Comments on: Breastfeeding backlash

By: sean

sean — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:18:26 +0000

Hi…i just wanna say that i happen to be 100% against breastfeeding in public because its sexually obscene plus its indecent exposure. Public breastfeeding is a primative behaviour which shows that we are not much different than Animals, we as a society needs to stop abandoning common sense that public breastfeeding is indecent behaviour and quit looking at this whole issue as womens rights political correctness Bull****. The trouble with our society is that its too liberal, we live in a liberal free society that teaches us as a new generation to be rude and impolite and to make it ok to be rude and impolite which is what public breastfeeding is. A liberal society is miseducating a new generation to socially accept this indecent, lowclass, primative behaviour to where we are becoming more like ignorant savages and plus lose a civilized society with no moral values. These liberal womens rights lactivist are doing everything they can to indoctrinate a new generation in the 21th century of the bad ways which we should look at as social mores. Lactivist are a poison to this country and they set a bad example for all breastfeeding stay-at-home-moms, the ideal traditional conservative breastfeeding mother, usually stays at home with her children to breastfeed, or to show some class by breastfeeding her baby in a restaurant bathroom to show some honor and respect for all restaurant customers. Any women who has class would do that, public breastfeeding needs to be banned in all 50 states to make America a decent more civilized country with good moral values since the pilgrims came out here. Public indecent exposure such as breastfeeding in public is eroding our society, which is contributing this moral breakdown in our society. A society who believes in manners and decency would and can make a difference by signing petitions to have laws passed to make public indecent exposure illegal such as public breastfeeding by getting involved in the Republican convention. Public breastfeeding is a ugly, shameful, dirty, sexually explicit act that makes all women look bad and makes the ideal traditional conservative breastfeeding mother look bad. Public indecent exposure is whats hurting the moral fabrics of America’s values , because it used to be at one time or a nother that breastfeeding was done behind closed doors and remained a mystery. People knew about breastfeeding back in the 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s era, it just wasnt veiwed out in public to push it in our face sort of thing which gave women a sense of dignity, decency and class. I dont have a problem at all with breastfeeding or nursing in public, i only support nursing in public, but only with the acception of a babybottle, just not THERE KIND of nursing in public of how Lactivist want it to be as an arrogant push-it-in-your-face-boobs sort of attitude. Like i already said before, lactivist dont set good examples for every breastfeeding women out there, they are bad role models for every idealistic conservative, traditional stay-at-home breastfeeding mother out there. Lactivist are hateful (make-trouble-for-you-people) bunch of scumbag militant groups that have really made a big embarrasment for all decent breastfeeding mothers out there and made a big embarrasment for themselves. These nurse-in-mother lactivist need to be repelled from our society and deserve a shot of pepper spray in there eyes for making business hard for Delta company when they sit around with no life to hold up signs for a big demonstration all because some lowclass trash like Emily Gillette couldnt take responsibilitys for her actions to use discretion or to take it to a bathroom. Public breastfeeding does tend to creepout restaurant-store customers and also makes business look bad, it gives a restaurant-store establishment a bad image. Women should feel a sense of shame, embarrasment, awkwardness and feeling out of place before doing something discraceful like that. If our screwy liberal government and senators are having legislation passed to have public indecent exposure such as public breastfeed legal just about anywhere including the workforce, how long will it be till laws are being passed to urinate-defacate in public. In france its perfectly legal to urinate in public and could very well be like that in America with the rate of socially accepting public breastfeeding to be a social norm

By: Azzurra

Azzurra — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:04:02 +0000

Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

By: Arabella

Arabella — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:47:05 +0000

Wait a minute….you mean breasts aren’t just for selling stuff???

By: lunamynx

lunamynx — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:02:06 +0000

Great post Elizabeth. When I was breastfeeding I was petrified to do it in public, because of fear of public reaction. I hated this and myself for caring and not being able to overcome it. A week ago we saw a woman breastfeeding in a grocery aisle in Super Wal-Mart. Bravo to her and every other confident breastfeeding woman!!

I am forever unable to understand what it is exactly that makes the “breast” acceptable to media as long as the dreadful “nipple” is not showing. If it is just the nipple, then why don’t men have to wear those little round bandaids? Really the nipples aren’t all that different… I just don’t get it. People are freaks.

By: Chantal

Chantal — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:05:23 +0000

Darn. I had a long response to this. I swear I posted it and now it’s not here. I think I was reasonably well spoken and witty too. LOL

Basically, I agreed with you wholeheartedly. I’m a strong lactivist. Never went to great lengths to cover up (The baby’s head was always a pretty good cover up for me) and responded as such to anyone who seemed to have a problem with it.

By: TB

TB — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:11:18 +0000

I HAVE seen women topless and breastfeeding in public and while it was a little unusual, no one made a big deal about it. But of course that’s because of the context. I think all of us would do well to spend more time with people who don’t think this is a big deal. Because it’s not.
And it sucks that social mores have made it so.

By: Mommy off the Record

Mommy off the Record — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:16:29 +0000

Great post. I completely agree that women should have the right to breastfeed in public and, as for the cover, I don’t get why WOMEN especially have such an issue with it. I actually just posted on this very topic the other day. It really pisses me off.

And the more I think about it the more I also feel that, while I choose to bf discreetly in public, I don’t feel that women should feel like they have to bf discreetly. If they don’t have a cover up and have to lift their shirt to nurse, then what’s the big deal? It’s a breast, people. Get over it. I wouldn’t care if my 13-year-old sees a woman’s breast while she’s breastfeeding or not (referring to the CNN article). If he did see it, I’d use that as a teaching moment to educate him that breasts are not primarly sexual objects–their main purpose is to feed babies. I think by making it such a BIG deal, we are telling our kids to be ashamed of it. And that, I think, does more harm then good.

By: joy

joy — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:17:03 +0000

absolutely! the whole thing makes me shake my head in frustration–especially knowing that i’ll be back on the BF wagon pretty soon (did you know that the “mother’s room” at the Lansing Mall has been coopted by teens for… (well, you can guess).

i appreciate having a mother’s room to nurse, but sure as hell–if it’s not available, i will be plonking myself down on the sofas and feeding my baby–and no, this will not involve me disrobing to the waist. for nipple action curious observers are going to need to get very up close and personal, at which stage i will have decked them with the diaper bag…

GREAT meeting you on Sat (have a post brewing on that and other connected matters). thanks for tolerating my son so well (hmmm, chocolate, marshmallows, and big boys to chase him–can anyone say HYPER???). Your kids are such a credit to you, I have to say!:)

By: Fraulein N

Fraulein N — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:44:03 +0000

Is this an American thing, this fear of sex? And I say this as someone who grew up in a very Victorian household when it came to sexual mores. That experience left me with a lot of sexual hang-ups and erroneous preconceived notions that I’m even now shedding. So even though my gut reaction is discomfort, I welcome a more open society. Grow up, America.

And I’m also looking forward to hearing about the bib and condom controversy. What the hell?

By: chris

chris — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:35:30 +0000

excellent post, Elizabeth.

I look forward to reading your next post on the bib and condom controversy.