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Breastfeeding in Public places

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  • #362
    Shrap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,163 ✭✭✭Shrap


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    These are two pictures of me breastfeeding in public.
    Isn't it shocking the amount of boobage on show? :rolleyes:
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    Yeah, I'm pure disgusted. You brazen hussy!! Offending me like that - could you not have done that in the bathroom? Eww.


  • #363
    jaja321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭jaja321


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    I don't even have kids. Still don't understand it.


  • #364
    Nanazolie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Nanazolie


    we can't see an inch of her chest in that picture, come on... It's only because people KNOW what she is doing that they get offended.

    Yet they won't flinch when someone in the restaurant eats like a pig. I'm actually offended by people who have their phone on the table. And it's a far more frequent occurence than a breastfeeding mother


  • #365
    jaja321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭jaja321


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    These are two pictures of me breastfeeding in public.
    Isn't it shocking the amount of boobage on show? :rolleyes:
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    GET OUT!


  • #366
    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    What exactly makes you so uncomfortable?


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  • #367
    cyning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    No. If a woman wants to go to a dofferent room that's utterly ok. Because it's her choice. It's not ok if she feels forced to go in there because other people choose to ignore the law and make her feel uncomfortable for feeding her child.

    You say you don't care but you obviously do. It is a right to feed in public. It's illegal to ask a breastfeeding mother to move. It does piss me off quite frankly that anybody thinks that they have a right to make a mother feeding her child uncomfortable.

    Your opinions if followed through on would break the law. Mine don't. I'm not the most important person, but I have as much right as you to be there. And my child has every right to be fed.


  • #368
    ?Cee?view
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭?Cee?view


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers black people who feel its their right to feed sit whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman white person and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum black person well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed sit/eat etc. in public...so be it.

    Just because you have an opinion doesn't make it correct. Thankfully, society and mores have progressed to the extent that discriminatory attitudes are frowned upon and laws have been enacted to protect against discrimination.
    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    No. I would regret that they felt they had to and would hope that if someone is with them they would encourage them to be proud of their baby and themselves.
    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    You possibly do or you wouldn't be so vocal.


  • #369
    Shrap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,163 ✭✭✭Shrap


    jaja321 wrote: »
    I don't even have kids. Still don't understand it.

    Neither do I, and all day yesterday there were others who also felt that people who are uncomfortable with seeing public breastfeeding should not be the ones to confront their own hang-ups and get over themselves, but that the breastfeeding mother should cover up to suit other people. An extraordinarily blinkered view, but there you go. Not one rational explanation for it came up either :confused:


  • #370
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    jaja321 wrote: »
    Why does it make them uncomfortable though? I really don't get it.

    I guess being comfortable is a subjective issue, and not something that can be defined to an objective standard. One might think it unreasonable to be feel uncomfortable, but that's based on your own feelings as opposed to theirs.


  • #371
    Hannibal Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭Hannibal Smith


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    These are two pictures of me breastfeeding in public.
    Isn't it shocking the amount of boobage on show? :rolleyes:
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    I can hear the noise from here!


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  • #372
    Mr_Red
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭Mr_Red


    jaja321 wrote: »
    Why does it make them uncomfortable though? I really don't get it.

    No Idea.

    But people find all types of situations uncomfortable.

    Examples are sitting at a restaurant and the person at the next table is burping out loud. Its natural to some people but is it rude?

    People who Fart out loud next to you . can make others uncomfortable. is it rude?

    Guy beside you on the bus is scratching his balls all the time because they are itchy. Would it make you uncomfortable. Is it rude?

    People take all these scenarios differently. All can be natural things to do but can offend some and not others


  • #373
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    These are two pictures of me breastfeeding in public.
    Isn't it shocking the amount of boobage on show? :rolleyes:
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    I'm very annoyed at your post...









    ...the picture of a tiny nursing baby in a cute little stripey babygrow has set my biological clock off again :) Damn!


  • #374
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    How ignorant. I do not "feel" it is my right to feed wherever, it IS my right to feed wherever because there is a LAW that says so - is that so difficult to understand? Clearly it is. I feel sorry for your friends who you say breastfed, no doubt you looked in disgust at them if they fed in public. Oh wait, you said they went off to a feeding room or expressed. Maybe because they knew you would shame them into running off into a dark room if they fed in your presence :rolleyes:


  • #375
    jaja321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭jaja321


    Mr_Red wrote: »
    No Idea.

    But people find all types of situations uncomfortable.

    Examples are sitting at a restaurant and the person at the next table is burping out loud. Its natural to some people but is it rude?

    People who Fart out loud next to you . is it rude?

    Guy beside you on the bus is scratching his balls all the time because they are itchy. Would it make you uncomfortable. Is it rude?

    People take all these scenarios differently. All can be natural things to do but can offend some and not others

    Is feeding a baby rude? Would feeding a baby with a bottle make people uncomfortable? It seems to me people have an issue with a woman's breast being used for its actual purpose and I can't get my head around it.

    In many parts of Africa and South East Asia women will sit in meetings with men and breastfeed openly, nobody bats an eyelid - however in western society where breasts are overtly sexualised, we seem to have an issue with it. It's totally backwards. In my view anyway.


  • #376
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    I've been pretty vocal on this thread about a mum's right to feed wherever necessary.

    And nope, I'm not a mum. I never want children, I can't have them according to doctors, and if I somehow got pregnant, I'd abort it.

    So nah, not all feeding mums posting here


  • #377
    JanaMay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭JanaMay


    TrishSimon wrote: »
    Obviously this post is full of feeding mothers who feel its their right to feed whenever and where ever you want even if it makes people feel uncomfortable and the fact that people challenge you all on the issue pisses you all off well I really could not care less I am a woman and I am saying I don't agree with it if people feel uncomfortable to the point where they would want to leave.
    Everyone think oh dont offend the feeding new mum well what about offending the other customers but then again you all obviously dont give two fiddles because you are the most important person in that establishment on that day and its your god given right to feed in public...so be it.

    Would you frown if you seen a feeding mother who would like a bit of privacy ask to go to another room??
    Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and if you lot dont like it then lump it because I dont care.

    They don't FEEL that it's their right, it IS their right, enshrined in law. If you disagree with this law maybe take it up with the European Court.


  • #378
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    Mr_Red wrote: »
    No Idea.

    But people find all types of situations uncomfortable.

    Examples are sitting at a restaurant and the person at the next table is burping out loud. Its natural to some people but is it rude?

    People who Fart out loud next to you . can make others uncomfortable. is it rude?

    Guy beside you on the bus is scratching his balls all the time because they are itchy. Would it make you uncomfortable. Is it rude?

    People take all these scenarios differently. All can be natural things to do but can offend some and not others

    Why are people thinking up stupid unrelated scenarios to compare to a woman breastfeeding? Farting, scratching your balls, belching is bad manners. Feeding your baby is nothing to do with manners. Babies need to eat, just like you need to eat.


  • #379
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Also not a mum, just someone who recognises the right of kids to be fed and of mothers to actually leave the house if they want to.

    Have to laugh at complaining about people feeling they have the right to feed their kids where necessary, while expecting to have the right not to turn their head or just avert their gaze.


  • #380
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    y0ssar1an22 wrote: »
    Gotta love the 'its natural argument'. So is pi$$ing and $hitting and away to the toilet with you.

    Don't post in this thread again.

    Mod
    Ruu wrote: »
    Don't post in this thread again.

    Mod.
    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    MOD

    anonyanony don't post in this thread again, thank you.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Mod

    Mary63 banned

    Honestly what is the point in this thread, it's completely void as only one side of the argument seems to be allowed. Many people have pointed out other "natural" bodily functions, are they all trolling?


  • #381
    Mr_Red
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭Mr_Red


    jaja321 wrote: »
    Is feeding a baby rude? Would feeding a baby with a bottle make people uncomfortable? It seems to me people have an issue with a woman's breast being used for its actual purpose and I can't get my head around it.

    In many parts of Africa and South East Asia women will sit in meetings with men and breastfeed openly, nobody bats an eyelid - however in western society where breasts are overtly sexualised, we seem to have an issue with it. It's totally backwards. In my view anyway.

    None of it is rude. but all scenarios can make people uncomfortable. It does not however make anyone rude for feeling uncomfortable in different situations that others feel is expectable


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  • #382
    WellThen?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭WellThen?


    ?Cee?view wrote: »
    The child is eating its dinner, not taking a ****

    Both "natural" functions, both things I shouldn't have to look at in public.


  • #383
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    WellThen? wrote: »
    Both "natural" functions, both things I shouldn't have to look at in public.

    So don't.


  • #384
    WellThen?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭WellThen?


    kylith wrote: »
    Have you tried not looking? It's not obligatory.

    Sorry but somebody with their breasts out in front of me is uncomfortable. Yes I can turn my neck, but I shouldn't have to have it in my line of vision.


  • #385
    cyning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    WellThen? wrote: »
    Both "natural" functions, both things I shouldn't have to look at in public.

    Stop staring at people's chests then. Honestly it's not that hard.


  • #386
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My favourite phrase in this whole thread is 'Whipping out' the/a boob/s.

    Would someone explain to me how one 'whips out' a boob? I'd like to practice whipping people with my boobs out. Should the need arise, it might prove a valuable life skill I'm currently lacking.


  • #387
    WellThen?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭WellThen?


    Satriale wrote: »
    Why should i have to look at you shoveling food into your gob? Go do it in private, it's disgusting.

    Because we are eating in a restaurant and I am eating from a plate and using a spoon. My parts are not on display.


  • #388
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    WellThen? wrote: »
    Sorry but somebody with their breasts out in front of me is uncomfortable. Yes I can turn my neck, but I shouldn't have to have it in my line of vision.

    Yes, neck turning can be awfully hard and time consuming. Selfish mothers, making you turn your head just so they can feed their children.


  • #389
    JanaMay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭JanaMay


    nm wrote: »
    Honestly what is the point in this thread, it's completely void as only one side of the argument seems to be allowed. Many people have pointed out other "natural" bodily functions, are they all trolling?

    Maybe if they could point out other natural bodily functions that are performed by adults in public, legally, hygienically and necessarily, for example, em let me see, eating? then they might be accepted as valid analogies.


  • #390
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    WellThen? wrote: »
    Sorry but somebody with their breasts out in front of me is uncomfortable. Yes I can turn my neck, but I shouldn't have to have it in my line of vision.

    Seriously? Your line of vision is more important than a baby being fed, because you're not adult enough to cope with a glimpse of skin?

    This thread is an eye opener to how entitled and precious so many people are.


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  • #391
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,206 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    FFS, for those who have not seen what a breast feeding mother looks like while breast feeding, you will find that unless you are on the look out for it, it is pretty much unnoticeable. My wife was breast feeding in public all the time and no one noticed. The only time it ever was an issue was when my father copped it was happening (after 5 minutes) and clearly left due to his own clear fear he might be caught looking, he got up and left the room, after which my wife, my self, my sister and my mother all burst into laughter.

    If you feel uncomfortable fair enough but also realise, that's your problem, not everyone elses.


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