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Don't just blurt it out and drop it. Explain why they are different. Can you speak for everyone?
My point is that a lot of people are more modest and discreet about their personal habits, and seeing other people behaving immodestly (by their standards) embarrasses them. I see no problem with having a general public environment in which this embarrassment is less likely to arise. People feel safe going to FaceBook because they believe that they will not be embarrassed when they get there. FaceBook likes it that way, and has a right to preserve it. A legal, an ethical, and a moral right.
The difference between defecating and breastfeeding in public is that defecating in public is something that is pretty universally considered private. The analogy to you defecating in public would be me changing my baby's poopy diaper in public. The analogy to me breastfeeding my baby in public, would be you eating lunch in public. See the difference? If a mom can bottle-feed her baby in public, she should be able to breastfeed in public. Those are completely analogous activities, and to say that breastfeeding falls into a different category of privacy than other feeding habits is precisely the issue at hand. By saying that breastfeeding needs to be private, while bottle-feeding does not, you give the message that there is something wrong, dirty, indecent, shameful, etc about breastfeeding. This is why breastfeeding advocates have a problem with that statement.
Except the mother is "derobing".... which one does not have to do in order to bottle feed a child....
I understand it makes some feel UNcomfortable to drape a blanket over themselves.... but.... to show your bare breast in public makes a majority of the population UNcomfortable.... and I am speaking as a mother who has breastfed my child....
I wonder if they'd also ban photos of women with extreme amounts of cleavage showing. You see less skin when someone is breastfeeding.
That said, I really do'nt see what all the hullaballoo is about... I nursed my daughter for over 3 years (in public without covering up, even!), but I wasn't really all about posting photos of it all over the internet. What's the big deal, either way?
I think nursing in public is gross, and I am a mom of three daughters. I don't like cleavage or butts hanging out, or men running around in skin tight lycra either. But the line is at bare flesh. I think sex and children are great but doing that stuff in public is just too aggressively "so what". Our country is all about self self self and we do not do a good job of endorsing thoughtfulness of others. Do you want to see men whacking off in public too? Just because it makes you feel good does not mean it should be public.
Some babies won't nurse underneath a blanket. What is a breastfeeding mother to do in this case? Should she just stay home until the baby is weaned so that she doesn't offend anyone? Does she run to the public bathroom and nurse her child in isolation while sitting in dirty bathroom stall every 2 to 4 hours? Should she be forced to spend hours pumping milk for each and every outing for her baby who might not even be willing to drink from a bottle? Or should she just forget about it and switch to formula?
I think that most people are aware of the health benefits of breastfeeding. How can women feel comfortable doing what is best for their babies when the society that they live in does not support them?
Meh, so what? There's no freedom of speech on an internet forum -- the owners can put whatever restrictions they like on it. If you want to show pictures of breastfeeding, make your own blog and put them up there. It's not rocket science, people.
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