Best Posts in Thread: Breastfeeding in public

Well, the time and place is when your kid is hungry.

 

that's what boobs are for and I don't believe people should be shamed for using them. there's commercials and huge posters and bulletin boards with boobs on them to sell products in almost every public setting and nobody minds then, so if u have a problem with breastfeeding in public you're cordially invited to physically fight me

 

I'm a dude, but I have children. Have you ever seen a breast pump work? They are not the best experience, and breastfeeding is the superior method to feed your kids vs formula. I honestly do not see the gross factor in this, if I were on a bus and a women is breastfeeding and I didn't want to see it - I simply wouldn't look at it, because eyes have this nifty option of looking elsewhere.

 

Trying not to offend anyone in 2016:

 

Damn

Anyway I was going to stay out of this conversation because personally I get upset easily so I know debates aren't my thing but here:

Let write this about men
I understand men don't like wearing shirts when it's hot. But I don't exactly enjoy seeing a man's bare chest on the bus. I have seen some horrible and strange things around my city, and other cities like NYC. You would think men care about modesty and privacy.
Because honestly for every woman you see breast feeding there is a dude shirtless. I didn't want to see his chest but I just have to live with it. Just like going to the doctor's it's irritating for you and your parents but you have to live with it because it makes you healthy! So much of your comfort relies on others discomfort, can't you just deal with this?
Anyway that's my thought

 

"Other people will look" is not a defense against public breastfeeding though. That lies purely between the woman, and the people looking. If she is not comfortable with people looking, then she can go to a more private area. But she should equally accept people looking and/or staring just as others should accept her ability to feed her child in public.

More-so, I think that women should be free to breastfeed where they want, as long as they do not have unreasonable expectations of society. If someone is looking, I don't feel they have a legitimate complaint against that, because they are doing it in public.

 

personally, i believe its fine, i know a lot of people would disagree, i don't believe its gross as it is just natural to breastfeed your baby.

 

On a more serious note, why get wound up if you see someone breastfeeding in public. Chances are (some of you, not all) were breastfeed in public or any place.

 

I think some of you are unaware how it looks
Do you know how much is exposed and how much you see?
It's not like the woman pulls down her shirt halfway for all to see. You see very very little and what you can see is mostly covered up by the baby's head. I bet several of you have walked past a woman who breastfed and didn't notice at some point lol.

 

people who get f*in butthuert about this crap are stupid, cop on

any man that gets upset by this is ]no man as they dont get to see a nip for free

that and every livening ornagamins breast feed such as bitches#(dpg), femlaes cows and sheep

 

It's almost like people don't wanna know the point of breasts in the first place. They lose all sexual appeal when there's an infant attached anyways.

Why can't people mind their own business and let people do whatever they want.

 

What? Why should mothers make noise while breastfeeding? Are they supposed to moan? What in God's name are you talking about?

 

These are okay but a woman breastfeeding in a corner of a public place is not

 

I could care less if she breastfeeds in public. I'm more concerned about how comfortable the mother and the baby are.

Also, if you wouldn't eat in a public bathroom, then don't make a mother do it to her baby.

 

There shouldn't really be a problem with breastfeeding in public. Kids come first as a parent, and if your kid needs food, it's your job to provide. Many nursing mothers do carry a bib like outfit to cover themselves while breastfeeding which is actually quite a good idea, especially if one is uncomfortable nursing in public or does not want others to become uncomfortable. Additionally, as said by others, if you're bothered by someone nursing in public, look away.