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Issue #16: Breastfeeding In Public: Innocent Or Indecent?
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Issue #16: Breastfeeding In Public: Innocent Or Indecent?
Topic Started: 5 Mar 2013 - 16:12 (174 Views)
Zdenka
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The Issue

A young mother was recently thrown out of a restaurant in Komarr for publicly breastfeeding her baby and 'upsetting the customers'. There are now demands for the government to state their position on the issue.

The Debate

  • "We should have a perfect right to feed our babies where we want and when we want without fear of harassment from anyone," declares Catherine Gratwick, a likewise young mother. "Why should women hide themselves away just to assuage the silly attitudes of these narrow-minded fogies? It's totally natural, and much healthier than bottle-feeding for both mother and child so why the fuss? Today, women are afraid to breastfeed in public and the law should be on their side - if not for their benefit, then for that of the children."

  • "I think it's just wrong, wrong, wrong," says Samuel Laine, in reply to an online survey. "These women should cover themselves up and feed their kids away from sight like respectable folk. It's not like bottles don't exist! I don't want to have to look at that sort of thing when I'm having a romantic dinner or going on a nice leisurely walk down the street, you know. It should be a private thing, like other bodily functions that I rather care not to mention."

  • "I'm not against mothers breastfeeding in public," says Heather Futura, a manager of human resources. "But what I find objectionable is that women could be allowed to breastfeed at the workplace when they should be doing more productive things like, well, working. They can't do that if they want to entertain and feed their baby at the same time can they? Can you imagine policewomen doing this on the job? Doctors? Politicians? Mark my words, this is a bad path to take and will ultimately be disruptive to the national economy. And my bonus."


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Viisbyax
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Agreed with everything stated in option 1. Yay for rights, and we ought not to be afraid of the human body. Unfortunately I missed the poll for allowing nudity.
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