"But it's natural!"
Yeah so is taking a leak, try doing that in public and see what happens.
No Apologies
Police caution woman for breastfeeding in public!
by nicolaou 99 Replies latest social current
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John Doe
That's a false analogy. Restrooms are used for sanitary, odor, and health reasons. Eating is publicly accepted, and it is of no detriment to the public. Why should babies have to be hidden while they eat? Are you that afraid of seeing a baby while eating? Sheesh!
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kiddotan
Yeah so is taking a leak, try doing that in public and see what happens.
Breastfeeding likened to taking a leak in public, hmmm... not sure there is bi-product left behind from breastfeeding unless you count baby vomit.
We've been asked to leave MacDonalds here in Aussie, because a friend chose to breastfeed her screaming baby in the air-conditioning, not outside in the car. She was very discreet, covered her shoulder and bub up with a blanket. Manager was a client of mine, now no-longer, I can be in-tolerant too.
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Darth Yhwh
In the state of Ohio legislation was recently passed that gives women rights to breast feed in public. The only problem that I have with this is that bureaucrats and politicians have collected a pay check from my tax dollar to allow women to have the right to do what nature has already put in order. It makes no sense to me at all.
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stillajwexelder
In Britain? You have to be shitting me - what the hell is wrong with breast-feeding? Babies get hungry everywhere
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No Apologies
That's a false analogy. Restrooms are used for sanitary, odor, and health reasons. Eating is publicly accepted, and it is of no detriment to the public. Why should babies have to be hidden while they eat? Are you that afraid of seeing a baby while eating? Sheesh!
Its not a false analogy, you just ran with it way too far and in the wrong direction. The point I am making(and that you completely ignored) is that just because something is natural means I want to look at it. Its not the baby I don't want to see, duh! Look, here in America the last thing anyone wants to see in public is a naked breast, just ask Janet Jackson. Call it sexist, call it prudish, whatever, its the way it is. We're a wacky country, but you gotta love us. Or you can be the next country we invade, its up to you. No Apologies(of the its-late-and-I'm-goofy class)
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John Doe
Look, here in America the last thing anyone wants to see in public is a naked breast, just ask Janet Jackson. Call it sexist, call it prudish, whatever, its the way it is. We're a wacky country, but you gotta love us. Or you can be the next country we invade, its up to you.
No one was saying that is not the way it is, but just becuase we do something does not make it right, which has been the point of the entire thread. If you are that upset from seeing a breast, you have problems much deeper than being an American. If my wife were breatfeeding, you wouldn't have to worry about seeing her breast because I'd be knocking the shit out of you if you did. [i can be silly as well]
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alreadygone
I nursed all three of my children. I like to be right in the middle of things and refuse to go sit in a corner to feed my baby. I have gotten quite good at nursing in public. No lie, I nursed my last son while bowling. Yes, while I was actually bowling. Throw a blanket over the shoulder and no one can see a thing.
I have never gotten a negative comment when I nursed in public, actually I got praised a few times for it.
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nicolaou
This story is now on the front page of the Daily Mail website - the biggest selling paper in the UK. www.dailymail.co.uk
Her baby was crying with hunger and Margaret Boyle-White did what came naturally. But her decision to breastfeed Niamh on a high street bench was apparently viewed by some as over-exposure.
Mrs Boyle-White told yesterday how she was made to feel 'like a criminal' after a police offficer in a marked patrol car was despatched to deliver a cover-up order. "He told me they had had a complaint from an older member of the public and he was following it up," said Mrs Boyle-White, 34.
"He then asked me to refrain from breastfeeding in public. He said he could not 'do me' for it, but suggested that I use a restaurant or cafe in future. I couldn't believe it. He made me feel like a criminal for doing something which is perfectly natural. I have breastfed in public many times before and not had any complaints."
Mrs Boyle-White, a production manager for a food company, had rushed out of the post office in Watton, near Norwich, with her wailing child.
She spent five minutes feeding Niamh and had just finished when the young, uniformed officer arrived. It could not have been that he and his colleagues were short of work. The Norfolk force handled more than 66,000 crimes last year. Barely a quarter of the total ended in prosecution and there were marked increases in burglaries and thefts.
There is no law against breastfeeding in public, but Labour MP David Kidney has introduced a Bill to Parliament under the Ten Minute Rule to guarantee a woman's right to feed her child anywhere without interference. Anyone who intervened would face a penalty of up to £2,500.
'Demoralising'
He said of the Norwich case: "It is a very demoralising story which says a lot about our society today. I don't want people to be fined - I want their attitudes to change. Bringing up children is the most important thing we can do and breastfeeding them is key, according to science. It protects the child against asthma and infections and also prevents certain cancers, such as breast cancer in the mother."
The charity La Leche League, which promotes breastfeeding, said Mrs Boyle-White was "just meeting the needs of her baby. I'm sure most people would rather the baby was quiet because it was being fed than noisy because it was not," said a spokesman.
Mrs Boyle-White lives in Carbrooke, Norfolk, with her husband Chris, a 33-year-old ambulance technician, and six-month-old Niamh. She said it was her first-ever brush with the law and initially she felt ashamed, but her resentment grew. Her husband said: "I can't believe police pursued such a trivial matter."
A police source said a member of public complained to a passing officer that it "wasn't appropriate for someone to breastfeed in public". An officer spoke to Mrs Boyle-White to "avoid any distress if that person had approached her".
In an official statement the force insisted the matter was dealt with in a "discreet, professional manner".
"There was no intention to cause Mrs Boyle-White any distress or embarrassment. Norfolk Constabulary doesn't have any issues with mothers breastfeeding in public."
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TresHappy
There was a woman somewhere in the U.S. kicked out of a mall for breastfeeding in public. Some security guard said there had been a complaint. She went to the media and the mall security guard was reprimanded and the mall management quickly apologized for the matter. Some people just don't get it.