Poll: Breastfeeding in public

[Hucket]

Got no problem with it. Where I live it is legal for both men and women to go topless. I'm not 100% sure, but I think women's breasts were used for feeding before they were used for pleasure.

Also for the people who are arguing that women should "come prepared", its been asked, what if the mother forgets to pack a bottle? Most parents of newborns are sleep deprived and running on instincts, they don't always have time to double check they have formula prepared. Also, not every women likes the idea of having a machine pump her. It is a very wierd sensation and to some owmen unnatural. Are you going to punishm them because they don't want to feel like dairy cattle?

 

[Rottweiler]

"I would think that public urination would have more to do with public health and sanitation rather than "ew a penis!"

Except, what about public mental health? When we are bombarded with images ten feet high that say BREASTS! THEY ARE EROTIC AND ALL THAT MEN SHOULD ADORE! then perhaps it should also be understood that *that is how we will see them*.

"In a perfect world, we'd just make the naked female breast not automatically equal "filthy, FILTHY sex". Problem solved (and imho we'd be a better society for it)"

Penis. Same thing. However, I don't see anyone fighting for it. Indeed, if I decided to change clothing in public and revealed my penis, *I would be charged and probably arrested* for it. Is there something inherently wrong with the need to change clothing? Perhaps I was walking down the street and a passing truck doused me in filthy water.

But, no- *I* can't do that, it's terrible! No one seems to care *why* you reveal a penis, but every excuse gets made for breast-feeding?

What kind of double-standard is that? Where a random woman somewhere can decide that because *she* feels convenience, she can make a reality-changing statement and *everyone else* has to abide by it?

I agree on the compromise, but the problem is that most women who are capable of it already do so. The ones who insist- Nay! demand - to do so in public don't care. They want what they want and everyone else has to abide by it or the flamewars begin.

 

[IceStar100]

I wonder to those who are fine with it. Is it ok for me to wolf call and hoot at her. If she does not care if she make other uncomfortable should I have to care about her wants.

Yeah I think that's the thing that gets to me. If you pull them out in public, you got to be prepared for some people (especially yong boys) to be like "Wow! What the hell are those?!". It's kind of like the whole "just because I dress like a slut, doesn't make me a slut" argument some women use for how they dress.

There a joke out there that Dave Cheppel did. "That like me dressing up like a cop and then you run up to me after you get robbed. just becuase I'm dressed like a cop does not mean I am one." It is true but it confusing.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Men are allowed to be shirtless in public, and they don't even use their nipples for anything. Why not let women breastfeed in public?

Often they aren't. Most supermarkets etc. ban shirtless men.

The problem is that you're arguing with a natural act. Unless you can find a detrimental point to it, then you've no chance of even getting heard.

There are reasons why it shouldn't happen. There are reasons why it is a hell of a lot easier for it to happen.

There's also plain courtesy, but that's being pushed out due to "rights". There's enough controversy about pregnancy already. Breastfeeding is one of the low priority targets.

 

[Dags90]

But, no- *I* can't do that, it's terrible! No one seems to care *why* you reveal a penis, but every excuse gets made for breast-feeding?

What kind of double-standard is that? Where a random woman somewhere can decide that because *she* feels convenience, she can make a reality-changing statement and *everyone else* has to abide by it?

That's a pretty terrible analogy. A better analogy would be changing your shirt, which would be considered tactless but not obscene (or illegal). That is the double standard. I mean have you seen a fat guy without a shirt? May as well be breasts.

I'm pretty sure if it made it to the Supreme Court women would be given chest equality, but they keep winning at local levels and can't appeal to the SCOTUS.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

Where I live it's legal for women to go topless anywhere it's legal for men to, so I suppose a problem with breastfeeding in public is a minor issue here in comparison to where you may live.

I however have never encountered a woman breastfeeding in public, and if I were to find it awkward I suppose I'd blame it on the fact seeing any topless female in public is generally something I'm unaccustomed to.

(Sure it's legal to go topless here, but it's barely above 0c 6 months of the year, who wants to run around without a shirt in that kind of weather?!)

I must ask though, what specifically is it you find so disturbing? The exposure of breasts in a public environment or the act itself?

 

[King Toasty]

Should be legal. I might find it a bit gross, but my personal views shouldn't get in the way of babies gettin' some.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

I wonder to those who are fine with it. Is it ok for me to wolf call and hoot at her. If she does not care if she make other uncomfortable should I have to care about her wants.

Yeah I think that's the thing that gets to me. If you pull them out in public, you got to be prepared for some people (especially yong boys) to be like "Wow! What the hell are those?!". It's kind of like the whole "just because I dress like a slut, doesn't make me a slut" argument some women use for how they dress.

There a joke out there that Dave Cheppel did. "That like me dressing up like a cop and then you run up to me after you get robbed. just becuase I'm dressed like a cop does not mean I am one." It is true but it confusing.

Yeah, that's where I was getting it from. Someone posted the video in the "Is Chivalry Dead?" forum topic. Like anything, I don't care as long as people shut up about it. For example, I don't care if someone is gay but if they are the loud "I'm gay and I'm proud and I'm going to make sure every single damn person knows it" type they can fuck right off.

 

[icyneesan]

I really don't care. I'm more concerned about Mecha Godzilla and a 80-foot Jesus fighting downtown then a women who takes out her boobs in public to feed her child.

Actually maybe I should care about that... But then I'd miss Mecha Godzilla and 80-foot Jesus fighting downtown... DAMN YOU LORD! WHY MUST YOU TEST ME SOOOOOO!

 

[IceStar100]

I wonder to those who are fine with it. Is it ok for me to wolf call and hoot at her. If she does not care if she make other uncomfortable should I have to care about her wants.

Yeah I think that's the thing that gets to me. If you pull them out in public, you got to be prepared for some people (especially yong boys) to be like "Wow! What the hell are those?!". It's kind of like the whole "just because I dress like a slut, doesn't make me a slut" argument some women use for how they dress.

There a joke out there that Dave Cheppel did. "That like me dressing up like a cop and then you run up to me after you get robbed. just becuase I'm dressed like a cop does not mean I am one." It is true but it confusing.

Yeah, that's where I was getting it from. Someone posted the video in the "Is Chivalry Dead?" forum topic. Like anything, I don't care as long as people shut up about it. For example, I don't care if someone is gay but if they are the loud "I'm gay and I'm proud and I'm going to make sure every single damn person knows it" type they can fuck right off.

I can see that I'm gay and I'm Proud. We'ar strait and we don't care.

 

[Hiken no Ace]

I don't mind, so long as they din't mind me staring. But then, if they are doing it in public, i don't think they care if someone watches

 

[Keldon888]

Women should keep it private, now I'm not saying they can't do it in public, but I think they should go off to the side and do it, seeing as women are supposed to wear shirts in most cultures it's just common courtesy to not do it right up next to people.

But I will call people on it, it's like a fat dude whipping off his shirt, yea.... he can, but its known that it makes people uncomfortable and you don't get any special consideration for it.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

I don't really have a problem with the concept but at the same time i don't want to get shit for doing a double take or staring for a moment. I'm not trying to be a perve i just wasn't expecting to turn the corner and see a tit. I don't care what the situation is, if your a guy and you suddenly encounter a boob out of no where your like to stare for a moment if only to allow your mind to process what your seeing.

 

[rabidmidget]

Mothers with young children go through a lot (before and after birth), the least we can d is give them some slack when it comes to breat-feeding rather than passing judgement on them.

 

[TornadoADV]

If they do it, I reserve the right to call my boys in and we can have a school circle pow-wow around her and watch intently. If she makes a fuss, it becomes indecent exposure and she goes to jail and we get a free show.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

I don't think there is anything wrong with it, but I do think it should be covered up as much as possible. It's like when you go into a urninal: you don't pull your pants all the way down so everyone gets a shot of your ass do you?

 

[The Coop]

If a woman I find to be nice looking walks up and wants to breast feed me in public, I'm all for it.

To all those opposed, well... haters be hatin'.





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OK. In all seriousness? I don't care. Let the baby eat. The mother's not being gang-banged by a bus load of handicapped first graders on your mother's grave while she announces each orgasm she has with a "HEIL HITLER!" as U.S. flags all around her burst into flames. It's a mother's breast being bared to some level so she can feed her child. I know some were horrified and scarred for life by Janet Jackson's funbag popping out, but I say the majority of us can handle a bared boob... no pun intended.

 

[Zaik]

Boobs are already plastered all over everything in the world as it is, I don't really care.

What can I say, I guess I'm desensitized to boobs by the internet. When they're only a click away, it loses the magic.

 

[The Stonker]

I am a supporter of boobs so I really don't mind seeing them in public.
Now, if you're considering the arguement, "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!" then common! They see worse stuff in James Bond movies.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

Funnily enough most people seem to using the "think of the children" argument to be in support of breastfeeding.