Breastfeeding in public, fine or not?

[MerinPally]

Your vibe is correct.

Ridiculous, like I think that it's unusual the law says that ladies can go around topless but that's kinda all it is, unusual. It's not inherently harmful. The vast majority of women who do will cover up when there's children around though or a large number of people anyway so ignoring that law isn't harming anyone. There is a whole internet of porn out there, if I wanted to look at boobs I would not go to the beach/park in order to find a 50 year old lady trying to get a tan.

[Gurluas]

It's completely fine.

[Symphonic]

I find it sexual and arousing, yet i'm the creep.

That is creepy.

[Daez]

Breastfeeding > formula.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...ype=blogs&_r=0

Try again!

tl;dr: Your statement was completely incorrect, and breast feeding is a choice. The only "evidence" proving it is better is proof of a difference in SES and health conditions of the mother. Its a spurious correlation. Unless of course, the NY Times and OSU are trying to put the woman down!

[CrusaderNerò87]

I'll never forget the first time I was violently assaulted by a boob.

Yeah I know! It hurts but at the same time you dont want it to stop.

[Deleted]

Bottled formula and bottled breast milk goes bad with an hour. And I explained a few pages back on why babies won't always take the bottle.

I'm not saying women shouldn't breastfeed in public. I'm simply saying that if you throw your tit out in public you shouldn't throw a hissy fit when someone accidentally(or not) looks your way. If that makes you uncomfortable you shouldn't breastfeed in public. Bring the ingredients along and borrow a microwave at McD's.

[okteej]

People who have a problem with it only have that problem because they overly sexualize the female body and fail to see it as anything other than indecent when publicly exposed (a part of the body that men can expose perfectly fine without social backlash)

[Deleted]

That is creepy.

Breasts are creepy? What makes you say that? Previous hook ups liked to have their nipples sucked/massaged so there is something inherently sexual about breasts.

[Daez]

You should try reading your own article, it says for breast fed babies it's 2-3 hours EXACTLY as Winter Blossom described. So your argument now becomes "you shouldn't breast feed" which is potentially harmful for your child. Thus it's not "giving into to their demands" but rather you've linked an article explaining that what people breast feeding their baby do, is exactly right, and your argument is wrong because they're breast feeding and not formula fed.

Of course, the evidence doesn't really support your argument that no breast feeding is harmful... as has already been posted in this thread.

[Deleted]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...ype=blogs&_r=0

Try again!

tl;dr: Your statement was completely incorrect, and breast feeding is a choice. The only "evidence" proving it is better is proof of a difference in SES and health conditions of the mother. Its a spurious correlation. Unless of course, the NY Times and OSU are trying to put the woman down!

That blog doesn't prove a thing. Breast milk contains antibodies that is pretty beneficial to the baby, among other things that formula does not contain.

[Deleted]

That blog doesn't prove a thing. Breast milk contains antibodies that is pretty beneficial to the baby, among other things that formula does not contain.

He didn't check the comments either, here i'll post one;

A major limitation of the Colen and Ramey study is that it uses maternal reports of health outcomes, which can be biased by breastfeeding decisions or other unmeasured variables. Another limitation is the focus on middle/late childhood--the study ignores the well-documented benefits of breastfeeding in infancy, and fails to consider the less studied, but equally important, potential for long term health benefits.

For a recent study that addresses both these limitations, using the same sibling comparison design, see:
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.o...20133116.short
or
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscent...er-birth-weigh...

The study finds that breastfeeding is associated with reduced inflammation in young adulthood, thereby reducing risk for cardiovascular and other costly diseases of aging.

[MerinPally]

Yeah I know! It hurts but at the same time you dont want it to stop.

I learnt my lesson through a soft but firm punishment.

[Deleted]

That blog doesn't prove a thing. Breast milk contains antibodies that is pretty beneficial to the baby, among other things that formula does not contain.

Yet there are more people brought up with out breastfeeding then there are with breast feeding.

[Deleted]

Yet there are more people brought up with out breastfeeding then there are with breast feeding.

I don't know anyone that wasn't breastfed as a baby. Can you link a source for that?

[Unholyground]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...ype=blogs&_r=0

Try again!

tl;dr: Your statement was completely incorrect, and breast feeding is a choice. The only "evidence" proving it is better is proof of a difference in SES and health conditions of the mother. Its a spurious correlation. Unless of course, the NY Times and OSU are trying to put the woman down!

If you are able to its better for the immune system. I bet you think weed is bad for you too.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

If you want to be disgusted, next time you kiss someone remember you've got your mouth on the end of a tube which has shit at the other end, held back by a couple of valves.

I already find the thought of kissing someone disgusting enough just with the thought of their saliva, this just expresses it in a much more fun way! Snagging it for my sig

[Jester Joe]

My thoughts exactly. It is utterly ridiculous.

Heheh, and boobs counter part on cows are udders.

Anyway, I see nothing wrong with it. Besides, isn't there something like if a nursing women hears a baby's cry, it triggers a lactation reaction or something? I swore I heard that somewhere.

[Unholyground]

I don't know anyone that wasn't breastfed as a baby. Can you link a source for that?

I wasn't

[Daez]

say hello to the hobby lobby case...

That being said, if we actually did get a case in front of the current SCOTUS regarding rather women could breast feed in public there is a VERY high probability that women would be banned from offending public corporations that did not agree with their breast feeding ideals.

[dusselldorf]

I'm not saying women shouldn't breastfeed in public. I'm simply saying that if you throw your tit out in public you shouldn't throw a hissy fit when someone accidentally(or not) looks your way. If that makes you uncomfortable you shouldn't breastfeed in public. Bring the ingredients along and borrow a microwave at McD's.

Yeah, and if you have a problem with people ramming their vehicles into you, you shouldn't drive on the highway. If you have a problem with people using their fists on you, you shouldn't go to places where people have fists. If you have a problem with being robbed, you shouldn't carry money. Am I getting your argument correct?