Should mums have a legal right to breastfeed in public? - Page 2

Xaccers · 10-05-2004, 01:53

Visions of mothers throwing their tops off in the high street, bouncing their boobies and shouting "coo-eee look at me breast feed"

Marge · 10-05-2004, 01:56

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

what am trying to say is that maybe thay should find a quiet public area out of sight so People can eat or work with out being forced to look at it

but you don't have to look and breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world. Probably would find that the ones protesting loudly about it are the top shelf browsers

sir_drinks_alot · 10-05-2004, 01:59

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

Nobody is forced to look at anything, if you dont like it you dont look at it plain and simple.

well yes thay are if it's in a restaurant and you are half way Through a meal
and oh the feeding is takeing Place in the line of sight

Nikko · 10-05-2004, 02:00

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Originally Posted by Debsy42

but you don't have to look and breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world. Probably would find that the ones protesting loudly about it are the top shelf browsers

or top selfish J Arthur Rankers

ZrByte · 10-05-2004, 02:02

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

well yes thay are if it's in a restaurant and you are half way Through a meal
and oh the feeding is takeing Place in the line of sight

But breast feeding that baby is just as natural as you eating that meal, just coz you find it disgusting (And for some reason unknown cant stop looking at it, line of sight or not) doesnt mean she should stop, it means you should maybe try and get your head together and not look if it bothers you.

Xaccers · 10-05-2004, 02:03

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

well yes thay are if it's in a restaurant and you are half way Through a meal
and oh the feeding is takeing Place in the line of sight

You mean if the woman you're sitting at the table with pops it out and starts feeding?

Don't know about anyone else, but when I'm out dining, I generally concentrate on the food I'm eating or the person I'm with.

SDA, what exactly do you object to it?
Is it the breast?
The feeding?

Stuart · 10-05-2004, 02:04

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

what am trying to say is that maybe thay should find a quiet public area out of sight so People can eat or work with out being forced to look at it

The Baby is "eating". The only difference is the source of it's food. Why is breast feeding offensive? It's natural. There are plenty more offensive things we see on the streets day to day.

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Visions of mothers throwing their tops off in the high street, bouncing their boobies and shouting "coo-eee look at me breast feed"

You sound like you are fantasising.

Jerrek · 10-05-2004, 02:07

Sure, it is a free world. Of course, it would be just courteous if a woman decides to go to a washroom or somewhere isolated to do so, but that is up to the individual. I don't see how I have a right, moral or otherwise, to tell a woman she can't feed her baby the way God intended for her to feed him.

Nikko · 10-05-2004, 02:08

I am not a Freudian expert, but is there not a link to early withheld contact and natural maternal bonding, leading to excessively repressed, bigotted, foolish, and immature behaviour in later life?

Mod Edit: personal reference removed - please keep to the subject Nikko and not get personal.

Edit - oops sorry

Paul K · 10-05-2004, 02:12

Some things should be kept hidden away from public and ignored as much as possible but I don't think that mothers should feel embarassed to feed their children in plain view if it is necessary.
There is no reason to think that anyone that may be embarassed or unsettled by this practice cannot turn and look away. I can think of a number of things that people do in public that I wish they wouldn't. Pick their nose, scratch their crotch/ a@se etc.
If SDAL can stand up and declare (hand on heart) that he does nothing in public that might upset, embarass or disgust others then I shall take my hat off to him

10-05-2004, 02:20

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Originally Posted by Paul

Some things should be kept hidden away from public and ignored as much as possible but I don't think that mothers should feel embarassed to feed their children in plain view if it is necessary.
There is no reason to think that anyone that may be embarassed or unsettled by this practice cannot turn and look away. I can think of a number of things that people do in public that I wish they wouldn't. Pick their nose, scratch their crotch/ a@se etc.
If SDAL can stand up and declare (hand on heart) that he does nothing in public that might upset, embarass or disgust others then I shall take my hat off to him

noooo - we'll be blinded

living 'abroad' during my early years, might effect my opinon, but the sight of breastfeeding was too commonplace, to be 'noticed', then - and I don't see it as being any different, here, now.

kronas · 10-05-2004, 02:27

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

well yes thay are if it's in a restaurant and you are half way Through a meal
and oh the feeding is takeing Place in the line of sight

without wishing to take this out of context, and just to clear things up before hand... i do not mean that breastfeeding is 'sexually gratifying in anyway in watching.....so here is my comment...

and whats wrong with that, if your a red blooded male (judging by the girls you lust after thread) you dont mind a bit of cleavige do you ?

so what is exactly wrong with it ?

im sure the mothers are adequately covered up anyway,........

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

what am trying to say is that maybe thay should find a quiet public area out of sight so People can eat or work with out being forced to look at it

why ? certain members of the public cannot choose where they are going to breastfeed, how about if the women was on a bus its a long journey the child needs a feed you would rather let the baby scream and shout then let it get its food ?

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Originally Posted by col d

I can't believe people still argue over this issue. Yes its acceptable, The only reason some people dont like it is because Breasts are seen as sexual objects, but if anyone actually finds a woman breast feeding sexually stimulating then they are a very sick puppy indeed

and why are men so insecure about the issue, its natural, some people need to stop trying to be 'PC' about everything

Paul K · 10-05-2004, 02:31

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Originally Posted by homealone

noooo - we'll be blinded

living 'abroad' during my early years, might effect my opinon, but the sight of breastfeeding was too commonplace, to be 'noticed', then - and I don't see it as being any different, here, now.

Well said Gaz, if people were to accept it so that mothers felt at ease to breastfeed in public then it would become a common occurance. Once that happens it would just be background clutter that people would ignore instead of gawping or getting upset.
How many of us live by busy roads but don't even notice the noise of the cars anymore? We adjust to our enviroments if we allow ourselves to.

kronas · 10-05-2004, 02:34

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Originally Posted by Paul

Well said Gaz, if people were to accept it so that mothers felt at ease to breastfeed in public then it would become a common occurance. Once that happens it would just be background clutter that people would ignore instead of gawping or getting upset.
How many of us live by busy roads but don't even notice the noise of the cars anymore? We adjust to our enviroments if we allow ourselves to.

i think some people need to 'mind there own' and let people do what they want, in this case im firmly backing mothers, i believe there is no 'valid' reason to restrict or to change anyones want to feed there baby in this manner, when will people.......

Marge · 10-05-2004, 02:35

My sister breastfed both her babies and I can imagine the scene if someone had told her not to cos they were offended

Has SDA answered Xaccers question yet btw ???