Posted on 11/21/2006 12:07:21 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Protesting mothers breastfeed their babies at Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport in front of the Delta Airlines ticket counter as part of a nation-wide protest after a woman was kicked off a Delta airplane by a flight attendant for nursing her child.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
Mothers Danielle Shield (L) and Alison Yaker (R) read a book about breastfeeding with their children near the Delta Airlines counter at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts November 21, 2006 as part of a national 'Nurse-In' protest in support of women's right to breastfeed in public. On October 13, 2006 Emily Gillette was removed from a Delta/Freedom Air flight out of Burlington, Vermont after she refused to cover her baby with a blanket while breastfeeding on the plane before take-off. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES)
Danielle Mountford, left, of Woodstock, Conn., breast feeds her daughter, Alexa Ross, 2 1/2, as Susan Parker, right, of Glastonbury, Conn., holds her daughter Anna, at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Nursing mothers staged 'nurse-in' protests Tuesday to take up the cause of a woman ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her daughter too openly. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
You must be referring to the Election 2006 results, right?
"Since a bottle wasn't present, a bottle isn't an option here."
You make my point. Why wasn't a bottle present? If a bottle were present, would it have been an option? There's no problem breastfeeding on a plane as long as you're discrete...what is so offensive about that? I don't want to see yours, your husbands or anyone else's breasts. Sorry. Why should I have to when you do have the option of being discrete? Is being discrete such a horrible, repulsive idea? I don't get it.
Hmm, I don't know. Let's ask go ask a baby how comfortable it is to be under a suffocating blanket.
Well, yeah... We all started out as suckers. :-)
I agree that doing it for show is wrong. Oddly though, I've yet to see any picture from those above that is even remotely offensive.
Heck, I see way more offense pictures on Knuckledragger threads with "I'd Hit It" captions under them.
So it is very odd to me.
Even without the nipple, the exposure of the skin is too much.
THe appropriate method, that I have seen, is to cover the entire feeding area so that no portion of the mother's chest is visible.
"I don't want to see yours, your husbands or anyone else's breasts."
Is something wrong with your neck that prevents your head from turning the other away?
The law clearly states that you may only carry on 3 ounce containers of liquid and they must be in a 1 QT plastic bag.
Why should it piss off spectators? Can you imagine any other herd or pack mammal that would survive if it ran all it's nursing mothers off and away from the protection of the group to nurse?
"I wouldn't like a blanket over my head to eat, nor would I like to wear a diaper all day. But thats OK because I am an adult.
If I were a baby, I think it would be pretty comfortable. "
Yeah, but do you get burped over your mommy's shoulder?, That's the question. Do you wear a bib? Do you spit up and have others wipe it off your chin??
Someone actually asked if you would like to eat with a blanket on your head? Like, the experiences of an infant are supposed to mirror the experiences of the parent? Wow.
It seems there are some who are just dying to get on a soapbox.
"She was clearly not being discreet. Also, if I put my girlfriend's head in my crotch on a plane and "no other passengers complain" does that make it alright? Hmmm???"
You've really got issues if you think oral sex and breastfeeding are somehow comparable.
Btw, if the 35 year old breastfeeder's "teat" is stuck in your 8 year old's face, your 8 year old is sitting too close. And if he or she happens to see a 35 year old's breast, so what? Probably do them good to be reminded that breasts have a purpose beyond being ogled by men.
Thank you, thank you.
I'll be here all week.
; )
" Nursing mothers staged 'nurse-in' protests Tuesday to take up the cause of a woman ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her daughter too openly."
I'm laughing now, wonder if all these protesting mothers are paying $10 per hour to park at the airport while making their point. :-)
Disgusting.
Define discreet. There is no legal definition. I suspect most people's definition would be different.
Oh, it's clear you have issues. I don't know if they're religious or not, but you certainly have issues, dumpling.
I'm about to give up on this thread. Your post at least is civil, but some of the other posts are just ... disturbed.
Nobody is advocating "bare breasts and partially disrobed women," for pete's sake. (No one, that is, except for women who dress like Britney Spears, and for men who enjoy that.)
It is absolutely not necessary to either "disrobe" or expose "bare breasts" when nursing a child.
I never did either one while nursing my children; and I have never seen another woman in this country do it either.
Some people are just upset at the sight of a nursing mother, no matter how discreet she is. It is they who have a problem, not the mother.
Does anybody know if the flight attendant was male or female?
A suffocating blanket would not be comfortable at all.
A regular blanket would be perfectly comfortable.
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