04-29-2009, 06:06 PM
Duchess Wrote:I understand what you're saying, but have you ever examined why you feel that nursing a baby should be 'private'? Any more than feeding an adult should be 'private'? It's not a sexual act, it's not 'gross' in any capacity, it's simply feeding an infant as they were meant to be fed. Again, I never openly displayed my boobs when nursing my son in public, the times I had to do so, but that's just a personal choice. It doesn't bother me to see a woman nursing her baby and it confuses me as to why it bothers others.SyberBitch Wrote:because of some deep-seated puritanical aversion to the reminder that we are actually animals. Seriously, WHY is it 'disgusting'?
I know your quote was addressing OP but, I wanted to comment also.
I'm quite certain that I don't have any deep seated puritanical aversion to much, if anything, however, I look at breast feeding as a private act, something that shouldn't be done publicly around strangers, I feel the same way about PDA's that go too far