natural and pure as breastfeeding.

It's truly amazing to me that people have an issue with this.

Are you "threatened" by a breastfeeding mother and her child?

Seriously. WTF is wrong with people?
Why is this an issue with anyone?
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I welcome any policy that allows me to view a woman's breasts in public, for free.
 
MaggieD said:
Why did you put this in the Sex and Sexuality forum?
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Because bearing a breast, where illegal, is typically considered a minor sex offence.

A better question to ask are why any same-sex marriage threads are in the Sex & Sexuality forum since pro-SSM argues that marriage isn't about sex, which in turn is about procreation.
 
not everything is done in public especially with a naked breast :mrgreen:


if they have a baby they will spend their time at home as much as possible.it is that simple
 
Since the ones raising the most objection to breastfeeding in public are typically women, I have to assume the ones that are upset over it are women that have never or cant or wont have children and are therefore incensed and outraged due to their own self perceived inadequacies.

Is it possible that, like the Starbucks Christmas cup bull****, they whole furor and uproar over this topic is yet another tempest in a teacup? Seriously...I have NEVER seen this as an issue. EVER.
 
Frankly, I think you should put a blanket, or something similar, over the area in question if you're going to do it in public.

However, I really don't see any reason to be "outraged" over it apart from that.
 
VanceMack said:
Since the ones raising the most objection to breastfeeding in public are typically women, I have to assume the ones that are upset over it are women that have never or cant or wont have children and are therefore incensed and outraged due to their own self perceived inadequacies.

Is it possible that, like the Starbucks Christmas cup bull****, they whole furor and uproar over this topic is yet another tempest in a teacup? Seriously...I have NEVER seen this as an issue. EVER.
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what a stupid comment.of course some men will keep calling women whore for stupid things while pretending to show respect to women when it comes to see nipples in public.
 
Medusa said:
what a stupid comment.of course some men will keep calling women whore for stupid things while pretending to show respect to women when it comes to see nipples in public.
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"typically"

We'll cut you some slack since English isnt your forte.
When during the concert Jean needed to breastfeed her baby, she did so discreetly, with her baby completely ensconced in the carrier, hood up. The woman sitting beside her started yelling at Jean, shouting expletives above the music, and demanding that she stop breastfeeding. After several moments this woman actually hit Jean (inches away from baby’s face). This woman texted and made calls on her cell phone, and snapped photographs of Jean breastfeeding as well.
Jean sat breastfeeding, horrified, while security came, and pulled Jean and her baby out of the stands for questioning. Her husband quickly followed them up the stadium stairs. The two men from security advised them that the woman sitting beside Jean had contacted the authorities because she was breastfeeding
- See more at: Breastfeeding Discrimination: Nursing Mom Accosted at a Concert - Non-toxic Kids

An Oklahoma City woman was forced to breastfeed her baby in a YMCA family bathroom with no changing table after a staff member told she couldn't feed the eight-week-old in the women's locker room.
Tiffany Hoag and another woman were breastfeeding their babies on Wednesday in the women's locker room of the Earlywine Park YMCA when a staff member escorted both of them out.
Hoag was taken to a family locker room where she nursed baby Ezra next to a shower and a toilet where it was 'dirty' and there were 'towels on the floor'.
Oklahoma woman kicked out of YMCA women's locker room for breastfeeding | Daily Mail Online

See also
Dawn Holland, Breastfeeding Mom, Asked To Nurse In Applebee's Bathroom (VIDEO) which contains a slideshow of women being shamed for breastfeeding, mostly ('typically') by women.

So...save your outrage for the bitter angry harpies that are targeting breastfeeding women.
 
VanceMack said:
"typically"

We'll cut you some slack since English isnt your forte.
When during the concert Jean needed to breastfeed her baby, she did so discreetly, with her baby completely ensconced in the carrier, hood up. The woman sitting beside her started yelling at Jean, shouting expletives above the music, and demanding that she stop breastfeeding. After several moments this woman actually hit Jean (inches away from baby’s face). This woman texted and made calls on her cell phone, and snapped photographs of Jean breastfeeding as well.
Jean sat breastfeeding, horrified, while security came, and pulled Jean and her baby out of the stands for questioning. Her husband quickly followed them up the stadium stairs. The two men from security advised them that the woman sitting beside Jean had contacted the authorities because she was breastfeeding
- See more at: Breastfeeding Discrimination: Nursing Mom Accosted at a Concert - Non-toxic Kids
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I would have yelled at her for bringing the baby to the concert. If you have to out yell the music, it is too loud for the kid.
 
Lovebug said:
I would have yelled at her for bringing the baby to the concert. If you have to out yell the music, it is too loud for the kid.
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Meh...earphones. Parents take their kids to fireworks shows, sporting events, noise is relative and there is nothing to suggest she wasnt cautious about the tots hearing. If it had been in pain it surely would have been making sure someone knew about it.
 
VanceMack said:
Meh...earphones. Parents take their kids to fireworks shows, sporting events, noise is relative and there is nothing to suggest she wasnt cautious about the tots hearing. If it had been in pain it surely would have been making sure someone knew about it.
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Lol, I reserve the right to yell at her for doing it though. Can't keep the kid from eating. That would be doubly bad.
 
VanceMack said:
"typically"

We'll cut you some slack since English isnt your forte.
When during the concert Jean needed to breastfeed her baby, she did so discreetly, with her baby completely ensconced in the carrier, hood up. The woman sitting beside her started yelling at Jean, shouting expletives above the music, and demanding that she stop breastfeeding. After several moments this woman actually hit Jean (inches away from baby’s face). This woman texted and made calls on her cell phone, and snapped photographs of Jean breastfeeding as well.
Jean sat breastfeeding, horrified, while security came, and pulled Jean and her baby out of the stands for questioning. Her husband quickly followed them up the stadium stairs. The two men from security advised them that the woman sitting beside Jean had contacted the authorities because she was breastfeeding
- See more at: Breastfeeding Discrimination: Nursing Mom Accosted at a Concert - Non-toxic Kids

An Oklahoma City woman was forced to breastfeed her baby in a YMCA family bathroom with no changing table after a staff member told she couldn't feed the eight-week-old in the women's locker room.
Tiffany Hoag and another woman were breastfeeding their babies on Wednesday in the women's locker room of the Earlywine Park YMCA when a staff member escorted both of them out.
Hoag was taken to a family locker room where she nursed baby Ezra next to a shower and a toilet where it was 'dirty' and there were 'towels on the floor'.
Oklahoma woman kicked out of YMCA women's locker room for breastfeeding | Daily Mail Online

See also
Dawn Holland, Breastfeeding Mom, Asked To Nurse In Applebee's Bathroom (VIDEO) which contains a slideshow of women being shamed for breastfeeding, mostly ('typically') by women.

So...save your outrage for the bitter angry harpies that are targeting breastfeeding women.
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It gets a bit ridiculous with the anti-breastfeeding outrage. In the end, I don't see that there's much to be outraged against. Feeding a kid. Unlike the suggestion of other posters, having a child does not mean you must spend all your time at home. Sometimes your out and your kid is hungry. It's as simple as that. It is nice if one "covers up" while doing so, but sometimes infants can be rather particular and can be upset if covered. So while it should be done, it's likely not going to be 100%.
 
Lovebug said:
Lol, I reserve the right to yell at her for doing it though. Can't keep the kid from eating. That would be doubly bad.
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And others reserve the right to yell at you to mind your own business.
 
spangledbanner said:
Yeah milk filled boobs arent disgusting at all... I want to see ugly boobs filled with gross warm boob milk in public and when I am trying to eat...
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Get a grip.
 
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