Breast Feeding in Public: What are your throughts?

[Sinister]

How is it indecent in anyway? Explain it to me in a manner that is logical in anyway and I will change my position and hail your greatness.

This is not masturbation, not a sexual act, no more nudity than when a man goes without a shirt and certainly more utilitarian and purposeful. The parent may have a strong reason why the infant is to be nursed in this manner, and even if they do not, it is their child. They can tend to it as they see fit just as you can avert your eyes and grow thicker skin.

And if it does offend, then explain how? What in particular is inappropriate?

Propriety is derived from context. So follow: The act of public breast feeding is indecent in which of the following ways:

• Because it is an intentional act to offend or provoke
• Because it encourages indecent behavior
• Because it is the source of psychological or physical harm to any member of the public

I put it to you that the only claim you can make with any lucidity is the third. And if this is your reason it should be illegal then I can produce a large list of public displays that cause the same amount of harm that are still perfectly legal.

-Sin

[Chez Daja]

How is it indecent in anyway? Explain it to me in a manner that is logical in anyway and I will change my position and hail your greatness.

And if it does offend, then explain how? What in particular is inappropriate?

I wasn't sure whether this was quoted at me or to El Wray, or to whoever mentioned masturbation, but I'm going to answer anyway.

I only personally find it indecent if a woman is getting herself right out there. And yes, I have actually seen on two ocassions, two different women where they treated breastfeeding as if it was an invitation to practically open their whole shirt up and show everything off. I find that offensive and indecent, one of these two women wasn't even looking at her feeding child, or at the people she was with.

I find that inappropriate. Like I mentioned, all I'd like from breastfeeding women is a little bit of modesty. If you want you to shove your tit in your babies' mouth in public, it has nothing to do with me. If you want to get your tits out and and look at strange men whilst your child is practically hanging from you, it becomes something different and in my opinion, brings a lot of modest breastfeeders down.

I personally don't care too much, I just don't want women purposely making the act the center of attention because then it will obviously attract public attention.