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Well, Thanks to dear John Legend, the public breastfeeding debate is back on a front burner.
These women are eerily like the (mostly) men of the gun ownership lobby...a bit crazed. First, before I go on, yes ladies, breastfeeding IS a natural occurance, no doubt. That is not even the issue, alright. The issue, my sisters, is should you be doing it in public spaces? Personally, I don't go out much, so I barely have a dog in this debate, BUT if I did, would I want to see it at, say, the food court? Honestly, not really. Look, I love babies, they smell good, they are beyond cute snd there is nothing quite like cuddling one, BUT that being said, I'm not even crazy about watching them being spoon fed. Food in/food right back out, in, out. Not something I want to see when I'm eating. When a baby is nursing, it can get loud, there is the breast switching, etc. Now a lot of people say "oh, gross", etc, but I don't think that is the issue, grossness. I think at it's core, this is a VERY intimate activity and personally, I get uncomfortable the same way I would if a couple starts making out in a public space, right in front of me. Both totally natural things, but seriously, too intimate to share. And to be REALLY honest, I think in both cases, the perpetrators are sort of bragging about their good fortune. How much it saddens childless women like me to see, really. It is NOT a shameful activity, it is just a bit too overt, that's all. If you have a party at your house, and in the middle of it, you want to stay with you buds while feeding, by all means, go for it, your friends probably are fine with it. But not knowing the "temperature" of a public space, it's sort of a selfish thing to do, not shameful...just a bit thoughtless of others.
Just sayin'
Dragonfly Davis
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