Posted on 05/14/2002 9:07:47 AM PDT by LavaDog
You're correct.That was a scummy thing to say.
When I knew I was going to be out in public for a while, I always made sure I nursed the baby before we went out...but depending on how long we were out, and what the circumstances were, I wound up having to feed my baby in public...
But I was always too modest to just fling my bare breast out...I always wore something which could be easily and modestly be used to conceal my nursing baby, and I could also do it in such a way that most people did not even know that I was nursing...
Sometimes a baby wants to nurse, not because they are hungry, but because they might be tired, or ill, or cranky, or bumped their head, or any one of many other reasons...
Personally, I am more offended by people who take offense to nursing moms in public, than I am by the nursing moms themselves...I am always pleased to see a mom who takes the time and effort to nurse their babies, rather than use a bottle...its just my personal belief that nursing is so much better for babies, and sometimes, much as a mother might wish to control the circumstances so that she does not have to nurse in public,sometimes nursing in public becomes necessary...
I would not have been offended either, by a woman who exposes her breast, as the woman in the article did, tho it would not have been the way I would have done it...But I just dont find it an offensive thing to do...
Oh, stop being so testy. Of course, it can be offensive. So is sneezing in someone's face. While motherhood does not confer special privileges or immunity to criticism it appears to temporarily eliminate rational judgement.
I agree! The woman in the article is the exception, I believe, not the rule. In my experience, one sees more breast tissue in a beer commerical than in the presence of a discreetly breastfeeding mother.
LOL. Check your mirror.
Ewww. I would be offended too, if someone sneezed in my face. But, what does that have to do with discreetly breastfeeding a baby?
While motherhood does not confer special privileges or immunity to criticism it appears to temporarily eliminate rational judgement.
LOL! You must have lots of kids.
If you have a point, feel free to make it.
Very well said. I share your philosophy. I don't think the same people who are offended by nursing moms would be less offended by a crying, hungry baby, either!
Yeah, eating pork is offensive to Muslims. So what?
Now all you young bucks come along an tell us things cant be a way when I know better. They can an was.
Like I told Darlin.. she's wastin her time. When you got to tell a skunk to stink they aint a point in it no more.
Funny thing about crying babies...for months, even for a few years, after I had stopped nursing my boys, whenever I heard a baby crying, especially a very young baby, with that young baby cry, my breasts would tingle, and I would begin to leak(Now I suppose someone will be offended by my mentioning this)...so whenever I went out into public, even tho my own boys were no longer nursing, I always had to wear those nursing pads in my bra, so that if I should come upon a crying baby(which one inevitably does), I would not wet my blouse...
I guess that link between a crying baby, and the activation of my hormones to make milk flow, was pretty strong...I suppose this is true of many women...
My one aunt in particular, had so much milk, long after she stopped nursing her boys, that she actually was able to hire herself out as a wet nurse(And this was as current as the 1950s)...As a kid, I wondered how she could have so much milk like that, but after nursing my own boys, I understand it better..
Even today, tho my younger boy is 28, whenever I hear a newborn crying, I get that old familiar tingle, tho I no longer leak...Its wonder to me how that baby to mom bond remains so very strong after all these years, even tho ones babies are now grown men...
LOL. You're making my point for me.
Apparently, public breastfeeding can drain one's ability to think and act rationally. If I were being politically correct I'd accept your attempts to justify your bad manners or I'd make excuses on your behalf. That would be politically correct. Telling you that motherhood does not give you license to impose your choices on those around you is not politically correct.
Ahem. You brought up sexuality and obscenity not me.
I've been addressing the bad manners and arrogant behavior of a few nursing mothers.
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