Breastfeeding

[asterroc]

I don't really get what the big issue is about breastfeeding in public. Yes, it makes me feel uncomfortable when I see a woman doing it. However, that's MY problem, not the mother's, not the baby's, so I avert my eyes. It's not doing anyone harm, and it's helping the baby and mother. Stupid people.

It's just like when guys walk around without shirts in their house - I'm not all that comfortable with it, but it's their house, they can do what they want, so it's my problem not theirs. Now, if someone were walking around naked in a friend's house (with me as a witness) I might say something, but chances are just as good that I'd hold my tongue and choose not to return to that place.

Comments

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

see, i totally invite my friends to walk around naked in my house. um, i guess consider that a warning?
and don't get me started on the whole "the female nipple is the leading cause of retinal scarring in prepubescent youth" thing again...

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

*nods* It's your own house, you can do what you want. If friends who live in a semi-nude house have a big party I assume that there will not be nudity unless they say otherwise; if I were to go over individually I would ask about it; if I were to go over prior to knowing about it I would expect the host to warn me since it is not common practice.

And WTF?! Nipples cause physical scarring? They're so soft, I would think it's impossible.