Breastfeeding Mothers Stage 'Nurse-In' At Mall

POSTED: 5:22 pm EST February 24, 2007
UPDATED: 5:35 pm EST February 24, 2007
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WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Hundreds turned out Saturday at the Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing.

They were not there to shop but to support a mother ordered by security to stop breastfeeding in public.

The crowd gathered to support Leigh Bellini, who was asked by mall security last Saturday to go to a bathroom or her car while she breastfed her 6-month-old son, Enzo.

On Saturday, dozens of mothers staged a "nurse-in." Close to 50 women breast-fed their children in the mall's center court.

The women said they should be able to feed their children wherever they want.

Berkshire Mall has no specific policy against breastfeeding in public.

Protestors fear that having no policy could cause more problems for nursing mothers.

http://www.nbc10.com/health/11102867/detail.html


So what's your stance on nursing in public?

Breastfeeding in public.

:) :) :)

I think women should be allowed to exposed their tits in public whenever they want to! And especially if they're young and don't have old, wrinkled, saggy tits!

Hey, I have an idea!!! I'm gonna' start a website that has pictures of women's tits. Damn, I could make a fortune, huh?? :D

Baron Max

Excellent! This protest was a blow struck for freedom.

See, this is one of the most surprising (and to me, troubling) asepcts of modern society's attitudes toward sex: stuff that used to be obscene becomes normal, and stuff that used to be norma becomes obscene.

I'd rather breeders didn't clog up shopping malls with their brats and pushchairs, but as they have to shop like normal people, I guess they also have to feed their spawn, so I have no problem with them doing that however they deem fit.

..., but as they have to shop like normal people, I guess they also have to feed their spawn, so I have no problem with them doing that however they deem fit.

None of that happened in the 40s and 50s, so .....how did women shop? How did women feed their families? ...without showing everyone on Earth their tits?

Baron Max

Excellent! This protest was a blow struck for freedom.

See, this is one of the most surprising (and to me, troubling) asepcts of modern society's attitudes toward sex: stuff that used to be obscene becomes normal, and stuff that used to be norma becomes obscene.

yeah, breastfeeding is obscene.

But the strange thing is, of course, that it was once considered normal, then it was made 'obscene' and now we are going back.

Just relax. Nothing bad happens if you let women breast feed in public.

None of that happened in the 40s and 50s, so .....how did women shop? How did women feed their families? ...without showing everyone on Earth their tits?

Baron Max


It was a more trouble for no good reason.

None of that happened in the 40s and 50s, so .....how did women shop? How did women feed their families? ...without showing everyone on Earth their tits?

Baron Max

I don't know, I'm not that old, and I'm not a breeder, and have no interest in the history of child raising.

I dare say though, that as trends go, it was probably common place for women to breast feed in public in less civilised times, then we probably got prissy about it, and now are coming to the conclusion that there's nothing that offensive about it. It's probably just christian repuglicans that are offended, and they can go f*ck themselves anyway.

yeah, breastfeeding is obscene.

But the strange thing is, of course, that it was once considered normal, then it was made 'obscene' and now we are going back.

Just relax. Nothing bad happens if you let women breast feed in public.

Why is breastfeeding obscene?

And when was it ever not considered "normal"?

Why is breastfeeding obscene?

And when was it ever not considered "normal"?

Sorry, I was being ironic. The person I quoted was speaking generally but they meant to include breastfeeding amongst things 'that have become normal'. I thought if I wrote out their postion clearly, that breastfeeding was obscene, perhaps they would realize how foolish that sounded. I did have a nagging thought that someone might take my statement seriously despite the rest of my post.

For the record: Nothing obscene about it. I think it should be allowed in public. I have lived in places where it was defacto legal - I have no idea if the laws permitted it there, but many women did it - and it just seemed fine to me.

I experienced a tiny bit of nervousness, because I was curious, but then my curiousity meant I was looking at a woman's breast.

But to legislate against something that makes me a little nervous, once or twice, is ludicrous. Especially since I can easily work through that myself.

Thus

Just relax. Nothing bad happens if you let women breast feed in public. As I said above.

Why is breastfeeding obscene?

'Cause the baby gets to suck on the tits and not me!!!

And when was it ever not considered "normal"?

I don't know for sure, but suckin' on tits in public has not been considered "normal" for some 452 gazillion years of human history - western history, that is. The less civilized societies do it often, but then they also walk around with their sagging tits completely uncovered anyway, so...?

Hmm, do you suppose the more civilized societies are seeking a return to the Stone Age or something? Will women of the western societies begin to walk around with their saggy tits flopping down against their bellies? Oooh, what a sexy sight, huh? Saggy, drooping, wrinkled, old tits bouncing along as the women walk and shop? Oooooooh, I'm really turned on, how 'bout y'all? :D

Baron Max

Hmm, do you suppose the more civilized societies are seeking a return to the Stone Age or something? Will women of the western societies begin to walk around with their saggy tits flopping down against their bellies? Oooh, what a sexy sight, huh? Saggy, drooping, wrinkled, old tits bouncing along as the women walk and shop? Oooooooh, I'm really turned on, how 'bout y'all?

Let's not change the subject. The topic is not about women walking around with their breasts exposed just for the hell of it, it's about breastfeeding.

The people who profit from porn introduce bizzare acts into society as part of their regular business. It's basically just normal Hollywood junk with genitals and is only dangerous in that it preys on people who are lonely and dysfunctional.

Breastfeeding doesn't make money for anyone, so it is more difficult to defend. That's the anti-natural genius of modern progress. ;)

'Cause the baby gets to suck on the tits and not me!!!

So you view a baby as a sexual object Baron? Interesting.

I don't know for sure, but suckin' on tits in public has not been considered "normal" for some 452 gazillion years of human history - western history, that is. The less civilized societies do it often, but then they also walk around with their sagging tits completely uncovered anyway, so...?
Surely you aren't that much of a simpleton to not know that the female breast is specifically for feeding her offpspring?

You do know this don't you? So what do you think women should do? Feed her child artificial milk (formula) which does not even come close to being as good as breastmilk? And Baron, women breastfeeding is not something that only existed in ancient human history or in uncivilised society. Ask your momma how she fed you, and I'd be willing to bet you were "sucking on her tits" for your sole food source after your birth.

Breastfeeding is perfectly normal. It is only in the US that women have tended to feed their children formula. Most European women, for example, don't have an issue with breastfeeding. But then again, they are a lot more open about nature than the US is. Lets not forget the US is regressing in so many ways. And it has only been of late that women have been encouraged to breastfeed their children because it is so beneficial to said child to be breastfed. The "tits" are there for a purpose and that purpose is not for your sexual fantasy but to actually feed the woman's offspring. If you look at a newborn baby, its first instinct when held by the mother is to turn its head to suckle. Like all mammals. As they say, you need to teach a child to drink from a bottle but drinking from the breast, it is done by pure instinct.

Hmm, do you suppose the more civilized societies are seeking a return to the Stone Age or something? Will women of the western societies begin to walk around with their saggy tits flopping down against their bellies? Oooh, what a sexy sight, huh? Saggy, drooping, wrinkled, old tits bouncing along as the women walk and shop? Oooooooh, I'm really turned on, how 'bout y'all?
What makes you think that women who breastfeed are returning to the Stone Age? Oh, because they are breastfeeding? Do you try to sound this stupid or does it come naturally?

And where in the "more civilised societies" do you see women walking around with their naked "tits hanging out" when they shop? I take it you aren't advanced enough to realise that there is a whole range of clothing specifically designed for nursing mothers. Twit.

Again Baron, womens boobs do not exist to please you sexually. They exist to feed their offspring. Now you might view a baby nursing from its mother as a sexual object, but that's just you and a small minority of perverts out there.

'Cause the baby gets to suck on the tits and not me!!!



I don't know for sure, but suckin' on tits in public has not been considered "normal" for some 452 gazillion years of human history - western history, that is. The less civilized societies do it often, but then they also walk around with their sagging tits completely uncovered anyway, so...?

Hmm, do you suppose the more civilized societies are seeking a return to the Stone Age or something? Will women of the western societies begin to walk around with their saggy tits flopping down against their bellies? Oooh, what a sexy sight, huh? Saggy, drooping, wrinkled, old tits bouncing along as the women walk and shop? Oooooooh, I'm really turned on, how 'bout y'all? :D

Baron Max

Women never showed their legs in public before. Men wore bathing suits, that were, well, more like suits. Much of what we wear today and assume is normal would have been considered shameful and in many cases illegal. Times change. It's like you woke up today (or perhaps in the middle of the
50s) assumed that small town american in the 1950s was normal and anything else is an outrage.

http://www.nbc10.com/health/11102867/detail.html


So what's your stance on nursing in public?I luv nursing in public. Especially when the woman is willing to accommodate my thirsts.

The "tits" are there for a purpose and that purpose is not for your sexual fantasy.....
Again Baron, womens boobs do not exist to please you sexually.

I disagree!

Baron Max

I disagree!

Baron Max
You disagree?

Well tough titties... (pardon the pun):)

Whether you agree or not is besides the point. It is how nature intended.

I disagree!

Baron Max

Absolutely!!! (http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/milkmen.html)

Bells:

Surely you aren't that much of a simpleton to not know that the female breast is specifically for feeding her offpspring?


Bells, I may be wrong about this, but I always thought that female breasts were not for specifically feeding their offspring, but instead evolved as sexual attractors. Breasts are not necessary to produce milk... only mammary glands are required (witness every other mammal apart from humans... do they have breasts? Even our closest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzee, does not have breasts)

So the question here is: Why do women have breasts, when mammary glands and teats will suffice? Why would a woman be burdened with huge sacks of flesh on the front of her chest, when milk could be dispensed via mammary glands/teats?

In my view, women developed breasts for the same reason male peacocks developed tails. It's just an attractor.

Bells:


Bells, I may be wrong about this, but I always thought that female breasts were not for specifically feeding their offspring, but instead evolved as sexual attractors. Breasts are not necessary to produce milk... only mammary glands are required (witness every other mammal apart from humans... do they have breasts? Even our closest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzee, does not have breasts)

So the question here is: Why do women have breasts, when mammary glands and teats will suffice? Why would a woman be burdened with huge sacks of flesh on the front of her chest, when milk could be dispensed via mammary glands/teats?

In my view, women developed breasts for the same reason male peacocks developed tails. It's just an attractor.
I had always assumed that the woman's (human female) breasts, when they grew, were meant to be an indicator that she had reached the age of fertility. That then allowed the males in the vicinity to know that her body was now mature enough to mate with and have children. And female chimps don't have breasts, they instead have bright coloured backsides to show the males that she is fertile and ready to mate.

Now could it be that in the past, when a human male sees a baby suckling at the female's breast, it is an indication that she might not yet be ready to mate with? You know, since when a woman is exclusively breastfeeding her child, she can actually be infertile during that period in time (her mestrual cycle stops ). And as a woman gets older, her breasts start to sag (gravity) and males might find this to be an indicator that she is older and therefore not as appealing to carry his offspring..

Just a thought anyway..

I had always assumed that the woman's (human female) breasts, ....

Geez, here we are having a indepth, scientific debate about tits, and you've been "just assuming" all along?!

Women's tits are for attracting the male for purposes of fucking ...no more, no less. That tits are later then used to feed the baby is incidental and inconsequential to men.

Tits are playthings for the males of the world. Now wimps will tell you other things, but we all know that wimps can't or won't tell the truth about such things, right? :D

Baron Max