Breast is Best
A local newspaper columnist, a woman no less, recently wrote a piece about breastfeeding, and the fact that she was "uncomfortable" with women who weren't "modest" enough.
Breastfeeding is one of the most natural, loving, beautiful acts between a mother and infant. Any mother who can and does breastfeed is giving her baby a head start in life. It is a selfless gift from parent to child, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
The writer suggested that one woman, seen breastfeeding in a public area, should have used the womens' washroom instead.
'scuse me?
Why on earth should a woman and her baby be asked to hide in a potentially dirty, germ-ridden public restroom to breastfeed, and would people still not see "the act" taking place? Or is this loving mother supposed to sit on a toilet, in a stall, with the door closed in order to ensure nobody is offended by the sight of her mammary gland at work?
The writer argued that men can be uncomfortable seeing a woman's breast. Oh my, where to start?
Are these the same men who buy soft porn magazines so that they can ogle womens' breasts in the privacy of their own darkened homes? Are these the same men who are so enamoured of breasts that they can't seem to look women in the eye? The same hyper-sensitive guys who call breasts a woman's "rack", or "hooters", "jugs" and "boobs"?
The writer also said that breasts are, of course, sexually stimulating. Okay, so be it. That is not the most important function of breasts, but it is certainly true. So poor, helpless men can't stand to see a woman feeding her baby because breasts are sex toys for them, not a source of nourishment for an infant? Big boys get choked because the baby gets to do what they want to do??
Women all over North America are told that breast is best, and that they owe it to their newborns to try breastfeeding, even though it is a time-consuming, inconvenient, often uncomfortable and sometimes very painful. Women are then asked to leave shopping malls, restaurants, swimming pools and many other venues because some busybody sees a flash of breast, decides to be uncomfortable and pushes her will onto others.
To all people who seem to enjoy being offended: Get a life!
Simple solution time here. If you don't want to look at a woman breastfeeding, in public, in private, anywhere at all, DON'T LOOK! Mind your own damn business and move on. Don't expect women to breastfeed in bathrooms, storage rooms, closets or cars. Don't expect them to tent themselves under shawls, blankets or sheets. Don't expect them to express milk at home so they can use bottles in public.
Get over it, people.
Breastfeeding is one of the most natural, loving, beautiful acts between a mother and infant. Any mother who can and does breastfeed is giving her baby a head start in life. It is a selfless gift from parent to child, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
The writer suggested that one woman, seen breastfeeding in a public area, should have used the womens' washroom instead.
'scuse me?
Why on earth should a woman and her baby be asked to hide in a potentially dirty, germ-ridden public restroom to breastfeed, and would people still not see "the act" taking place? Or is this loving mother supposed to sit on a toilet, in a stall, with the door closed in order to ensure nobody is offended by the sight of her mammary gland at work?
The writer argued that men can be uncomfortable seeing a woman's breast. Oh my, where to start?
Are these the same men who buy soft porn magazines so that they can ogle womens' breasts in the privacy of their own darkened homes? Are these the same men who are so enamoured of breasts that they can't seem to look women in the eye? The same hyper-sensitive guys who call breasts a woman's "rack", or "hooters", "jugs" and "boobs"?
The writer also said that breasts are, of course, sexually stimulating. Okay, so be it. That is not the most important function of breasts, but it is certainly true. So poor, helpless men can't stand to see a woman feeding her baby because breasts are sex toys for them, not a source of nourishment for an infant? Big boys get choked because the baby gets to do what they want to do??
Women all over North America are told that breast is best, and that they owe it to their newborns to try breastfeeding, even though it is a time-consuming, inconvenient, often uncomfortable and sometimes very painful. Women are then asked to leave shopping malls, restaurants, swimming pools and many other venues because some busybody sees a flash of breast, decides to be uncomfortable and pushes her will onto others.
To all people who seem to enjoy being offended: Get a life!
Simple solution time here. If you don't want to look at a woman breastfeeding, in public, in private, anywhere at all, DON'T LOOK! Mind your own damn business and move on. Don't expect women to breastfeed in bathrooms, storage rooms, closets or cars. Don't expect them to tent themselves under shawls, blankets or sheets. Don't expect them to express milk at home so they can use bottles in public.
Get over it, people.
posted by Alphamutt at 9:25 AM
1 Comments:
I heard a fantastic rejoinder to the prudish Victorian idiots who actually tell breastfeeding women to go to the washrooms:
Would you eat a meal in a public toilet? Why should my baby?
I think the mother should do whatever she's comfortable doing, not whatever OTHER people are comfortable with her doing.
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