Posted on 04/30/2005 5:56:16 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
My daughter in law would kill me if she knew I posted her product. I thought it was appropriate though.
I've run into that problem many times. Two children years of breastfeeding. I just ignored them.
I Waitressed at a coffee shop long time ago, was asked by a customer to stop the mother breastfeeding because it made her nauseated. It puts the employee in an awkward position.
"was asked by a customer to stop the mother breastfeeding because it made her nauseated"
That is incomprehensible to me. I would probably lose my job over something like that. There are so many crazy things going on in the world, to complain about a nursing mother, saying it made them nauseated, is insane.
I've noticed that motherhood tends to be despised in the U.S., or at least not as important as other things such as career.
Don't see a lot of same sex marriages where I live. None, now that I think of it. Most of the perverts and paranoids probably live in Mass.
Are we allowed to post photos of women breast feeding on FR ? (this is a leading question btw ;) )
I don't see this about the babies suffering, I see this as women who want be able to do whatever they want. Oh and I'm a chick myself.
And would never consider doing something so unladylike as performing an act like that in public.
And I feel really bad for the poor guys who can't help but be momentarily be awestruck by a woman with her breast hanging out and a small human sucking on it. The women invariably shoot daggers at the hapless men and make them feel bad. Bad form.
Or in my town outside NYC.
Neighbors on my street are Lesbian couple.
I was walking my dog in the park last year and one of them was nursing her adopted baby in plain view.
Nothing like the sight of hairy nipple to burn one's eyelids off.
Bingo! The dressing rooms are excellent and for that purpose. Some are even dim enough that a little shut-eye with feet up restoreth the soul, while nursing a wee one.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, it sure became a political "statement". Governor Wilson had to even "rule" on it -- that's how stupid this argument is. Breastfeeding is a wonderful thing; BUT HERE'S THE POINT -- IT AIN'T FOR EVERYONE. Asking people in a public place to simply "avert" their gaze is the same argument made by liberal exhibitionists.
I can sure understand the breastfeeding parents who are in love with their infant. And understand "nursing" to be a wonderful thing.
But men didn't make boobs an issue any more than women do. The "obsession" with boobs is just as great among women as it is with men.
And what amazes me, is how many pro-nursing females are making this very argument: that breasts are important. Use 'em in public; but get upset if anyone else objects.
Schedules, planning, politeness is what constitutes a civil society. Nursing in public is just.... drum-roll ... inconsiderate.
lol! Yours was a "feminist" alert -- the first full throttle one I've read in this entertaining thread. "woman-hater"? Interesting...
This woman has teets which facilitate this nifty position. The "child" is a child. Depending upon the shape of a woman's teets, and the age of her child.. some breastfeeding cannot be done discreetly. Good try tho, in posting *that* particular photo.
However, rabid-pro-breastfeeding activists will never succumb to logic; they'll go for the "for the children" angle, every single time.
There is a time and place for everything.
As dave berry is so fond of saying that would make a great name for a rock band :-)
I took my babies everywhere and never had to breast-feed in public. I supplemented with a bottle if necessary when I was out. Breast-feeding is a very private matter to me and not something to be shared with strangers at a mall dining court! Just call me old-fashioned I guess.
You are so right. Thanks for the sanity.
Actually, milk supplies are quite predictable. And if a woman doesn't have time for breast-feeding, maybe she should reconsider it. It seems some women just don't have time for the children, period. And whatever happened to manners and consideration?
Sounds like some women are just too busy for their children's sake.
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