Posted on 02/02/2006 7:20:57 AM PST by mlc9852
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In a Victoria's Secret store, surrounded by frilly bras and blown-up images of barely covered models, Lori Rueger says she was told to find somewhere else to breast feed.
Rueger's story -- told during a hearing in support of a state bill to ensure breast feeding is allowed in public places -- so angered a state lawmaker that he's urging women to form a national Mothers Against Victoria's Secret movement.
"It's really kind of subhuman behavior. And subhuman behavior warrants some kind of strong response other than just a little law that we pass in South Carolina," Rep. Walt McLeod, D-Little Mountain, said Wednesday.
Rueger was one of more than a couple of dozen mothers, doctors, lawyers and other breast-feeding advocates who were on hand to urge passage of the bill.
The 29-year-old Charleston mother testified that she was in a Victoria's Secret store in suburban Mount Pleasant and was told by an employee that she could not breast feed her baby in a dressing room and was encouraged to use a restroom in a nearby store instead.
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Well, this is a quandary for me.
If Mrs. Rueger was in a dressing room, she should have had the door shut. By definition, that would qualify as "discreet" in my book, so no problem.
That raises the issue of how the employee knew what Mrs. Rueger was doing. If the door was open, she was being indiscreet and should have been asked to leave.
Final analysis: not sure since need more details.
It seems like there's one of these stories every few months.
How long was this woman in the dressing room and how crowded was the store/dressing rooms?
You have to know the answer to both those questions before you say a thing about this.
Useless without pix - on so many levels.
okay, breastfeeding mom in VicSecret, i am sure we can get a hooters and/or cheerleaders nexus to make ALL your dreams come true ; )
We count on it! LOL
But this one is really silly. It's the talk of passing a law that upsets me.
Sounds to me like the State Representative over-reacted without knowing all the facts. Seems to me to be a hot-headed type of individual?
Breast feeding is great but if you don't want it allowed on your own property or privately owned store thats your perogative. oth, I think the store should lighten up. Worthy of a special law? No
LOL! To some little guy, all those breasts look like LUNCH!
Dressing rooms are for customers to try on clothing before they buy it. You have no more right to sit in there and breastfeed than you do to sit there and listen to your iPod.
What an excellent conflation! :^)
I could see having a law to permit breastfeeding anywhere it is acceptable to otherwise have food and drink.
You are 100% correct.
Smells fishy to me.
I also smell lawyers, advocacy groups and money.
Animals don't breastfeed? Animals kick out others which are breastfeeding?
I think this is just another case of overly sensitive granola-crunchers. Dressing rooms are for trying on clothes. Not breast-feeding, applying make-up, holding video-conferences, eating lunch, etc.
Maybe the store had other "paying" customers who were waiting to try on lingerie?
mmmmm....impressive word usage!
I've said this all along. If somebody wishes to breastfeed in public, then I'm free to watch.
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