VA: I Like Women Who Breastfeed, But I Hate Lactivists
Jul 5th, 2007
(15 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5)
Loading ...For the official record, I have no problem watching a woman breastfeed her child. In fact, I sort of enjoy it. For one thing, the hungry baby is usually mercifully […]
Original post: I Like Women Who Breastfeed, But I Hate Lactivists
My exact thoughts. Exact. Even if I am a girl, I do like boobs, too. I also think breastfeeding is such a natural and very good thing. I will never be the one complaining or getting all offended if someone breastfeeds in public.
However.
Being almost militant about breastfeeding and trying to force people who are not OK with it to be OK with it when our society has got everyone conditioned to freak out (good, bad, other) at the mere thought of a naked breast in public (which shouldn’t be all that naked if you are doing it correctly anyway) does nothing to help the cause of these mommies and is mostly a waste of effort. People who are offended will still be offended, and it’s really not that difficult in certain situations to tuck away somewhere discreetly to breastfeed unless you are actually *wanting* to create controversy for the sake of controversy instead of just wanting to feed your baby. If V’s house gets too crowded, come on over to mine.
Um, I didn’t get it that V thinks of her site as more of a “website” and less of a “blog.” I’m not offended or going to protest in public or during dinner or in front of the kids or anything, just kind of curious.