Not exact matches
I think it's not the actual feeding itself that bothers most in public, but the actual ability to
see the
mother's breast which is common nature for the body to be covered in public, hence why we wears clothes, and that aspect of it feels very awkward and
uncomfortable.
She didn't
see that having a drink was inappropriate at all, but when waitress Jackie Conners
saw a woman breastfeeding and drinking in front of her, she began to feel
uncomfortable with the
mother drinking while breastfeeding.
Seeing a
mother breastfeeding, even if nothing shows, makes some people
uncomfortable.
And most people understand that an infant suckling at a
mother's breast is natural (though far too many people are
uncomfortable with actually
seeing a
mother breastfeed!).
If
seeing a woman in a low cut top or a bikini barely registers anymore, but
seeing a
mother breastfeeding her child makes you
uncomfortable... You haven't
seen it often enough.
From Carol breastfeeding on Friends to Lysa Arryn breastfeeding her school - age son on Game of Thrones, it seems the only depictions of breastfeeding we
see on television are either played as a way to make men
uncomfortable or to demonstrate the nursing
mother's character flaws.
Many laws around the world make public breastfeeding legal and disallow companies from prohibiting it in the workplace, but some people are
uncomfortable with
seeing a
mother breastfeed her baby.
Some
mothers have reported being told to excuse themselves from their tables at restaurants to go and feed their babies in bathrooms because the other restaurant patrons were
uncomfortable with
seeing her breastfeed her baby in front of them.
I don't know if I'll sit through a more intense,
uncomfortable few minutes in 2017, and yes I've
seen, and appreciate, Darren Aronofsky's
mother!