For many of us who object to public breast feeding the issue is not breasts exposed in public. Naysayers argue that breastfeeding is immodest and that breasts should be kept for the privacy of the home and the pleasure of a womans husband.
In 2011 Atlanta issued a new law that banned public breastfeeding for children over the age of 2 citing public indecency.
Anti breastfeeding in public. Milk-Ins are staged public protests that exhibit large groups of women openly breastfeeding in public. To some it is a tad inconsiderate to other people. This week in a move that contradicted decades of research proving that breastfeeding benefits babies and mothers the Trump administration rejected a World Health Organization resolution limiting the misleading marketing of formula whichif replaced with breast milkcould save more than 800000 infant lives a year.
June 7 2017 at 1013 AM. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures all 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have passed laws that protect a womans right to nurse her baby in public and private places. Social disapproval of breastfeeding in public is long-standing.
Its ironic but not breastfeeding in public is antisocial. Breastfeeding State Laws Information from the National Council of State Legislatures. To be honest sometimes I forget that public nursing is even a big deal to some people because nursing has been such a constant part of my life for nearly a decade and it just feels normal.
You have to leave interesting conversationsdinnersparties to nurse in a room on your own for an indefinite amount of time. The crusaders of anti-public breastfeeding argue that breasts like other private body parts should remain under wraps. In fact most women breast feeding are more discrete than your average Victorias Secretad.
Some anti-public breastfeeders might oppose open breastfeeding just because it doesnt seem to align with the culture they knew. For more information about breastfeeding in public call the OWH Helpline at 1-800-994-9662 or check out the following resources from other organizations. Normalizing breastfeeding in public and educating the community on the benefits and laws regarding breastfeeding in public places Farooq 2009.
The public was outraged and many displays of public Milk Ins emerged throughout the state. The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies PDF 25 MB. Public Breastfeeding State Laws.
If a man sees breasts as a sexual thing it might make them feel uncomfortable to have a baby thrown into the mix and immediately want to protect that child and that mother from their own awkward thoughts. Its indecent to nurse your baby in public. The arguments against public breastfeeding often stem from the rampant sexualizing and fetishizing of breasts in our culture.
Sometimes these stories are reporting on the result of a mother being asked to stop breastfeeding. For those who are against breastfeeding in public the issue is often not about themselves but in protection. Also breastfeeding in public is nothing compared to the Victorias Secret storefront at the mall Id rather my son learn about the functionality of breasts rather than their sexuality.
13 found that 82 of 2000 study respondents agreed that bottle feeding is more acceptable in public than breastfeeding and 48 agreed that men are bothered by breastfeeding in public. To this lot exposing breasts in public even for the sake of feeding a child is wrong and amounts to indecent exposure. For protected attributes it is also illegal to fail to make reasonable accommodation for a persons special needs.
5 I had a bad experience breastfeeding in public and I dont want that for other women. People against women breastfeeding in public feel it is indecent on womens part to do this. Breastfeeding in public helps to heal lactophobic people.
Anti-public breastfeeding has been a hot button issue for years now. Walk into any mall or spend five minutes on the Internet and youll get your fill of boobs. Breastfeeding is a protected attribute.
The civil protest by a bunch of breastfeeding mothers otherwise known as a nurse-in Either way it usually comes with a very heated debate about whether or not nursing in public is OK or if it is OK only if done in a particular way. Research shows that the best way to overcome a phobia is Exposure Therapy. There is nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her baby.
A survey by Start4Life revealed 72 per cent of people support women breastfeeding in public and the Equality Act 2010 states that it is discrimination to treat breastfeeding mothers differently. Discrimination or harassment on the basis of breastfeeding is illegal in the areas of education work accommodation goods services and facilities clubs insurance and superannuation. They feel that a womans breast is not a part of her body that should be exposed to the general public even if only to feed her baby.
She is feeding it. In an effort to educate men empower women and lessen the stigma surrounding breastfeeding another campaign travels nationwide taking pictures of mothers breastfeeding fathers holding their.
