Path: rug.nl!surfnet.nl!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.voicenet.com!news2.voicenet.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.nudism.moderated,alt.christnet.nudism Subject: Re: ACN Public Breastfeeding From: Cheef References: <19990522012706.02264.00000308@ng-cb1.aol.com> Organization: CHEEF.COM Approved: anm-mod@cheef.com Lines: 87 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 12:17:16 GMT Xref: rug.nl alt.nudism.moderated:463 alt.christnet.nudism:8567 Kathleen -- Thanks for sharing this article! I'm crossposting this reply to ANM so the folks there can enjoy it too. Hopefully ANM will soon be available on AOL! OKeefe1955 wrote in <19990522012706.02264.00000308@ng- cb1.aol.com>: From Kathleen.... This is from the Monday Dayton Daily News. By DL Stewart, the humor columnist. I've never nursed anything but an occasional grudge, so maybe I have no right to an opinion. But this whole breastfeeding flap has me puzzled (about the 2 women who were asked to not BF at Walmart and who have filed a court case). As you may have read, two area women are suing Walmart Stores Inc. because they say there were not allowed to breastfeed their babies in the stores. They're asking for apologies and a change in the stores' policies. This is hardly a new issue. It's been an ongoing skirmish ever since breastfeeding was invented by baby boomers in 1971. But I still don't understand it. Not only don't I understand why this is a controversy, I can't even figure out who made it one. What percentage of the public actually objects to women nursing their babies in public? Who are the people who strongly against breastfeeding that Walmart is willing to risk being known as anti-motherhood in order to pacify them. Is it men? As with anything else that negatively affects women-including unequal pay, split ends and varicose veins-the whole thing could be our fault, I supposed. And I'm sure there are men who are offended by the sight of a woman's bare breast, although I don't personally know any. But I don't think most men care if a woman nurses her baby in Walmart. Most men don't want to be in Walmart in the first place. If it's not men who are upset, my next guess is that it must be women. That doesn't make sense to me either, though. Any woman offended by the sight of breasts probably would have a tough time getting dressed in the morning. Whoever they are, I'm sure the people who object to breastfeeding in public have good reasons for the way they feel. Such as, they have been personally appointed by God to make sure the entire world eventually is afflicted with as many sexual hang-ups as possible. But the biggest question I have about all this is: Who decided which body parts are supposed to be covered and which aren't? Who made the rule that it's offensive for women to bare their breasts but it's a lovely sight when they appear in a pair of shorts that exposes several acres of gelatinous lesh? How did it become illegal for women to reveal a nipple in public, but okay for men to show both of theirs? Not to mention enormous Budweiser-filled gust, hairy backs and really appetizing armpits? Anyway, if we're going to cover up body parts, I vote for anything that jiggles. And feet. Feet don't start out looking too bad. But by the time a person reaches adulthood a lot of them are covered with corns and calluses and hair and chipped toenail polish and all sorts of nasty things you hardly ever see on breasts. And yet people think nothing of walking around in public barefoot. Or wearing shower clogs or those big clunky sandals that make them look like Roman centurions. So, for what it's worth, my opinion is that people who have a problem with her breastfeeding in public need to grow up. I think a woman should have the right to nurse her baby anywhere she pleases. As long as she's wearing socks when she's doing it. -- CHEEF.COM http://cheef.com your CHEEF source of nudist info Clubs, beaches, & other listings Free Newsletters, Chat, & Forums USA by state & Canada by province Bookstore & Shopping (Tan-Thru Suits!) Winter Pool Parties (Phila. area) Christian & Single nudist info