Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Breastfeeding in public

OK not a topic I converse on often because people can get hot under the collar but something really confuses me. I mean, I am all for breast feeding. I do not agree that breast is best because Amelia is much healthier than most breast fed babies I know and it has a lot to do with the total balance she receives. But I agree and support a woman's right to CHOOSE to breast feed.

However, breast-feeding in pubic. Should it be an issue? Well...no because a baby needs to eat BUT I think it wouldn't kill anyone to wear a cover. I know, I know it's natural but so is being hairy, body odour, going to the toilet and being naked but these things aren't accepted in everyday life in the western world. I mean technically it's natural for a man to pee where ever he needs to but it's not appropriate. So is it appropriate for a woman to whip out her breast when not feeding? What if she has a purpose for taking her breast out like her bra hurts?

People say there are women walking around wearing less...true... BUT you do not agree with them dressing in that manner and you don't like seeing it. So?

Personally I feel it is SO easy to get BEAUTIFUL light covers now that don't affect anyone. I would not be comfortable showing all in public and my husband wouldn't either. Yes baby has to eat but I feel it doesn't kill me to adjust everything so I'm covered. It is natural human instinct to look at the human body. Not always in a sexual way but in comparison or what ever. Whether we like it or not breasts are sexualised. So looking at it from that way, a woman breast feeding with her breast out is doing so because it has a natural purpose. So a man standing somewhere to urinate is too natural and has a purpose. Why should women be allowed to show something that has a purpose but is sexualised when a man can't show something that has a purpose and is sexualised? I don't understand the difference. To me it's like when people give out to me about foreigners and I say well my husband is foreign and they say not THAT type of foreign. Meaning they are speaking about certain race BUT you can't define things like that. It's all or nothing.

I'm curious... How do you define natural when every other natural thing should be shielded and hidden behind closed doors?

2 comments:

  1. I get confused because the only people i've heard say anything about breast feeding vs not are those who DO breast feed. As long as the baby is fed why does it matter?

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