Zach LarkinsFEEDING TIME
The other day, TBH and I were watching TV and some woman was extolling the virtues of breastfeeding in public. We were both taken rather aback so I thought I'd write about it.
A while back I read a post here on Orble by someone who thought it was just ducky to whip out your breast in public in order to feed the little nipper. Never mind that most stores and malls now cater to breastfeeders by providing rooms that afford Mommy a little privacy. Even in the men's rooms today one sees trays or beds or whatever you want to call them so that Daddy can change a dirty diaper. Of course, Daddy can't breastfeed so that will forever remain the realm of Mommy's.
This woman had obviously never heard of a woman expressing herself, bottling the milk and taking it with her when she goes shopping with Junior. No, it has to be 'hot off the press' as it were. I'll agree that the breasts are there for first feeding a child and it is natural to do this. However I don't think it has to be done in a public place.
To use the lame old line of "it's only natural" is a crock to me. It's natural to fart. That doesn't mean I want to be exposed to it. It's natural for humans to defecate. I certainly don't want to see that. However, in India, you can stroll down the street and people defecate in full view on the side of the street. In Paris it seems it is natural to share washroom accommodations with the oppposite sex. Sorry, I don't want a woman to see me doing my business and I certainly don't want her to watch me doing mine.
Another tiresome phrase is that when Junior is hungry, he must be fed. If Junior can wait for Mommy to find a bench to sit on, he can damn well wait until she gets into a private room before she flops out her boob.
And of course, the winner is "if you're watching me, you must be some kind of pervert". Hardly. I've seen women nursing their children in public and look at them with disgust and disdain. I don't think that makes me a pervert. I think it makes me someone who recognizes the rules of civilization rather than the law of the jungle. It seems the extreme left wing of some countries 'down under' would rather have it the other way around and criticize those of us here in the West for being too prudish.
Anyone who knows me knows well that I am not a Liberal by any stretch. My children were breastfed, in front of me, at home. But if we had company over, my wife would go into a bedroom until feeding time was over. Why these people think it's alright to slap us across the face and say degrading things about how we think, I feel it is them who have the problem. They want us to turn the clock back to the days when there was rudimentary civilization and pretty much anything went.
We've progressed beyond that. Too bad they're having a hard time catching up.
A while back I read a post here on Orble by someone who thought it was just ducky to whip out your breast in public in order to feed the little nipper. Never mind that most stores and malls now cater to breastfeeders by providing rooms that afford Mommy a little privacy. Even in the men's rooms today one sees trays or beds or whatever you want to call them so that Daddy can change a dirty diaper. Of course, Daddy can't breastfeed so that will forever remain the realm of Mommy's.
This woman had obviously never heard of a woman expressing herself, bottling the milk and taking it with her when she goes shopping with Junior. No, it has to be 'hot off the press' as it were. I'll agree that the breasts are there for first feeding a child and it is natural to do this. However I don't think it has to be done in a public place.
To use the lame old line of "it's only natural" is a crock to me. It's natural to fart. That doesn't mean I want to be exposed to it. It's natural for humans to defecate. I certainly don't want to see that. However, in India, you can stroll down the street and people defecate in full view on the side of the street. In Paris it seems it is natural to share washroom accommodations with the oppposite sex. Sorry, I don't want a woman to see me doing my business and I certainly don't want her to watch me doing mine.
Another tiresome phrase is that when Junior is hungry, he must be fed. If Junior can wait for Mommy to find a bench to sit on, he can damn well wait until she gets into a private room before she flops out her boob.
And of course, the winner is "if you're watching me, you must be some kind of pervert". Hardly. I've seen women nursing their children in public and look at them with disgust and disdain. I don't think that makes me a pervert. I think it makes me someone who recognizes the rules of civilization rather than the law of the jungle. It seems the extreme left wing of some countries 'down under' would rather have it the other way around and criticize those of us here in the West for being too prudish.
Anyone who knows me knows well that I am not a Liberal by any stretch. My children were breastfed, in front of me, at home. But if we had company over, my wife would go into a bedroom until feeding time was over. Why these people think it's alright to slap us across the face and say degrading things about how we think, I feel it is them who have the problem. They want us to turn the clock back to the days when there was rudimentary civilization and pretty much anything went.
We've progressed beyond that. Too bad they're having a hard time catching up.
I think breast feeding is fine and dandy... and PRIVATE! It's great for the baby, but certainly not required viewing for the rest of us!
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