Breastfeeding in public

[Paheli00]

Re: Breastfeeding in public

@TLK

Exactly. In fact, in USA, in last 20 plus years, I don’t even remember a single incident where I came across such sight, but in this thread,

I wish I had your luck.

@kakee

If the mother cared about what other people thought then she wouldn’t do it in the first place and that is partially why a lot of women don’t.

A woman shouldn’t be shamed into not doing wherever/whenever she wants to. If she doesn’t want to cover herself then it’s her choice. Why is that so hard to understand?

1. You are right. Hijabis do not stop wearing hijab just b/c others are uncomfortable. They don’t get shamed into taking off their hijab if they’re wearing it for the right reasons.

2. Which leads up here…if a woman doesn’t care the others are staring at her exposed skin…then how is she shamed? All of us know that as long as this is legal, there’s nothing really we can do to stop a woman from doing so. All we can do is look and judge. But like you said, many of these women don’t feel any shame in exposing themselves in public for this so why are they ashamed if others stare and judge? Why isn’t their persona conviction that this is the “right thing” to do strong enough to withstand judgement from strangers?

I’m not sure why is so hard for you to understand that others are free to choose also. Its not only the proud mother with the choice. Why is it so hard to understand the every action has consequences. And if a woman wants to breastfeed openly in public…then she should be ready to deal with the consequences of that too…part of which could be people staring and judging.