Woman verbally attacked for breastfeeding in Conn. Target

[Laraven]

Look, i like nature as much as the next guy, i love the beauty of it, but that doesn't mean that i like to watch cows fuck while eating my dinner. There are much more pleasant things to watch.

Again with the sex stuff... Feeding your child is not sex. Breasts are not sex. Pornhub may say different but truly they were not put on women for the sole purpose of sexually arousing a man. Get over yourself.

[Tyrianth]

just because breasts are ment for food doesn't undo the fact that doing it in public is disgusting.

Good thing you're not forced to look or be around it then! Take your business else where. The world is not your safe space, you are going to see things you don't like.

[Laraven]

just because breasts are ment for food doesn't undo the fact that doing it in public is disgusting.

I don't like watching people eat with their mouths open in public either, Should they make laws against it? Just because you find something "disgusting" does not make it so, and definitely does not make it a fact.

[Vanyali]

just because breasts are ment for food doesn't undo the fact that doing it in public is disgusting.

I think you eating in public is disgusting too... I can't stand it when people eat in public in general, because people are mannerless pigs. So.. no more eating in public, it makes me uncomfortable. Plan around it or go home to eat, or do it in private like the bathroom.

[The Casualty]

This story reminds me of the woman who was berating the father in Walmart for paying for groceries with food stamps. Some people just need to learn to keep their mouth shut and learn that confrontation for confrontation's sake is pathetic.

[oplawlz]

I don't like watching people eat with their mouths open in public either, Should they make laws against it?

Yes, it's gross.

OT verbally attacked? Let's be clear, someone got yelled at. This is not a news worthy situation.

[Gdcotton]

To many people's surprise....boobs exist for ya know, breastfeeding. Yes, I know they nice to stare at also but yeah.

[Themius]

But a dirty fast food cafeteria isn't?

You weren't thinking were you, what reason do you think the shitty pissy bathroom is cleaner than the cafeteria?

[Laraven]

If a child dies from "SIDS" while the mother is breastfeeding it, that mother should never have had children, and the baby is better off rather than living their entire life with a shitbag mother. I get that a child may not like the blanket, but lumping that in with "the child might die from suffocation/ smothering while trying to breast feed" is honestly just stupid.

Guess you don't know how SIDS works, and since you comment without said knowledge you prob shouldn't call anyone stupid. Suffocation is death from lack of oxygen, SIDS is death by co2 built up over time.

http://www.sids-network.org/experts/carroll2.htm

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Well the same right back at you, just because you think it isn't distasteful doesn't mean that it isn't just that. And i will make sure that i wont return to a place where im eating and that is allowing this to happen. Just because a woman can't be asked to plan her life around her baby should not mean that this is suddenly okay. You can put your fingers in your ears and go LALALA all you'd like, but breasts are still a sexual object, and sexual objects have no place at the dinner table.

The childs right to eat to live outweighs what anyone thinks is distasteful. Being butthurt never killed anyone. Starvation kills millions. As far as breasts being a sexual object I do not look at a child breast feeding and think sex. But beautiful blue eyes are a turn on for me, so should everyone be required to shut their eyes so while i shop I am not aroused or made to feel "uncomfortable"? And furthermore, the public is NOT your dinner table and therefor does not go by your rules. It's a public space, not your home.

OT: And one more thing...sex and food have always been a thing for some people! LOL

[Cantwingrr]

I just can't find myself giving enough of a damn to care what someone else is doing that has nothing to do with me, seriously who cares if someone does that? Sounds like a guy who was looking for something to be offended at.

[Katchii]

Guess you don't know how SIDS works, and since you comment without said knowledge you prob shouldn't call anyone stupid. Suffocation is death from lack of oxygen, SIDS is death by co2 built up over time.

http://www.sids-network.org/experts/carroll2.htm

To suffocate is to die from lack of air, asphyxiation is what happens to your body when you're suffocating. Build up of CO2 in the body is part of asphyxiation.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/asphyxia

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedic...m/asphyxiation

That paper you referenced, while full of good information is a long winded way of just saying that SIDS is unexplained but is most likely attributed to suffocation and asphyxiation casued by the child not getting enough oxygen... which is exactly what I was talking about. If a mother breastfeeding asphyxiates the child to the point where they suffocate...they have no business being a mother. Occasional smothering due to large breasts is normal due to placement and whatnot, but being so oblivious to your child while in the act that they die while you're doing is a good sign you're not fit to be a parent.

[Laraven]

To suffocate is to die from lack of air, asphyxiation is what happens to your body when you're suffocating. Build up of CO2 in the body is part of asphyxiation.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/asphyxia

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedic...m/asphyxiation

That paper you referenced, while full of good information is a long winded way of just saying that SIDS is unexplained but is most likely attributed to suffocation and asphyxiation casued by the child not getting enough oxygen... which is exactly what I was talking about. If a mother breastfeeding asphyxiates the child to the point where they suffocate...they have no business being a mother. Occasional smothering due to large breasts is normal due to placement and whatnot, but being so oblivious to your child while in the act that they die while you're doing is a good sign you're not fit to be a parent.

OK (though you still don't get the point), so mothers are not going to be able to see if anything is wrong while being made to cover while feeding. Thank you for making my point. Why are you all on this thing about "fit" parents? What makes a "fit" parent? Agreeing with your methods? Accidents happen, the cause of SIDS is still largely unknown. But putting a blanket over your childs face to please the public is not something I would ever risk.

[Katchii]

OK (though you still don't get the point), so mothers are not going to be able to see if anything is wrong while being made to cover while feeding. Thank you for making my point. Why are you all on this thing about "fit" parents? What makes a "fit" parent? Agreeing with your methods? Accidents happen, the cause of SIDS is still largely unknown. But putting a blanket over your childs face to please the public is not something I would ever risk.

What I'm saying is that putting a cover on while breastfeeding isn't a risk to the child as long as you're not a complete idiot. Breastfeeding covers/ blankets shouldn't be wrapped around the childs face, they're meant to drape over the mothers shoulder and up and over the child to make like a little tent. If someone is using it in such a way where the child could become asphyxiated they're doing it wrong. Attentive (read: normal, un-oblivious people who actually care about their child) check on their baby often while breastfeeding because of exactly what you're talking about, caused by the breast itself not the cover.

A "fit" parent is one that can actually take care of their child (within their control, I understand accidents happen), that's the entirety of the definition IMO. However, asphyxiating your child while breastfeeding is not an accident, it's negligence.

[Laraven]

What I'm saying is that putting a cover on while breastfeeding isn't a risk to the child as long as you're not a complete idiot.

I guess you could also say, As long as you're not a complete idiot and as long as accidents never happen. If there is a risk involved by placing a blanket over yourself an the babys head and face, then by doing so would make you an "unfit" parent correct?

[Laraven]

he did not attack anyone

all he did was make himself look foolish

I agree he didn't attack or even get too close to the women. But try to understand, she was in a very vulnerable position with her young child in her arms. If he did attack her, (which in her right mind could of happened with how he was acting.) she would be very limited to be able to defend herself and her baby. She was physically shaking after the encounter. He was calling her names and posturing in a threatening manner. She had the right to feel unsafe and threatened. He should of been charged with harassment.

[Moralgy]

I think children are nasty in general, they should be banned from the public eye.

Really though, its a boob...

[Katchii]

I guess you could also say, As long as you're not a complete idiot and as long as accidents never happen. If there is a risk involved by placing a blanket over yourself an the babys head and face, then by doing so would make you an "unfit" parent correct?

The accident you're referring to (child being asphyxiated by the cover), would never happen if you weren't an idiot. The child is RIGHT THERE, 100% in your control, along with the blanket/ cover, so if anything happened it is 100% your fault and would be negligence, not an accident.

As I said the cover is not supposed to be in the baby's face. As a kid (or even now, who knows) ever lay down on your belly in your bed/ under a blanket with the blanket completely covering you but not in your face, more just draping over the back of your head, creating a space for you to read/ play game-boy/ whatever? That's how the cover is supposed to work. If it's in the baby's face, you're doing it wrong.

[shimerra]

I think children are nasty in general, they should be banned from the public eye.

Really though, its a boob...

Children are fine. At least they're honest with their stupidity and generally have the excuse of actually not knowing any better. It's adults that are the nasty assholes.

[Laraven]

"charged with harassment"

do you live in the real world? you may be spending much time on forums and other privately controlled groups

I live in the US where I know my own laws. I have seen ppl do less and charged, like hitting their cars horn outside someones home.
http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/harassment/

This person was warned by Targets employees and then walked back over near the mother and again started in on her. I'm glad the women came to her aid.

[mstock66]

I have no problem with women breastfeeding in public. however if everything but your nipple is visible, use a blanket... you can see her entire boob cept the nipp. i'd be the guy sitting there staring at her licking my lips to make her just as uncomfortable otherwise :P