Originally posted by duckeggOK, this is fair enough. For me the tone of your final sentence was high and mighty rather than one describing a necessity. However, I fully appreciate that I may have read it differently than you meant it.
Look Wheely...Like I said we're talking about breastfeeding and I would feed a hungry baby if it offended you...I can't believe you would expect me not to
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Originally posted by sasquatch672Have you read my posts in this thread, Sas ?
You're right. People should respect a woman's right to engage in the dignified act of providing sustenance for her child wherever and whenever the child needs to eat.
How is it a matter of respect? Except for that? Respect for whom?
Sas: "How is it a matter of respect? Except for that? Respect for whom?[/b]
In the first place it is a matter of respect from the woman for her own body.
Originally posted by duckeggHave you, Duckegg, read my posts in this thread ? The way you come out at me with blazing guns makes me wonder .......
then you should RESPECT a womans choice to breastfeed her child in public. It's nothing to be ashamed of and women should not be afraid of doing so. If you don't like it, DON'T LOOK.
Originally posted by sasquatch672You have to stop thinking that you are a template from which other people are made. Some people DO find it offensive no matter how stupid you feel that is.
Is there a way to be offensive when a woman breastfeeds? Perhaps, I dunno...I can't think of any way.
Lots of things you think are normal, other people find abnormal and some things you find offensive other people find attractive.
Now, as I've said, I find it mildly offensive yet understand I shouldn't and certainly wouldn't expect a women not to breast feed her baby because I find it mildly offensive.
However, some people, perhaps rather old fashioned, might find it very offensive. There was a time when breast feeding was frowned upon and I imagine people bought up in that time may well find it offensive. Other people might find displaying breasts in public unnatural, possibly offensive and, given there is a bottled substitute, might therefore find it unnecessary.
There are many ways it could be considered offensive and, given that it is a very natural thing, again (like in the other thread) perhaps education is the key.
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Originally posted by sasquatch672Loooool ............. ha ha ha ................ "a fundamentalist Islamic point of view" ... Sas, you're a genius ....... 😀 😵 .... have a nice cold beer .... 🙂 I'll have one as well .....
You had two posts that I saw. One was how it shouldn't be a problem if the woman covers her breast and baby, like an Arab woman who has to wear a burka, and the other was that the woman has to cover herself, like an Arab woman wearing a burka, out of respect.
So other than representing a fundamentalist Islamic point of view, what was your point?
Originally posted by sasquatch672Well, I think if I was sitting next to some chickie and she flopped one out and said, "Taste this. I've had some mastitis and I want to make sure this isn't curdled before my little sucker-snookums clamps on." I'd probably find that offensive. But, as I said, in 67 years that hasn't happened to me.
Is there a way to be offensive when a woman breastfeeds? Perhaps, I dunno...I can't think of any way.
Originally posted by DelmerHappens to me all the time!
Well, I think if I was sitting next to some chickie and she flopped one out and said, "Taste this. I've had some mastitis and I want to make sure this isn't curdled before my little sucker-snookums clamps on." I'd probably find that offensive. But, as I said, in 67 years that hasn't happened to me.