Article on Breastfeeding
Ya know what...i don't have a problem with a woman breastfeeding in public. It's natural...and part of having a baby.
However...why do some women feel it is necessary that they be able to have their breasts hanging out simply because they are a new mother. It's bad enough new and expectant mothers get better parking spots...but now they have to be allowed to have their breast flopping all over the place? Seriously...cover that up! I know there's this whole argument that we as a society are not comfortable with the functional part of breasts blah blah blah. And while all that may be true i don't think it excuses these women. Is it really that much of an inconvenience for you to place a blanket over your breast and your baby. We all know what you're doing...so if you're going for the display "HEY LOOK AT ME!! I BREASTFEED MY BABY!!!!" you have accomplished it. In the above article, there is a particular woman who was offended b/c they wanted her to cover up in the restaurant. They were not asking her to leave...or to stop all together. No...only to cover up. I think that's a perfectly reasonable request. You're in a restaurant for God's sake!
I get that it's natural...a part of life and should be treated as such. However...pissing is too. And we can't do that in public! Now some of you may thinking that pissing in public creates a hazard with human waste being out in public....but what if you pee in a bottle? Particularly if you are a man....yeah your penis is exposed...but hey! it's not functioning as a sexual organ at that moment...but as a functional one. Isn't that what these lactivists are screaming about? So i recommend we all have a "piss in". Similar to the "nurse ins"...for all the same reasons! Who's with me?!
posted by Audra @ 5:12 PM
2 Comments:
I liked this article. Anyway... uh... yeah. I think if we, as a society, can get over our bodies ("All these dangly bits and holes and things that poke through our shirts when it's cold out - we must hide them from our children! At least until they're married!"), we won't find half as many things offensive or weird. Or maybe I'm just hoping we can finally get over all these indecency fines.
The idea of a pee-in scares me. Sure, we'll all have bottles, but as restroom observations have shown, some folks haven't figured out how to aim these things. I don't want to have to shake someone else's liberation off my leg.
I second Hardy :-)
My take on breastfeeding is along the lines of go for it. I do however, feel that women should respect other people. While I am comfortable with my body, I respect that other people may not want to have to deal. So I will take a small blanket with me and cover my 'nursing facilities.'
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