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I have several female friends who have been very political about this on facebook for years. But facebook is just one venue for them. They make this point ever
by tgrass 15y ago
I have several female friends who have been very political about this on facebook for years. But facebook is just one venue for them.
They make this point everywhere, in parks, at work, at the coffeehouse. The point is to make breastfeeding natural. And when you realize that it's not (and it doesn't matter whether it's a well-dressed VP or an MFA student, it is clearly socially unacceptable, or at least uncomfortable, to breast feed in public) - when you realize that feeding our children should be the most natural thing in the world, and it isn't, you can appreciate the militancy with which they fight to make it a common occurrence for the rest of us: like showing up in your news feed.
- jchrisa 15y agoMy wife isn't shy about breast feeding in public. The closest we've ever had to awkwardness was the waiter at a middle eastern place who tried to give her an extra napkin for modesty. But we live on the west coast.
- gergles 15y agoUrinating, defecating, masturbation, and sex are all natural too, but I don't want to see you doing any of them in public.
- rsanders 15y agoExactly! Like so many other things that shouldn't be considered wrong, so many people will say that it's okay if you do it "in the privacy of your own home". And like so many of those other cases, it's a natural reaction to attempt to truly legitimize it if you're one of the people being exiled to the privacy of your own home. What's also missing from the discussion is what people expect mothers to do in these situations when they're far from home. The alternative might be just a public restroom or a cleaning supplies closet. That's both disgusting and unsafe.