Breastfeeding in public

buttons · 22-01-2016, 04:15 PM

This debate seems to be big on social media recently, so I'm bringing the debate to Habbox!

Simple question: Do you think breast feeding in public is appropriate? Do you think breast feeding should be a private matter or do you think a baby's need is greater than any 'social rule' that currently surrounds breast feeding in public? Or maybe you think public breast feeding is okay, as long as the woman covers up her breast, like those in the above picture.

Whilst I personally would like to be able to breast feed whenever required, I know that I will probably be too embarrassed to do it even though it's so natural! But why should women have to feel ashamed and why should babies have to wait to be fed or have to be fed in dirty toilets because people think it's "wrong"? Should there should be more dedicated places for women to breast feed, thereby making everyone happy?

I won't bother giving arguments for/against as I'm sure we all have our own views on this topic but I will leave this video of a recent social experiment on public breastfeeding which highlights how it's not just men who find it inappropriate, but women too!

What do you personally believe and why do you think everyone has a different view surrounding this debate?

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Joe · 22-01-2016, 04:24 PM

I'm much better at debating in real life rather than having to type anything, but this is something I literally have no problem with and I can't full understand people that do actually have an issue with it. I feel like it's a natural part of life and I can't really see how it will put people off and they find it inappropriate - maybe the feel a little uncomfortable seeing a lady's breast but isn't that surely just the person having the issue of not being able to be near a breast?

**-:Undertaker:-** · 22-01-2016, 04:51 PM

I can't stand breastfeeding in public nor can I stand the strange campaign to push for this to be socially acceptable. Your tit doesn't belong on public show so put it away. It's just decent manners. As for the "its natural" argument a great deal of things are natural but we don't do them openly in public.

I'm not a puritan on this either. Haven't a problem with bikini tops being taken off on the beach. Haven't a problem with shirts off on the beach. But on a train or bus? No, it is rude and you should have consideration for other people. It's like in Spain whenever I leave the beach I will ALWAYS put my shirt on even if it is really hot out of respect for the locals. There's a time and a place for everything and pulling them out in public is not one of them.

buttons · 22-01-2016, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Your tit doesn't belong on public show so put it away.

no but it does belong on a baby and sometimes babies get hungry in public. what if the women covered up their breast whilst feeding, then surely it wouldn't be a problem?

**-:Undertaker:-** · 22-01-2016, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by buttons

no but it does belong on a baby and sometimes babies get hungry in public. what if the women covered up their breast whilst feeding, then surely it wouldn't be a problem?

I don't see why it can't wait until somewhere private. Why does it need to be there and then?

Just put it in a bottle (either using natural or powdered milk) if you're going out with a baby and it might get hungry. It isn't rocket science.

buttons · 22-01-2016, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

I don't see why it can't wait until somewhere private. Why does it need to be there and then?

Just put it in a bottle (either using natural or powdered milk) if you're going out with a baby and it might get hungry. It isn't rocket science.

well if your baby is hungry i dont see why they have to wait until u get a private space (which there isn't many of other than dirty public/restaurant toilets). not sure how easy it is to just to pump your boobies but sure, that makes sense. but breastfeeding can bring comfort/closeness to a baby so there's that aspect too, maybe both mum and baby would prefer breast feeding rather than bottle feeding.

Empired · 22-01-2016, 06:48 PM

Some women don't respond to breast pumps so bottled breastmilk (which is necessary for young babies) is sometimes just not feasible. Same as I would much rather have a woman breastfeed discretely on a bus than be stuck next to a screaming hungry baby because the woman is too embarrassed.

I watched that video in the OP on Tuesday and thought those men approaching a woman quietly breastfeeding a baby out of the way on a park bench was disgusting. And I don't support it because it's natural but because it's sometimes unavoidably necessary. Obviously whipping your **** out in the middle of a queue to feed your baby is unacceptable, but finding a quiet bench on the edge of a park or something is perfectly acceptable to me.

OldLoveSong · 22-01-2016, 07:02 PM

imo i do not want people watching me breastfeed whenever i get preg someday. i do not want randoms in the street or wherever i am looking at my tatas all out in the open, if anything using a cover is fine with me. i wouldnt want to see some girl without a shirt on the same way i wouldnt want to see sumone with their **** out feeding their baby. if u do not care about random people starring at your breasts then go ahead but i feel like you need to respect people around u in public places.