Last week Kim Kardashian tweeted about public breastfeeding. From Kardashian we learnt that it’s gross to have to stare at another woman’s tits while they’re being used to feed her baby… when you’re at a restaurant eating your lunch. A few hours ago Adrianne Curry, who’d remembered that Twitter was good for something other than frequent naked photos of herself, shared her thoughts.
Curry tweeted that there were double-standards regarding what people could do in public just because it was a natural bodily funtion. She then likened feeding one’s child to pooping/ peeing/ and eating someone out. Stay classy, Curry.
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At least until they change the laws on masturbating in public.
That whole breastfeeding debate makes no sense to me. Breastfeeding is a natural bodily function, it’s EATING. Not pooping. There are millions of people every day that eat in public. I don’t see how they compare a baby eating to being allowed to poo on the public sidewalk.
Bingo!
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Actually Sarah, it’s probably because the person eating(the baby) is also probably going to poop and pee in public as well.
Anyway I think it’s gross, if the woman doesn’t pull out her boobs and feed the kid then it’s going to start screaming and crying, all things I do not want to hear while I’m eating. It’s better compared to farting and burping in public, or just being naked in public, most of us decided we don’t want to see naked people all the time, we don’t want to smell farts, we don’t want to hear burps and we don’t want to see some chick’s boob with a baby attached to it.
Since babies wear diapers, you don’t have a point.
When I see a mother breastfeeding, I look the other way. What do you do? I’m asking because when a baby is feeding, you shouldn’t see anything you haven’t seen before at the beach…unless you’re staring, that is.
PS. You were probably breastfed, too. So, really, get over it.
Diapers don’t hide smells and yeah you look the other way unless the mother is the type of person that thinks it’s cool to breastfeed in the middle of a busy restaurant, or waiting in line at the store. And yes if a woman was wearing a bikini in a place wear everyone else is fully dressed it would be inappropriate, so regardless of what people have “seen before” it’s gross and no one really gives a crap about your kid except for you, so do your “natural” things more out of site.
Well considering a baby isn’t potty trained, it’s difficult to avoid a baby peeing and pooping in its diaper in public. Should a mother never take their baby in public to avoid anyone being offended by the smell? Normally as soon as the baby uses its diaper, the mom will change it. So, I don’t really get where you’re going with that.
Even if a mother is the type to be proud of breastfeeding and doesn’t attempt to hide their breast during, if you are offended, you can still look away. It’s called control. When a mother breastfeeds, it’s for the nourishment of their child, not for sexual purposes. So if you can’t look away, it’s your problem, not theirs.
A woman wearing a bikini in particular public places would be inappropriate because it’s not for anyone’s benefit, breastfeeding is. Gross is a matter of opinion. I would only see it as gross if the mother squirted me in the face with her breast milk. Other than that, if I don’t want to watch her breastfeed, I won’t look. Simple as that.
And generalizing to “no one gives a crap about your kid except you” is ridiculous. Plenty of people care about all children, and there are a lot of people who aren’t brainwashed by the media to know that breasts are not just for men to play with.
And why keep breastfeeding out of site? Would you rather hear a baby cry from being hungry? Oh, you’re right, let’s make the poor baby suffer from hunger so everyone else in the room can be comfortable. Too bad people are more uncomfortable with crying babies, hmm?
Normally, yes diapers do get changed. Which is fine, but I personally, in about the last year have seen dirty diapers left in pretty rude places, once outside a building on a windowsill, twice on the sidewalk(probably thrown from a car) and once again on a friggin’ hiking trail.
What do you do if some couple starts making out and the girl’s shirt comes half way off at a restaurant next to you and your family? Or if you’ve ever been to NYNY then homeless person crapping on the sidewalk might become nothing you haven’t seen before. Or maybe someone at the table next to you gets drunk and pukes on the floor by your feet and a little gets on you, they usually clean it up riht away, so what’s the big deal? I bet you still don’t want any of those things to happen around you while you’re in public.
Ok let me rephrase what I said before… no one gives a crap about your kids except you, people who are unable to have their own kids and other people with no more friends left because no one they grew up with has kids yet.
How about we make the poor mother suffer by not bringing the kid on a 4-5 hour shopping trip, followed by a nice lunch in a crowded place? So then maybe we wouldn’t see some lady’s saggy boobs or hear her baby crying, would that be so horrible?
These women drag their kids around strapped into those stupid baby backpack things and walk around acting like their special because they got knocked up, they’re not. I really don’t care to see anymore unplanned kids getting dragged around and shoved in people’s faces because the mother never really wanted it in the first place and now she’s stuck with it and it either takes over who she is as a person or it just gets dragged around all the places she would rather be than at home taking care of the kid.
Yes, I’ve seen diapers left in some pretty odd places as well, but courteous people will place the diaper in a trash can. That’s just basic hygiene, that doesn’t really have anything to do with breastfeeding.
If a couple is making out that aggressively, that’s inappropriate because it’s extremely sexual yet in a public place. I have never been to New York, nor have I seen a homeless person poo on a sidewalk, but that’s just unsanitary, as well as puking. Those three scenarios you pointed out are either sexual or unsanitary, which is why they’re inappropriate in public. Breastfeeding is neither of those, therefore it is appropriate.
I’m pretty sure if there are people TTC yet are unable to conceive are obviously passionate about children, otherwise they wouldn’t be TTC in the first place. And the second part I’m a wee bit confused about. I’m assuming you mean friends of people who have children do not care about children because they don’t have children yet. And it sounds like it’s not about those people, does it? Again, broad generalizations don’t work well, so try speaking for you.
Who said anything about shopping sprees? And not all mothers have the luxury of babysitters anytime they need them. Followed by a nice lunch in a crowded place? Doesn’t sound so nice to me, and I think you’re drifting farther away from your point. So, you’re suggesting that all breastfeeding mothers of the world should find someone to watch their baby anytime they go out so people like you don’t have to acknowledge the fact that breasts are there to nourish their young? Not to mention that you’d like the babies of the world to stay home so YOU don’t have to hear them cry. Pretty selfish, no?
Those “backpack things” are to have the baby near you while being able to multitask, it’s not to feel superior. And although I’m not a mother yet, I believe that mothers are special. It’s a 24/7 job that requires lots of patience and love. I don’t even see how you can venture into talking about unplanned children and mothers who can’t see the gift in their lives, but just because a mother takes their baby to the store or a restaurant doesn’t mean she’d rather be childless and doing these things solo, it’s just what mothers do at times. They take their children along with them…Is that really that terrible? I think you probably have your own personal reasons for being so hateful towards the whole having children thing in general. Its ok, I understand if you’re bitter, but don’t try to make mothers sound like they appear to be all high and mighty when that’s what you’re doing to yourself.
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It’s impossible for me to avoid breastfeeding in public–if my newborn is hungry, he needs to eat, and it’s ridiculous to expect me to withhold milk from him simply to satisfy prudish strangers. I try to cover up, but if someone sees a little nipple, I don’t really care and can’t understand why anyone else would. Travel around the world, and you’ll find women breastfeeding in public all over the place, but every culture I’m aware of has taboos regarding peeing and pooping, which makes sense because exposure to human waste, unlike breast milk, spreads disease.
Breastfeeding is entirely inappropriate in public. I understand that it’s hard for a breastfeeding mother to juggle, but she had the baby not me.
Breastfeeding involves pulling out of private body parts that are not shown in public unless you are on a nude beach or in a nudist colony. I’ve heard the argument that women show lots of boob these days, but they do not show their nipples.
In the US public breastfeeding is pretty uncommon. I’ve only seen it twice in my almost 60 years on the earth despite the fact that I’m a long distance runner and spend a lot of time running and recovering from running through parks — places that are normally teeming with babies. The babies are usually in strollers, so the idea that I’m just not seeing the breastfeeding is pretty far fetched.
Out of the two times I saw it, one woman was a strange La Leche Leaguer who was breastfeeding her four year old. How gross to have a kid that says “boob” and then pulls up your shirt and shows your stuff to everyone in the vicinity. This happened in a public rec center. After a couple of warnings, she was just plain old kicked out forever. The other time was on a short train ride, so there was no one to do anything about it.
Of all the places to see someone pop out a boob, a restaurant is by far the most disgusting. Who wants to see a baby sucking on a boob while you’re trying to eat your lunch. Of course, I wouldn’t want to see a baby being spoon fed baby food either, that’s disgusting too. Face it, babies are messy, and tending to them needs to be conducted out of the public eye. That goes double if it’s a fancy restaurant.
So you see it as, “She had the baby, so she must accommodate my needs, even though I’m the adult”?
Even when women breast feed it’s not like they’re flaunting their nipples. If it just so happens to slip, then oops. It’s not supposed to be sexual in any way, and I’m sorry the media has brainwashed you to think so.
How is the idea that you’re not use to seeing breastfeeding farfetched? You just admitted you’ve only seen it twice within 60 years. That’s really not very much.
If you don’t want to see a mother breastfeed, simply look away. You’re the one overdramatizing the situation by gawking even though you know you can’t stand it. Why not practice the same control that you preach?
I understand what your issue is now; you just have stuff against all babies in general. You said it yourself, it’s disgusting. If you’ve had any children, I feel sorry for them.
There are things that are appropriate to do in public, and things that are not. Breastfeeding a baby is one of those things that is not appropriate. When I am eating in a restaurant, if a breastfeeding mother was in my line of sight I could hardly look away if I’m going to continue to eat my food.
I agree that twice in 60 years isn’t very much, and the last time I saw breastfeeding was more than 15 years ago. If it was appropriate to do in public you would see more women doing it. The fact that there is a controversy shows that pulling out your boobs in a public place is not accepted.
If I was to do the same thing, I’d get chucked out of the restaurant, or a cop would come up to me and tell me to cover up (or possibly arrest me). The only thing different between you and me is the presence of a baby.
I have nothing against babies, BTW, spend a lot of time with my niece’s 6 month old daughter, and I raised a step-daughter who’s now a well-adjusted successful adult. This is about breastfeeding in public, and entitled parents who think that they should be able to do all the same things they did before they had children.
Breastfeeding is feeding a baby, period. Therefore, it’s appropriate to do anywhere. If there’s a woman breastfeeding her baby within your sight, you still don’t have to gawk at her. That’s your decision.
It’s not that it’s inappropriate to breastfeed in public and that’s why you don’t see it as often, it’s that the media has made the majority believe that breasts are purely sexual. Which is not the case at all.
Well in my state, it’s not illegal to walk around topless. So whether a baby is present or not, I wouldn’t get in trouble for it. However, if a woman has her breast out only because she’s feeding her child, there should be no harm in that.
By someone who’s around children, you seem unusually disgusted by them. And just because a parent tries to live their life normally doesn’t mean that they’re on their high horse or anything. Do you really think that parents should constantly be at home and if they do ever go out in public they should leave their child indoors? Your perception is so warped I can’t even wrap my mind around it.
LOL, I am not disgusted by children. You seem to think that my disapproval of the permissiveness in which children are raised today equates to my not liking them. Even when children are bratty, I don’t blame the children, rather I blame their parents who tolerate that kind of behavior.
“Inappropriate” is whatever society says it is, and our society says that nudity and pulling out breasts for feeding a child is inappropriate behavior in public. You are confusing the law with what the public will accept. Regardless of your state’s position on “top freedom” my guess is that you wouldn’t be admitted to a restaurant, a movie theater, or even the grocery store if you were nude above the waist.
You may think that there’s “no harm” in having your breast out because you’re feeding your child, but a lot of the rest of society in the US doesn’t agree with you — and it has nothing to do with sex. You’d have to be an idiot to think that breastfeeding a baby was a sexual act. However, it is crude, something I don’t want to see, especially while I’m out eating. I also don’t want to see you feeding your child mashed carrots and watching them dribble down his chin, or to see you changing his diaper. Baby care doesn’t have to be sexual for it to be inappropriate in public — especially in a private business.
It is a sacrifice to become a parent. It means you don’t get to go out as much as you used to. It means getting a babysitter so you can go to places where children shouldn’t be.
However a growing number of parents have entitlement issues. They think that nothing should change after they have children, and so they drag their kids everyplace they used to go. A small percentage of those mothers just pop out their boob anytime “Timmy” gets hungry, and then are surprised when other customers are grossed out and the owner or manager asks them to leave.
The “war” between parents and childless people is growing in various places. You should check out Park Slope, which is an area of Brooklyn, NY. Because parents think it’s OK to take their kids out any time of the day or night some of the restaurants and bars there are starting to ban children during certain hours, something that wouldn’t be necessary if their parents had any common sense and courtesy.