Here’s a thought: go outside. I don’t want to see it. Yeah, I’m one of those child-less, cranky, farts that doesn’t want to see some kid clinging to its mother’s tit when I’m shopping. We live in a modern world conveniently filled with baby formula, bottles and breast pumps. Call me a jerk, call me insensitive, call me whatever you want but I don’t want to see it. Sure, it’s natural. We are mammals after all and that’s one of our biologically defining traits. So what. Unless her baby was going into diabetic shock, I don’t see why she couldn’t make the 30 second trip to get outside. Hell, I have to go outside for a cigarette. And yes, I did just compare breastfeeding to smoking because that’s the kind of thinker I am.
To make sure the WHOLE REGION knows how cruel that iParty manager was, this woman takes her story to the local media. How dare they get away with such an injustice! Are you kidding me?!
From the Boston Herald:
For its part, iParty released a statement saying it regrets the incident and plans to include tolerance for breast-feeding in its managerial training
I’d like to see how that class works. “Now this is a lactating breast. This is a baby……” I can see a male participant asking for a role playing exercise, you know, to make sure he understands the process fully.
Lots of things people do are natural… breastfeeding, sex, farting… that doesn’t mean I want to watch strangers engaging in it in public.
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Hmmm that is a little odd. Did she at least cover up with a blanket or something?
I don’t think so because when she was on Channel 5 complaining she demonstrated how NOT vulgar it is and she didn’t have a blanket.
Oh boy. This is a can of worms you’ve opened.
I’ll be careful not to tell the b00bie brigade that you posted about it. 
I come to the issue from the opposite end of the spectrum. I could really care less if I see an uncovered boob feeding a baby in public. I have a really hard time understanding why you’d want to strap yourself with extra gear to have to haul around town just to feed your baby from a bottle to not upset the neighbors. (I don’t think you’re being insensitive, for the record, I was just raised to think about it differently I guess?)
My general feeling on breastfeeding in public is that if it’s a public space where consuming food is acceptable, it’s fair game. If it’s not, move your butt and your baby to a public space where it is. Last I checked, iParty wasn’t an eatery. They’d probably ask you to refrain from feeding your four year old cookies, too.
Just don’t tell a breastfeeding lady to go do it in the bathroom. Lest you be cursed to eat your meals in a bathroom with no plunger that my hubby just pooped in for the rest of your life.
Hmmm usually I’ve seen that women will cover up with a blanket or towel or something when breastfeeding. Not that it really bothers me, this is just what I have seen
Nothing grosses me out anymore though. I have 5 year olds.
There are definitely some women out there who take the whole breast feeding thing waaay to seriously though to the point of going overboard about it and even berating a mother who chooses NOT to breast-feed, etc, which I don’t agree with..
I totally agree with you. I saw it on tv too. She just sat down on the floor in the middle of the aisle like she owned the place and breastfed. I don’t have kids yet, but I’d at least ask if there was a bathroom first.
I usually don’t mind breastfeeding since I’m all for exposed breasts in public but I don’t know why people have to argue about these things? As you said…how hard is it to move outside if you’re offending people?
I mean, when I walk around without pants, usually a police officer comes around to tell me I’m making a scene. I don’t see why other people can air out their privates and I can’t.
In all seriousness, I think putting a blanket over yourself while breastfeeding probably the most polite way to do it.
In the article, she made it sound as if her baby didn’t eat that millisecond it would die.
Were you abused as a child? That would explain why you are reacting so strongly to the sight of a breast.
And do you hide from the public when YOU eat?
I bet you are either gay or single.