India Knight: Well, pardon my breasts

The Sunday Times ^ | March 2, 2003 | India Knight

[Doc On The Bay]

"SIGH...."

Most Civilized Western Citizens I have known have a "HYPER-PROTECTIVE" Attiude toward prospective & Nursing Mothers.

We don't object to Pregnancy or Nursing--we want these "conditions" SHELTERED & PROTECTED!

Simple, Basic, Mammalian Survival Instinct!

Doc!

[templar]

LThere's no shame in doing what God created us to do.

Such as conceiving? Do it in public and you may find it to be unpopular with local law enforcement.

[exit82]

When I'm having my chicken teriyaki at Red Lobster, I don't care what's going on in the next booth! ;)

[TontoKowalski]

Well, I think breast-feeding is a normal and natural act.

So is taking a dump.

Both should be done with at least a minimum degree of discretion.

On the plus side, it's been quite a while since I've seen the word "hussy" in an article. I got quite a chuckle.

[Tax-chick]

Most Civilized Western Citizens I have known have a "HYPER-PROTECTIVE" Attiude toward prospective & Nursing Mothers.

Then you and your acquaintances are exceptions, Doc!

The young ladies walking around our cities half naked are "prospective mothers." So are the "ho's" in all the pop music videos. So are the "actresses" stripping in the movies. So are the pregnant women being attacked by their boyfriends who don't want them to give birth. So are the millions going to the abortion clinics ... well, those last two are actually mothers already, just mothers of dead babies.

But you get my point. Our culture is all about sex, and nothing about babies. How else do you explain the non-replacement birthrates of Western Europe and the United States?

[hellinahandcart]

I don't see this as a breastfeeding issue.

I simply don't think that infants BELONG where Kirstie Marshall brought hers.

I don't think BABIES OR CHILDREN have any place in the US Congress, for instance, even if many of them are smarter and better-behaved than the elected representatives that DO belong there. They would be a distraction and a disruption. So I understand why they invoked the "stranger" rule in Australia.

[Doc On The Bay]

The "Operative Word" in my post is, "Civilized!"

Doc

[XEHRpa]

Why should a nursing mother be penalised for other people’s uncomfortable thoughts?

Perhaps this statement can be gramatically condensed to "why should a nursing mother be 'penilised'?" Hey India, we have a saying on this side of the pond: don't cry over spilled milk.

[annyokie]

I agree. Infants and children do NOT belong in the workplace.

What will it say to them when Mummy is reminiscing about breastfeeding while taking that important fax/conference call? "Gee, work is more important than I was." That's what.

[unspun]

Now tell all those non-breastfeeding women to put some clothes on already!

Right on. Society has messed up our two genders, it's no wonder people are trying to invent alternates. A 'girlfriend' of not too long ago and I used to have arguments, because I tried to explain how women are dupedees (and dupers) about trying to be and dress "hot." The specific topic was fishnet pantyhose. What the hector would a woman want to bo around in brothelwear that for?

[annyokie]

Never, other than on Halloween is it acceptable to wear fishnets.

[NYC GOP Chick]

So you won't mind if my spouse and I 'go for it' in our front yard? How about in the booth next to you at Red Lobster? God created us to celebrate our union and be fruitful and multiply, after all.

And then if this coupling produces a baby, it can be breastfed in public. :D

Btw, I agree with you, but was just trying to make a joke :D

[unspun]

Never, other than on Halloween is it acceptable to wear fishnets.

I've seen some bass and northern pike though, that have looked quite nice in them.

(BTW, please pardon my hasty typing, prior post.)

[annyokie]

Crappie and bluegills look pretty sharp in them, too!

[unspun]

I'll clean 'em if you dip em in flour and fry 'em up.

[annyokie]

Cornmeal and flour and you're on!

[AdA$tra]

I can speak from experience: Women with one child breat feed in private. Women with four or more children do not.

Flame away!

[unspun]

The frying of fresh caught fish...
...music that hath charms to soothe the savage breast.

(so to speak)

[unspun]

I know I'm the 7th child in my family and I was given a bottle.