Woman breastfeeding in Torrington Target verbally assaulted, staff comes to her defense

fox61.com ^ | June 15, 2016 | Samantha Schoenfeld

[GLDNGUN]

Not for a pervert.

[stormer]

A private family room would be great. But I hear so many people say they should go nurse in the bathroom, and I think, “Why don’t YOU go eat in the bathroom?”

[Ketill Frostbeard]

Odinists demand defense of the natural and eliminate the unnatural so we’re not in conflict with how the Gods operate. This is something we would defend heatedly and others might not understand why.

And Odin says no, peeing in the middle of Target is not natural, it’s unhealthy to the Folk. There’s nothing unhealthy about a booby or a baby except in a crooked brain.

Now in your church they would pass the offering plate...We break out the mead. ;)

[MinuteGal]

I get a kick out of the women here who are SO giddily delighted that some women nurse in public. They approve of these displays because they are so open-minded, so natural, so loving, so diverse in their thinking, so ultra-modern....so CLASSY....

Actually, women who blatantly nurse in public places are non-Mensas, ultra-feminists, exhibitionists, attention-seekers and/or those who are looking for victimhood if folks don't go along with their public displays.

These types don't look like any conservative women I know or have EVER known.

Someone answer this...why didn't she take the child and do her thing in her nice, private, air-conditioned car?

I suppose it's because no one would notice her there.

Leni

[NorthstarMom]

You are so right about the lack of discretion for women in general. I work with young people and I hear their snarky comments about trashy girls, so it’s not that no one cares. Perhaps because a nursing mother, unlike an immodestly clad woman, can’t just walk away there ends up being a more of a confrontation.

[stormer]

+1

[I want the USA back]

What did the old man say? did he criticize her as well he should have? Is that now called “verbal assault?”
Enough with the insanity.

[MinuteGal]

See # 64

[Morgana]

“Someone answer this...why didn’t she take the child and do her thing in her nice, private, air-conditioned car?”

The kid is screaming and crying because it’s hungry and she does not want to lug everything back outside, including unpaid items, so she goes to the food court and quiets him/her so as not to disturb others by the baby’s wailing.

[surroundedbyblue]

I’m guessing you don’t have children. Sometimes you’re stuck in the middle of the store with a cart full of merchandise and your baby picks that minute to eat.

Get a grip.

[surroundedbyblue]

Criticize as well as he should have?

If the sight of boobs offends you that much, do you go to the beach?? Look at scantily clad girls running around isn’t the summertime?? You must really hate infants and children.

[rfreedom4u]

I would defend this woman as well.

[Fawn]

Someone answer this...why didn't she take the child and do her thing in her nice, private, air-conditioned car? I suppose it's because no one would notice her there.

Bingo.

[Fawn]

OH PLEASE.

[Fawn]

All we ask is that you cover yourself. Be respectful.

[MinuteGal]

You guessed wrong. I had a 10 lb. 11 oz. boy who was hungry all the time...and guess what, I nursed him for 9 mos. because nursing gives babies better starts health-wise.

Also, guess what...in all that time I never had to whip out my breast in public to feed him. I led an active life...feeding was not a total restriction on my time or travel because I planned wisely.

I venture the opinion that every mother my age reading this who nursed in those days NEVER nursed in public, because, among other reasons, we were trained in...and had what was called "modesty"...evidently a dinosaurian word now out-of-date and silly.

You add, "Sometimes you're stuck in the middle of the store with a cart full of merchandise and you baby picks that minute to eat. Get a grip."

Grip is my middle name.

In that case you check out, drive home and feed your baby. So baby cries are heard in the aisle and check-out for a few minutes, so what! The child will not starve to death between the store and the home.

Good grief, the rationales here for women whipping out their boobs in public places are astonishing...and the "dire" situations necessitating same are quite frantically cherry-picked for "evidence" to support the weak rationales.

Leni

[wbill]

Meh, I'm just smart enough to marry up. Also, I know when to keep my mouth shut. :-)

Years and years later, she's still spun up about the whole thing. If I had to guess she's really just more worried about what nurse did to (younger, easier to bully, less confident, less prepared/smart/etc) women than anything else. I know that she followed through with the hospital, but I don't know what the final outcome was.

My lovely wife is absolutely right, the nurse was inexcusably awful. We ran into a few other people that were entirely too pushy about breastfeeding, as well, but this one was the worst. Dunno what drives people into Command Mode about this topic, it always seemed that there were simple solutions for every situation regarding it, to me.

[T-Bone Texan]

No way I’m averting my eyes.

If a female (and I’m going to use medical terminology here, so bear with me) wants to bare her booby in public, then I am going to look.

Why? Because I am a guy. To see a booby would be the high point of my day, and if the chick is so insensitive to that, then it is her burden to bear.

A chick who bares her booby in public has broken the social contract the holds together our civilized, Western culture. That is, both parties have responsibilities to uphold for the contract to be valid, and if one party fails then the contract is no longer valid.

Her responsibility is modesty. My responsibility is to not overtly look down her blouse when she bends over to pick out Chobani yogurt from the refrigerated case.

Thus if she eschews modesty, as our culture defines it, all bets are off. I’m agonna look.

[Chickensoup]

When I my adopted children were young I was pilloried on several occasions for not nursing.

Jerks!

I see clients who despite medications and diagnosis still nurse, either getting off meds they need or subjecting the baby to the meds, because it is Nursing Nazis who make these poor women feel like they are horrific mothers if they do not nurse.

I try to explain to these poor things that many babies dies because of a lack of clean nutritious formula and that their babies will do very well with the formula.

[Brookhaven]

Actually, in most states it is 100% legal for women to walk around topless.

In the green states below, it is legal for women to go topless anywhere it is legal for men UNLESS there is a specific ordinance prohibiting it in that area. For example, a woman can't go topless on Venice Beach in California, because there is a specific ordinance prohibiting it, but anywhere else in California--perfectly legal.

Now, a business can have a "not shirt, no shoes, no service" policy, but when it comes to walking down the street, topless is legal for both men and women in most states.