Breastfeeding in Public: Where do YOU Stand?

[HoldMyDrink]

So I just stumbled on this over at CNN.com.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/27/nursing.cover.ap/index.html

Oh, and there's a picture of a kid sucking on a boob in that link, so if that bothers you don't click on it.

The article is kind of all over the place, but what it comes down to is some people feel women should not breastfeed in public, cause it's offensive, sexual in nature, responsible for the downfall of civilzation, blah blah blah. At the other end are "lactivists" who feel women should nurse wherever and whenever they want, it's no different than eating a cheeseburger, yada yada yada.

Personally, women breastfeeding in public doesn't really bother me. There are much more annoying things out there, like people who talk loudly on cellphones in public--that annoys me greatly. But breastfeeding is cool with me, as long as the woman isn't talking loudly on a cell phone while she does it.

I also found the following quote from the article hilarious--"I don't want my son or husband to accidentally see a breast they didn't want to see"--since it implies that there are some boobs out there men might not want to look at. Now that's funny.

So, what do you think: feeding in public is good or bad? It's a slow Saturday night: entertain me.



Edited because I can't spell "woman."

 

[JLBats]

It's food, so yeah, have at it in public.

 

[enterthemadness]

It's kinda..nasty...but I'll just turn the other way if I saw it.

 

[bored]

The few times I've seen it happen in public, it's felt like walking in on someone in the bathroom.

 

[DOG LIPS]

I just stare at them until they stop.

With this look on my face --->

 

[The Amazing Lee]

I stand with my head between her breasts.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I turned around once while I was in line and I got an eyeful of big ole booby, purple veins and chapped skin, this kid who musta been 7 or 8 years old clamped on it like a leech. I almost hurled.

 

[JLBats]

It's weird, because the argument against in that link makes no sense. The idea that men are very visual and it doesn't matter what the breast is used for because he'll see it as a breast. I just don't get it. We're banning it because... a man may become aroused in public by it?

 

[JLBats]

I turned around once while I was in line and I got an eyeful of big ole booby, purple veins and chapped skin, this kid who musta been 7 or 8 years old clamped on it like a leech. I almost hurled.

...8 year olds are in grade three.

I'm sorry, but if you are still sucking on your mom's breast by that age? Incest

 

[Iceman]

I'm not fully comfortable with it.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

I love the fact that threads about certain body parts and women in general always get alot of replies fast

 

[Slipknot]

Go for it.

 

[Slipknot]

I turned around once while I was in line and I got an eyeful of big ole booby, purple veins and chapped skin, this kid who musta been 7 or 8 years old clamped on it like a leech. I almost hurled.

Oh god... well that's just messed up.

 

[HoldMyDrink]

I love the fact that threads about certain body parts and women in general always get alot of replies fast

Yeah, I figured this would get some hits in a hurry. Did anyone ever see that episode of Married With Children where women organized a "feed-in" at Al's shoe store? Al and his buddies fought back by taking off their shirts and dancing, but they got cited for indecent exposure.

 

[Alpha and Omega]

Breastfeeding is "sexual in nature?" When did the little monsters start developing Oedipus complexes?

Isn't it a natural occurrence? Let the little urchins feed and ignore it.

 

[U.S War Machine]

I don't give a ship

 

[chuy]

I just stare at them until they stop.

With this look on my face --->

lol what he said

 

[nightbringer]

At the very least cover up with a towel or blanket for cryin' out loud. I've seen women in the mall just whip it out there, letting it hang while the baby is going to town.

The arguement that it's "natural" so why shouldn't they be able to do it, is a dumbass arguement frankly. Burping, farting, peeing, takin' a squat are all natural bodily functions, is it appropriate to do those in public? Hell you could argue that sex is a natural act between two people attracted to and or in love with each other, but does that mean I can just drop trow and give it to my girl in the Victoria's Secret store?

 

[JLBats]

The arguement that it's "natural" so why shouldn't they be able to do it, is a dumbass arguement frankly. Burping, farting, peeing, takin' a squat are all natural bodily functions, is it appropriate to do those in public? Hell you could argue that sex is a natural act between two people attracted to and or in love with each other, but does that mean I can just drop trow and give it to my girl in the Victoria's Secret store?

I ask myself why this is every single day.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I remember another time this woman was feeding her baby and she had a towel over it. She was trying to eat too at the same time, and she had chopsticks, so as she ate, she kept dropping rice all over the towel. I remember thinking it would be hysterical if the towel slipped and the baby got an eggroll in the eye.

 

[Hack and Slash]

I just stare at them until they stop.

With this look on my face --->

What he saids

 

[Sabretooth]

I liked Carrot Top's idea of putting a baby face mask on the back of a baby's head when a woman is breastfeeding. Then it just looks like they're holding the baby.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

Only if they are pretty boobies and Im allowed to look at the pretty boobies

 

[Carter]

I don't see it as sexual. But it is one of those "obscene" body parts.
I'm not going to take a dump in the middle of the street.
So don't breastfeed your kids in public either

 

[Carter]

...8 year olds are in grade three.

I'm sorry, but if you are still sucking on your mom's breast by that age? Incest

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