Yet, if someone says «I have nothing against breastfeeding, I just don't like
it when women breastfeed in public», everyone loses their minds...
Not exact matches
I agree; there is nothing morally wrong with
breastfeeding in public, especially since that is what God intended
when He designed
woman.
«misogynistic and twisted» yes, those must be the words that come to mind
when one doesn't want to see some white trash
woman breastfeeding her kid
in a
public place.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to
breastfeed»
when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty»,
women getting «the look» for nursing
in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to
breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not
in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
I've seen plently of
women breastfeed in public and only two of them made a huge deal of it and then got offended
when asked to cover up a little.
The World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action points out that «When feeding bottles are used in public for fear of public exposure of breasts, or when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as
Breastfeeding Action points out that «
When feeding bottles are used in public for fear of public exposure of breasts, or when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as sex obje
When feeding bottles are used
in public for fear of
public exposure of breasts, or
when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as sex obje
when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that
breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as
breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then
women are being treated as sex objects.
So
when a group of health - care workers and advocates from the Mississippi
Breastfeeding Coalition asked her
in January to join their movement to lobby the Legislature to allow
women to breast - feed at work and
in public, she jumped at the opportunity.
To preserve the nutritional value and preventing infection, many
women store breast milk for their babies.It is very convenient for many mothers who are working or going to school or
when they are not with their babies to collect and store the breast milk for future use, which makes it easy to
breastfeed infants
when they are out or even
in public.
Because
breastfeeding at work laws vary from place to place, it is common for problems to be encountered
when breastfeeding a newborn, just as
women can encounter problems
when breastfeeding in public.
«
In the UK these barriers include the difficulty some women encounter when breastfeeding in public, widespread misleading marketing that formula is equivalent to breastfeeding, a lack of high quality services to prevent and treat any problems if they arise, a lack of community support, a lack of education about breastfeeding for young children, and lack of support for women to breastfeed in the workplac
In the UK these barriers include the difficulty some
women encounter
when breastfeeding in public, widespread misleading marketing that formula is equivalent to breastfeeding, a lack of high quality services to prevent and treat any problems if they arise, a lack of community support, a lack of education about breastfeeding for young children, and lack of support for women to breastfeed in the workplac
in public, widespread misleading marketing that formula is equivalent to
breastfeeding, a lack of high quality services to prevent and treat any problems if they arise, a lack of community support, a lack of education about
breastfeeding for young children, and lack of support for
women to
breastfeed in the workplac
in the workplace.
Miffed by a societal norm that perpetuates the idea that
women who nurse their babies should do so
in hiding, I've thought of a few things you actually don't have to do
when breastfeeding in public.
Breastfeeding is great when it works, and I'm all for supporting those women who choose to breastfeed through actual policies that support breastfeeding and support their right to breastfe
Breastfeeding is great
when it works, and I'm all for supporting those
women who choose to
breastfeed through actual policies that support
breastfeeding and support their right to breastfe
breastfeeding and support their right to
breastfeed in public.
Why do you think there's so much push back among the general populace,
when women try to normalize
breastfeeding or
breastfeed in public without a cover?
Or perhaps you are disturbed by media reports of
women who are harassed for
breastfeeding in public and are considering pumping your milk to give your baby
when you leave home.
Some
women feel discomfort
when breastfeeding in public.
One reason that rates are so high initially and then plummet almost immediately
when it comes to exclusivity and duration is because most
women are not c omfortable
breastfeeding in public because the
public is not comfortable seeing them
breastfeed.
In many countries, breastfeeding in public is as mundane an activity as public conversation; no one is concerned when women use their breasts in public for their primary biological function: to feed babie
In many countries,
breastfeeding in public is as mundane an activity as public conversation; no one is concerned when women use their breasts in public for their primary biological function: to feed babie
in public is as mundane an activity as
public conversation; no one is concerned
when women use their breasts
in public for their primary biological function: to feed babie
in public for their primary biological function: to feed babies.
Often
when I post about a
woman who has been harassed while
breastfeeding in public or a blog post advocating for the fair treatment of
breastfeeding women I see comments such as these:
Would Nestlé really try to undermine government and
public efforts to normalise
breastfeeding with a viral campaign that tells
women their breasts are ogled
when they go out
in public?
And what they have done is, they have decided to help different states realize how challenging it can be for
women to meet their
breastfeeding goals
when they are having a tough time
breastfeeding in public.
Ultimately, both candidates have refreshing views on
public breastfeeding, especially
in an era
when women already face stigmas
in all areas of life.
Such situations make
women feel embarrassed and fearful of being stigmatized by people around them
when they breastfeed.Embarrassment remains a formidable barrier to
breastfeeding in the United States and is closely related to disapproval of
breastfeeding in public.»
When I was a teen, I remember seeing
women breastfeeding their babies
in public and thinking how beautiful they looked.
The Under Cover Mama keeps your tummy covered while you nurse - ironically, the part of the body
women are most self - conscious of
when breastfeeding in public.
Why We Love It: The Under Cover Mama keeps your tummy covered while you nurse - ironically, the part of the body
women are most self - conscious of
when breastfeeding in public.
«
When I started the page,
women kept coming to me saying how embarrassed they were, how ashamed they were to
breastfeed in public, and I realized it was a bigger issue than what I even imagined.»