Topic : 10/07 The Latest Debates

I am watching now on CBS

That woman that is against breast feeding is unreal.  They are like they are embarrased by it.  They don't have to stand there and  watch...When I was breastfeeding in public I tried not expose my self and never used a blanket to cover up...I don't see people covering there heads to eat LOL.  ANyway Most the women was the ones that watched..The men kept right on eating....WHy should a breast feeding woman be told to stay home or out of resteraunts just cause the feed their children the way God Intended.

 I had to comment about the breast feeding issue. I am a mother of 5. No I didn't breast feed but that was because I elected no to. The lady you had on your show that is against breast feeding needs to reevaluate her role as a women. She has no kids, so she has no understanding of being a mother. She  said if she wanted to see breast she would go to a topless bar??? That is so off the wall. She is way way off the wall with the whole breast feeding issue. AND how dare her compare a mom that is feeding her child to a women that  is so disgusting to have men sexually touch her.....
I don't like this ladies attitude she is not voicing her opinion on breast feeding but being mean.
If she ever does have a child, I pray she will use a bottle!!! I don't want to be OFFENDED!!!!!!

If a woman decides to openly and flagrantly breast feed in public without covering her nude body, dont get irritated if men or teenage boys glare at your breast.  It is your choice to expose yourself, and when you do, our choice will be to stare at your breast.  In our culture, breast isnt seen as a feeding organ, but more of a sexual object. 

  

If you bare it, you better share it. 

I am a young mother of three beautiful children and at first I also was a little uncomfortable about breastfeeding in public.  Especially being a young mom and with the way society is about teenage pregnancies.  Being out in public and breastfeeding is appropriate if properly covered.  I never just whipped it out and let me child hunt for it.  I was always covered and still would get some dirty looks but that is okay because I was comfortable and so was my child.  Now malls and other companies have respectfully provided nursing rooms to go to while shopping.  I think this is a wonderful approach to pleasing everyone.  The mother is still in public yet you are in a comfortable enviroment and away from those who do not want to see you feed your child.

i just watched the women discuss their views about breastfeeding.  I couldn't believe the woman who "didn't want it in her face."  How uneducated is she!  I breastfeed 2 babies in public - used a blanket only because I was uneasy myself and didn't want to bring attention to ME.  I didn't do it for anyone else but me.  If i was more comfortable i would have breastfeed much longer and my children would have benefited from it that much more.  This lady who didn't want it in her face - what does she do....go up to a "feeding mother" and stare at her?  I mean, come on..... get with it lady!

Yes,  breastfeeding is a natural act,  as is the above mentioned..which we would be ticketed for doing in public.  If you feel your child benefits from breastmilk..great..pump a few bottles before you go into public.  Nobody wants to see a child suckling on an exposed breast in public.  It is rude and in bad taste.  Although none of these are the breastfeeding mothers "issues"..they are issues none the less..they are the following.   Young boys and even some men are turned on nomatter what the cicumstance,  when i n eyeshot of an exposed breast..not to mention something sucking on it.  Do you really want boys and men feeling sexually aroused while they stare at you feeding your child?  That is exactly what is happening.  Women know this and when with their men and in the presence of a breastfeeding woman,  feel terribly uncomfortable.  Another example,  I have had the displeasure of trying to do business with a woman who felt it urgent to put her child to her breast while I was with her..I couldn't even look her in the eye,  and got the hell out of  there as soon as I could make a break for it.  Bottomline is that it really makes people feel uncomfortable in many different ways,  some of which are quite perverse.  Please,  use your sense..go to a restroom,  pump a few bottles before you leave,  but ladies..it is never in good taste to bare your breasts in public for ANY reason.

I am OUTRAGED at this woman who says that breastfeeding in public is "unflattering" to her and she thinks that it is "unattractive"! Well, I think she is unflattering and unattractive sitting up there with her two-toned hair and motorcycle boots, but I'm sure if she went out to eat a person wouldn't say , "I'm sorry ma'am, but I find you very unattractive and unflattering, and I think you should go eat your lunch in the bathroom"! Breastfeeding is one of the most important thing that you can do for your baby, and I would hate for young mothers to see the show and feel bad about breastfeeding in public. Yes, you can put a blanket over your breast, but like the mom on the show, my daughter would throw the blanket off. Also, a breasfed infant feeds more frequently than a bottle fed infant and you need to be able to feed at any time. I started going to the bathroom when my daughter first started breastfeeding, and I soon got sick of the public bathroom odors my daughter and I had to endure so I wouldn't  "offend" anyone. I have breastfed my daughter in restaurants, at friends' and relatives'  homes, and in the middle of the aisle of the local Wal-mart. I would be interested in knowing if the lady who opposes breastfeeding in public was breastfed as a child. She looks pretty old to me so she probably was. Maybe her mother should have let her starve. I, like Dr. Phil, would like to know what she finds so offensive about breastfeeding. Maybe she has had a bad experience with someone breastfeeding in public or maybe she has some issues with her sexuality she is fighting. Either way, I hope she never has children, because obviously, she will put the opinions of other people and what other people find "unflattering" and "unattractive" above the needs of her hungry infant.

A far as the breastfeeding discussion this is so silly,as long as you're covering you're self up and not exposing anything there's nothing wrong.But when you're just flaunting you're self then yeah there's a problem because that 's very disrespectful because you're not taking other people feeling into consideration!

I believe strongly that is fine and necessary to breastfeed in public.  I don't believe a woman should flaunt her breast, but I have NEVER seen a mother flaunting her breast while breastfeeding.  I don't believe a mother should have to cover herself with a blanket or throw, but should simply open her blouse as necessary to feed her child.  I find it ridiculous that we, as human beings, should even be having this debate on something so natural and necessary.  Why is there less commotion regarding women in general, and especially in the entertainment field flaunting there bodies in an often sexual way?  Breastfeeding does not cause a break up of families, sexual temption may.  Sin hurts people, plain and simple. 

  

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