Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Where is the line? (394)

Okay so I found an article on yahoo that really has nothing to do with anything around the world, it was just an incident in a random mall in the United States. Brest feeding is legal to do in public but some people still don’t agree with that. A couple brest feeding mothers wanted to protest something that had happened in a Hollister store in a different mall where a lady was asked to leave for brest feeding in the store by brest feeding and they made signs saying “hey Hollister, my baby has the right to eat. It’s the law.” But then a mall officer asked these ladies to leave because they were believed to be exposing themselves.
The reason I thought I could do this article is because brest feeding happens all the time all around the world. Its one of the two ways babies are fed. Obviously we are decided on a law in the US where women can feed their child in public but is that really a good thing? Especially if the woman is not careful to cover herself? Where do you draw the line? Yes, its legal to feed your baby but no, its not legal to be publicly nude. In cultures around the world this really is a silly thing. I know in some cultures they really don’t wear much clothing so its not even an issue to be brought up. And in other cultures women don’t even show their legs or hair in public so im assuming that theres no question that brest feeding would be considered.

I think that its obviously important to feed your child and if they’re hungry and youre not at home, they need to eat! Which should give women the right to brest feed other places than their home but really, im willing to bet that some women take advantage of the law and are lazy, they expose themselves, probably make others around them uncomfortable. Just where is that line drawn that an officer can force the woman to stop because of a disruption?

Also, those ladies protesting look like theyre rubbing it in someones face. They don’t need to brest feed too and make a juge deal like “Hey, look at me. Im feeding my baby in your store and you cant do a thing about it!” Signs will do.

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