Colour Scientist said:
Does it make you feel uncomfortable when you see a woman breastfeeding her child in a public area? If so, does it always make you uncomfortable or is it okay provided that her breasts are completely covered?
No it doesn't make me uncomfortable. I might have a momentary shock reaction upon first walking into a room and seeing a woman with a breast out, but after my brain processes what's going on it's business as usual in that regard. She's got a child, the child needs to eat, end of story. I have no issue if they want to use a blanket or towel to cover up while they do so, and in fact, every time I've ever seen a woman in public nursing, this has been the case. I've personally never seen a woman just flip out the boob and start nursing, with everyone able to see her full breast. But if I did see it, aside from the initial reaction, and the one stated below, I don't really care.
Colour Scientist said:
Alternatively, do you just see it as something natural and non-sexual, something women should be free to do whenever and wherever they please?
I do think it's natural, and I think it's non-sexual for the child and mother. However my reactions to it on some occasions have been sexual. Sorry but if I see a woman I find sexually attractive partially undressed, my brain instantly thinks "oh my yes, I would like to see more of that woman without clothes on, preferably pressed up against me!" But that's not exclusive to nursing women, and in fact has nothing to do with them nursing. Any attractive woman I see will trigger that mental reaction to some degree or other. Welcome to Everyday of the Week in a guy's head.
Yes they should be free to do it whenever and wherever they please. Yes it gives me sexual thought sometimes, but my sexual fantasies
are not their problem or concern And I'm not going to prohibit them caring for their child because they're triggering fantasies in my head.
Colour Scientist said:
Do you think that instead of possibly making people uncomfortable, women should have to go into private areas, such as bathrooms, to breastfeed?
Absolutely not. Who wants to stand in some nasty public bathroom for several minutes, while your kid nurses, and possibly someone else is dropping a torpedo into the bowl stinking up the place? They're not doing anything nasty, and shouldn't be forced to sit in a bathroom while they do it like some kind of second class citizen. I actually saw a "Nursing Mothers Room" sign on a women's bathroom just yesterday. It was the first time I'd seen that, and I found it odd, because I thought they had a legal right to nurse wherever in the United States? I might be wrong about that, but I could've sworn I saw a news article about a woman fighting a business telling her to stop nursing, and she quoted she has the legal right to do so in public.
Colour Scientist said:
Do you think that women who do so are exhibitionists? Should they just always have bottles prepared to feed their child when out and about?
.....wow really? *snerks* I'm highly amused by this radio talk show that you listened to, if this was the type of statement they made. No I don't think they're exhibitionists, I think they've got a hungry kid, and a boob full of milk by which to feed him.