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Nothing will change my mind that a woman who chooses to nurse in public without covering her herself is a narcissistic exhibitionist -- and, btw, I do very much approve of breastfeeding.
Exactly. Breastfeed away, no problem, but if you choose to do it without cover in a public place while looking for people to shame you so you can post about it on social media, you're just looking for attention.
Women should NOT have to hide in a bathroom to feed their baby. It's undignified, unsanitary, and very uncomfortable. They don't even have to cover their breast up while doing it in a crowded restaurant. But they DO have to accept that there will always be people who find the full exposure of a breast to be excessive. It's a mother's right to expose their breast and it's another's right to find it a bit excessive. Both sides need to get over it and stop making differences of opinion an issue.
They don't have to hide in the bathroom or the back of any place. Just use a cover and nobody (who realizes what's going on) will say anything or even stare.
We have a friend in our circle who does this while we're just hanging out in a room. While it is a little uncomfortable (awkward) for the rest of us (especially the males), we got over it. Now imagine her not covering up - that would clear a room due to the awkwardness among friends alone. If you do it in public, that's undoubtedly drawing attention and they know it. Then they go and make a big deal about it themselves on social media because they got what they knew was coming?
It hasn't shut down any shamers; if anything, it stirs them up even more. She's just another idiot looking for attention.
Nope. She is an advocate for breastfeeding, anytime anywhere when her baby is hungry. Babies can't control their hunger like adults and there should be no shame in feeding them. I salute her for that.
You are one of the posters here with whom I probably agree 99% of the time.
But, not this time.
While breastfeeding and eliminating bodily waste are both equally natural acts, they are not equally beautiful acts nor are they equal in function. Breast milk is not equal to a bodily waste.
I understand feeling that some acts are done simply to force others to accept them, and I usually cringe at and disagree with such acts committed solely for that sake. But, I think breastfeeding is such an important natural act that it should be encouraged to the point where no woman feels uncomfortable or that it is inconvenient to breastfeed her baby anywhere (that is a safe and sanitary place).
If I am going to be forced to pay high taxes and high insurance premiums and high deductibles so that other people who do not do all that they can to improve their health and prevent the preventable, then I think we all have the right to advocate that people do all that they can to get healthy. Breastfeeding is very helpful in getting children started out on a healthy path. As such, I think it not a bad idea to force (gently help) others get over any discomfort they have at seeing a woman's breast while her child suckles.
Some battles are worth the fight!
I'm all for the health benefits of breastfeeding. This same mother however is also a rather rabid anti-vaccination mom. In my opinion that stance creates one helluva hypocritical profile.
I'm all for the health benefits of breastfeeding. This same mother however is also a rather rabid anti-vaccination mom. In my opinion that stance creates one helluva hypocritical profile.
Not at all. You can agree with one and sill disagree with another. Just like a politician, you don't agree with everything a politician stands for.
I wonder how compatible Islam is with the notion of open uncovered breast feeding? I wonder how a male Syrian refugee would react to seeing a woman breastfeeding with an exposed breast on a park bench he was walking by or at a restaurant he was eating at?
Not at all. You can agree with one and sill disagree with another. Just like a politician, you don't agree with everything a politician stands for.
Normally I do agree with the 'agree to disagree' philosophy. But there is not one respected pediatric association who recommends skipping vaccinations. And I don't wish to start a vax war here - there's already a 1000 page thread on the topic. But if you defend your decision to breastfeed for reasons of health benefits while denying your child vaccinations, you're a hypocritical fool in my book. And it's ok for people to disagree with that, but it won't change MY mind.
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