Breast Feeding in Public..what do you think.

Rosemarie said:
No-one is saying it is unnatural. We are all agreed that breast feeding is best for babies...that's not the problem. The problem is mothers being so public about it...it should be done discreetly. Perhaps more establishments could provide an area where women can feed their babies without attracting attention (though I suspect that drawing attention to themselves is all part of it. When I had a baby, I organised my life around the baby's feeds. NEVER did I feed my child in public).
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I did it all the time. Very few people batted an eye. In 1983, while shopping with my mother, we stopped in the cafe part of a large store and I began feeding my baby. A security guard in his 60s approached our table and I thought, "Uh oh - here we go."

He said, "Young lady, if anyone gives you a hard time about feeding your baby here, you just get my attention. I'll be standing right over there." and pointed to a spot about 50 feet away. He was true to his word and remained there until my mother and I left the cafe area.
 

iam not against it ---but you have to be honest 'who wants to sit down and eat while seeing baby being fed with NO cover 'there is no excuse at all ' if i did and knew i was going in to eat- i would have took a breast milk feeder 'dont think my hubby would have been pleased to have my boob on show , just boils down to good manners 'and respect for people sitting close by !
 
I wonder what a man would think if he was sitting with his wife in public and saw others looking at her breast while she was breast feeding her baby. I know my husband wouldn't like someone seeing my breast other then him.
 

Urinating is one of the most natural things to do. In fact, we do it several times a day. If dad wants to whip it and go, what's the problem? Some people are just lost in the traditions of the past. A man should be able to urinate as nature calls, anywhere it calls.
 
Why are bare breasts of man socially acceptable, which have no purpose whatsoever, yet a woman's breasts that provide nourishment vilified. The world is indeed upside down.

Serious question - why are women's breasts sexualized? A woman with bigger breasts is supposed to be sexier, or why do some poor deluded souls spend mega dollars to have their natural breasts filled with plastic? It is beyond me to understand. The sexist organ in either gender is the brain.
 
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If I put a closed box on the table and told you something special was inside but that you couldn't open it - what do you thing would happen? By George most people would rush to open the box as soon as I left the room. The fashion industry makes billions doing the same thing.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Urinating is one of the most natural things to do. In fact, we do it several times a day. If dad wants to whip it and go, what's the problem? Some people are just lost in the traditions of the past. A man should be able to urinate as nature calls, anywhere it calls.
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not if it's facing the window where i have to do dishes and see it it's not.
 
Gardenlover said:
Why are bare breasts of man socially acceptable, which have no purpose whatsoever, yet a woman's breasts that provide nourishment vilified. The world is indeed upside down.

Serious question - why are women's breasts sexualized? A woman with bigger breasts is supposed to be sexier, or why do some poor deluded souls spend mega dollars to have their natural breasts filled with plastic? It is beyond me to understand. The sexist organ in either gender is the brain.
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I guess because a lot of men find them sexual,while a woman doesn't feel the same way about a mans breast
 
Gardenlover said:
Why are bare breasts of man socially acceptable, which have no purpose whatsoever, yet a woman's breasts that provide nourishment vilified. The world is indeed upside down.

Serious question - why are women's breasts sexualized? A woman with bigger breasts is supposed to be sexier, or why do some poor deluded souls spend mega dollars to have their natural breasts filled with plastic? It is beyond me to understand. The sexist organ in either gender is the brain.
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I find my husband's chest quite sexy, but it isn't his "breasts".

As for why women's breasts are sexualized... ask a man. They are always trying to get to them for some reason. :D
 
RadishRose said:
But WHY is it considered (by some) declasse?

I always wondered how that got started.
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RR, probably from men going insane from lust when looking at a lady's breasts. :p So many males don't look at breasts as something to feed a baby with. I'm sorry it's like that but here in the US (at lest on the west coast) that's how it is. I've been places in Europe where it wasn't like that. I once saw an elderly lady topless doing yard work in her front yard and none of the men in the car even commented as we went by.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When it's time to feed baby...it's time to feed baby! I'm sure there are ways to discreetly breast feed a baby and those methods should be practiced when in public.
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True. In addition, when it's clear that a woman is breast feeding a baby, other people need to quit staring and making a big deal out of it. This is as natural to humans as breathing. People who are offended by the image of a woman nursing a baby need to take a look at why they're so uncomfortable with the human body.
 
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StarSong said:
True. In addition, when it's clear that a woman is breast feeding a baby, other people need to quit staring and make a big deal out of it. This is as natural to humans as breathing. People who are offended by the image of a woman nursing a baby need to take a look at why they're so uncomfortable with the human body.
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I agree Star and they need to mind their own business.
 
urinating is one of the most natural things to do. In fact, we do it several times a day. If dad wants to whip it and go, what's the problem? Some people are just lost in the traditions of the past. A man should be able to urinate as nature calls, anywhere it call

are you joking with this fuzzy ---urinate where you want --dont think so - who gives the man the right to urinate in the street' in UK its a heavy fine - and made to clean it up ...you dont see women doing it out side '
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Urinating is one of the most natural things to do. In fact, we do it several times a day. If dad wants to whip it and go, what's the problem? Some people are just lost in the traditions of the past. A man should be able to urinate as nature calls, anywhere it calls.
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Breast milk goes into the baby, no smell, when a man urinates it goes onto the ground, street, grass; and smells ugh. Woman know this because when a man urinates inside, and misses the toilet, it goes on the floor and smells. Ugh.
 
I see nothing wrong with a woman feeding her baby wherever. Cover the breast, don’t cover the breast, whatever. Everyone has breasts, it’s nothing we haven’t all seen, there should be no shock value.

Like everything else in life, if you don’t like it, don’t look at it. What I hate is people making out in public, the old saying “get a room” really applies but this activity seems more acceptable than nursing a baby. Ugh.
 
Well I'm sorry but some of us find the uncovered part obscene and it's not necessary. To me it equals the obscenity of a man "whipping it out" to urinate wherever. It may be natural but, it doesn't mean it's appropriate. I better re-word that before everyone freaks out. I'm not saying the breast feeding is inappropriate. Just the bare breast part.
 
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I don't have a problem with breast feeding, but have some class about it. The fact that breast feeding is a bodily function, is not a license to bare all. As I have said, urinating is also a bodily function. We have social norms, when and where it is appropriate to perform. The same is for breast feeding.
 
I was just wondering what women in the past ,like out Grandmother's, did breast feeding. Did they do it in public many years ago and was it acceptable to others being able to view ? I don't remember being young and seeing a woman doing it in public.
 
Sassycakes said:
I was just wondering what women in the past ,like out Grandmother's, did breast feeding. Did they do it in public many years ago and was it acceptable to others being able to view ? I don't remember being young and seeing a woman doing it in public.
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I recall seeing it on occasion when I was young, but the mothers exuded class and covered. As for today's generation, basic common-sense ethics seem to escape many...
 

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