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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Ok so I'm sitting in a Costa coffee and sitting next to me is a breast feeding mother. Now I'm not the prude type and I'm also fine with women breast feeding as it's as natural as anything. But this seemed a rare case of the lady having full boob out with no attempt to cover any part of her. normally I notice either covering baby and boob with towel/blanket or a nursing bra for modesty.

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it.

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By *histler21Man over a year ago

Ipswich

It's strange - when Im in costa and there is a good looking woman there - I'll happily look at her chest. Put a breast on show and a babe being fed - and I feel guilty for looking to the extent I'll not look (much).

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By *inaTitzTV/TS over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I don't know, but if I were there I'd have to ask if the baby was enjoying his Latte.

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By *lik and PaulCouple over a year ago

Flagrante

I'd probably ask if she needed a hand but there again I have no filter so this stuff just comes out

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By *reelove1969Couple over a year ago

bristol

most cafes restaurants have mother and baby restrooms in them ...i am a big advocate of breast feeding and use these facilities

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By *obbytupperMan over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

For goodness sake, what could be more natural and innocent than a mother feeding her child? Anyone who finds this offensive or off putting really needs to look at their own values.

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By *ooking75Man over a year ago

Dudley

if your baby is hungry you have to feed it

I have sisters who have breast fed and when the head is there feeding away you can't see anything anyway, you know what they are doing because its obvionotjnbg you can't see a great deal with a head in the way

some people just like to make a fuss out of nothing

makes laugh how some people will go out their way to look down a woman's top if she's bends over but breast feeding .....good God no

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Is it offensive - no.

Does it sometimes make me feel a little awkward - yes.

But that's my problem, not theirs.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Maybe in the current Weather its a bit warm to cover up. I would try to be discreet but didn't care if anyone saw.

It's the most natural thing in the world and do not see why or how it can ever offend.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The whole not looking when a baby is feeding to me feels wrong.... Don't think women should have to cover up just be discreet. If she was giving the eye whilst doing it would be really weird lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"For goodness sake, what could be more natural and innocent than a mother feeding her child? Anyone who finds this offensive or off putting really needs to look at their own values."
What he says!

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By *j47Man over a year ago

limerick

It's a funny thing but yes we love to see a sneak preview of boob but when a lady breast feeds as wonderful and natural as it is some do get embarrassed think it's a throw back to days when it was frowned upon

The sneak preview is the perve within

More power to moms who breast feed

The rest of us have to get over ourselfs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Nothing wrong with it. I would of looked discretely of course at the boobs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"most cafes restaurants have mother and baby restrooms in them ...i am a big advocate of breast feeding and use these facilities "

Nooooooo!! Women should not feel the need to feed their baby in the fecking bathroom!!!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I breast fed my daughter when she needed feeding no matter where we were. It's natural. Not once was I made to feel uncomfortable but yes the men look alot more than the ladies. But that's their discomfort and problem.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple over a year ago

Herts

Costa coffee is a breast feeding-friendly establishment. People who don't like it are free to leave.

When it's hot and muggy like this, I wouldn't subject my son to a covered face (which decreases oxygen, increases the temperature between the two of you - alongside bodyheat, and means you cannot make eye-contact which is a bonding process for most babies).

Feeding your child does not make you an exhibitionist or an attention-seeker.

- Amy. x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It's what tits are for.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

I think people are getting confused as to what I'm saying/asking. I only mean I'm used to seeing women being discreet when breast feeding. I have no issue with it what so ever, apart from trying not to look.

As for the comment about eye contact with mother and baby there wasn't much going on as she was more content texting and writing on Facebook.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago
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"most cafes restaurants have mother and baby restrooms in them ...i am a big advocate of breast feeding and use these facilities "

They are usually disgusting,smelly,windowless and the size of a cupboard

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By *ath_Neil_bifunCouple over a year ago

near cardiff

I don't think breast feeding mothers are being exhibitionists by not being as discreet as the last breast feeder observed. I see way more men scratch and readjust their nutsack than I see breastfeeding but I'm assuming the guy strolling down the street flopping his junk all inside his trousers isn't doing it for my sake.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple over a year ago

Herts

"As for the comment about eye contact with mother and baby there wasn't much going on as she was more content texting and writing on Facebook. "

I meant that's part of the reason I won't cover MY son's face.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I breastfed all 4 of my kids, 1 for only a day or two but he had a submucous palate and struggled.

When you have kids it's really tiring, sometimes your tits flop out and you don't even notice or care. Sometimes it happens on the bus as you are paying the bus fare your kid pulls your tit out (lol honestly). After being prodded and needled and having your most intimate parts handled and checked during pregnancy, and indeed all the interference during pregnancy from your maternity carers (and pregnancy is pretty much and intimate thing in itself), you can also get to the point where you don't even care if your body is private any more because it hasn't been for the past 9 months.

So tiredness and lack of having a body to call your own can cause these things. It's unlikely anyone is showing off their engorged, lactating tits for sexual reason or exhibitionist reasons when feeding their child.

I'm not feeding any children now but show off my lactating tits on here coz it's unusual for women to do that and it's something i enjoy now coz i'm doing it for adult reasons. Never did it when feeding my kids though, that'd be weird coz it's their dinner and food.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I don't know, but if I were there I'd have to ask if the baby was enjoying his Latte.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The problem isn't with the act of breastfeeding, it's the person who objects, maybe they shouldn't be allowed in public.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think people are getting confused as to what I'm saying/asking. I only mean I'm used to seeing women being discreet when breast feeding. I have no issue with it what so ever, apart from trying not to look.

As for the comment about eye contact with mother and baby there wasn't much going on as she was more content texting and writing on Facebook. "

Or fab

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"The problem isn't with the act of breastfeeding, it's the person who objects, maybe they shouldn't be allowed in public."

As I said before I have no problem with it at all also not the point of the original post. All I was pointing out is i found it unusual that she was fully out.

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By *ugby 123Couple over a year ago
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O o O oo

I must go round with my eyes shut as I have never seen any breastfeeding women, hiding or not.

I don't have a problem with women breast feeding in public but what does make me feel uneasy is the men who have a leer and look on it as sexual.

However, there are some women who may as well have a sign over their head saying look here, I am breastfeeding, dare complain and I will go to the papers.

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By *avebi48Man over a year ago

Lordswood

"most cafes restaurants have mother and baby restrooms in them ...i am a big advocate of breast feeding and use these facilities

Nooooooo!! Women should not feel the need to feed their baby in the fecking bathroom!!!!

totally agree, all my kids were breastfed and in public too if needed, why should mum have to hide in the back so as not to offend someone else's lack of sensibility

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It's totally inoffensive and natural, but often people find it awkward when nearby.

It's when you see two adults, that's when it's just weird

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I must go round with my eyes shut as I have never seen any breastfeeding women, hiding or not.

I don't have a problem with women breast feeding in public but what does make me feel uneasy is the men who have a leer and look on it as sexual.

However, there are some women who may as well have a sign over their head saying look here, I am breastfeeding, dare complain and I will go to the papers. "

This is what I thought, I felt strange because I was doing my upmost not to look, hurt my bloody neck!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

m.leicestermercury.co.uk/Primark-security-guard-snatches-breastfeeding/story-26897690-detail/story.html#xsQV43tfW9VIYL63.01

Primark security guard snatched breastfeeding baby from her mother's arms as she fed.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple over a year ago

Herts

"m.leicestermercury.co.uk/Primark-security-guard-snatches-breastfeeding/story-26897690-detail/story.html#xsQV43tfW9VIYL63.01

Primark security guard snatched breastfeeding baby from her mother's arms as she fed."

Apparently there is no substance to this story at the moment. Primark's CCTV footage was reviewed and apparently she wasn't approached by anyone during her time in the store.

Plus, none of the security guards on duty at the time matched her description.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My mother in law used to pull the blanket away so she could have a look! Totally pissed me off

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By *urvymamaWoman over a year ago

Doncaster

I'm currently breast feeding and I always feed discreetly in public using a Muslim sheet or will use the facilities some places provide to feed in private

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"m.leicestermercury.co.uk/Primark-security-guard-snatches-breastfeeding/story-26897690-detail/story.html#xsQV43tfW9VIYL63.01

Primark security guard snatched breastfeeding baby from her mother's arms as she fed.

Apparently there is no substance to this story at the moment. Primark's CCTV footage was reviewed and apparently she wasn't approached by anyone during her time in the store.

Plus, none of the security guards on duty at the time matched her description."

Yup. Update from Primark...

m.primark.com/en/about-us/press%20releases

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By *ugby 123Couple over a year ago
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O o O oo

There was alarm bells for me when the mention of suing by the mother came up

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That Primark story is bizarre. If it's true, it's bizarre, if it's fabricated, what a horrible money grabbing couple they must be.

Either way I'm not sure I believe the baby has been traumatised by it

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. "

Well L likes to get her boobs out in public and she doesn't have a child. I guess others do too.

I find it strange that people "get offended" especially on here

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"For goodness sake, what could be more natural and innocent than a mother feeding her child? Anyone who finds this offensive or off putting really needs to look at their own values."

Snap!

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By *andom2chatMan over a year ago

A Galaxy Far, Far Away & Spain

38 Degrees were setting up a campaign getting lots of people worked up on Facebook about this.

All of it based on an article by Rose Troup Buchanan which even THAT said Primark had investigated & the evidence showed nothing of the sort.

Now as for breastfeeding I'm sure there are many men on here will agree the ladies can "get their tits out" (for the boys).

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I find it strange that people "get offended" especially on here"

Who has said they "get offended"?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I find it strange that people "get offended" especially on here

Who has said they "get offended"?"

Sorry seen this topic so often, I thought I would get in first

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My point to the thread was in the first paragraph, in the words of that awful song....

Some girls do, some girls dont,

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"For goodness sake, what could be more natural and innocent than a mother feeding her child? Anyone who finds this offensive or off putting really needs to look at their own values."

exactly right... well said

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"My point to the thread was in the first paragraph, in the words of that awful song....

Some girls do, some girls dont,"

That's a good song actually.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Ok so I'm sitting in a Costa coffee and sitting next to me is a breast feeding mother. Now I'm not the prude type and I'm also fine with women breast feeding as it's as natural as anything. But this seemed a rare case of the lady having full boob out with no attempt to cover any part of her. normally I notice either covering baby and boob with towel/blanket or a nursing bra for modesty.

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. "

I'm assuming that the OP is male.

Exhibitionism because she's feeding her baby? Are you serious?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A women should be allowed to breast fed her hungry baby where ever she wants...

But it can be done discretely...

I was in a cafe, and the lady choose a discrete part of the cafe to sit and kept herself and baby covered with a shawl...

People actually rolled their eyes and tutted...

What assholes are they !!!

She was being very respectable !!

It was me who sat giving those( assholes) dirty looks !!

They were eating because they ( the assholes) were hungry !!

A baby getting fed is more important than their stomach being full !!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Nothing wrong with it. I would of looked discretely of course at the boobs

Shag!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"the lady having full boob out with no attempt to cover any part of her. normally I notice either covering baby and boob with towel/blanket or a nursing bra for modesty.

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing."

Here's the thing for me.

People who cannot deal with the sight of a woman breastfeeding are BROKEN.

They are somehow incapable of desexualising the breast, even when there is clearly a BABY attached to it.

Some kind of mental dysfunction where tits mess with their head.

Most people get to do what they want no matter how uncomfortable it makes someone, and because of that, it doesnt make sense to complain that someone else made you uncomfortable.

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. "
that is what boobs are there for .. Not just stress relievers or playthings.. I'd just let her get on with the natural business of feeding her baby .. A beautiful intimate natural moment between mother and child

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it.

I'm assuming that the OP is male.

Exhibitionism because she's feeding her baby? Are you serious?

Yes I'm male I don't know what that has to do with it?. You wasn't there so I doubt you'd understand exactly what I meant by exihibitionism, was along the lines of look at me I'm breast feeding nothing sexual at all especially as she had a 4/5 year old running around at the time.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

why would you try and sexualise a woman feeding a baby

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. "

Your just unusual bloody good idea Brest feeding especially when you realise how much sma costs

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. that is what boobs are there for .. Not just stress relievers or playthings.. I'd just let her get on with the natural business of feeding her baby .. A beautiful intimate natural moment between mother and child

Again no issue with the task of Brest feeding just surprised by the lack of modesty

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"why would you try and sexualise a woman feeding a baby

Who's trying to sexualise it?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The primary purpose of a breast is to feed babies. It is only because we sexualise breasts that performing this proper function becomes an issue. For me I am happy to see a contented baby suckling at the breast; in fact it is a beautiful sight.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Again no issue with the task of Brest feeding just surprised by the lack of modesty "

Do you cover up when eating then?

Why on earth a woman should feel the need to be 'modest' when feeding a baby in public is beyond me. It's the most natural thing in the world and we should be embracing it.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A women should be allowed to breast fed her hungry baby where ever she wants...

But it can be done discretely...

I was in a cafe, and the lady choose a discrete part of the cafe to sit and kept herself and baby covered with a shawl...

People actually rolled their eyes and tutted...

What assholes are they !!!

She was being very respectable !!

It was me who sat giving those( assholes) dirty looks !!

They were eating because they ( the assholes) were hungry !!

A baby getting fed is more important than their stomach being full !!"

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"The primary purpose of a breast is to feed babies. It is only because we sexualise breasts that performing this proper function becomes an issue. For me I am happy to see a contented baby suckling at the breast; in fact it is a beautiful sight. "

Totally agree. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I didn't find the sight disturbing or arousing, just surprised that she wasn't being discreet.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Totally agree. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I didn't find the sight disturbing or arousing, just surprised that she wasn't being discreet. "

You have a baby your never discrete they smell when they poo they cry when they are hungry bored or just for the hell of it . Then you stand out as you have all the stuff that goes with a baby bags . Push chairs prams .

It's impossible to feed a baby discretely wether by bottle or breast

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's what tits are for."

Don't be daft

They're for sliding your cock between or cumming over

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Again no issue with the task of Brest feeding just surprised by the lack of modesty

Do you cover up when eating then?

Why on earth a woman should feel the need to be 'modest' when feeding a baby in public is beyond me. It's the most natural thing in the world and we should be embracing it."

No I don't cover up when I eat but then I'm eating solids and not from a breast. I'm not saying she shouldn't be doing it in public or condemning the practice. I just normally notice women being more discreet.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Maybe the woman in question is so proud of the fact that she is a mother and is tending to her child that nothing else really matters I.e someone seeing her tits is nothing compared to the joy of feeding her baby?

A mother feeding her baby is one of the most natural and beautiful things to see and not in a sexual way.

In some countries they just get on with it anywhere anytime

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I was once in Meadowhall shopping centre pushing my screaming hungry daughter around frantically trying to find somewhere discrete to feed her...my denim shirt (it was the mid 90s!) was soaked as her cries made my boobs leek so bad.

I took refuge in an open plan cafe (not the food court) and fed her as discretely as I could when a man walked over to my table and exclaimed loudly for all to hear how disgusting I was for breastfeeding in public. I was stunned and said nothing.

I finished feeding and put her back in her pushchair Took off my wet shirt (I had a vest top underneath thankfully) and walked over to the man who was still glaring at me and i flopped out my boob and squirted at him. The rest of the people in the cafe cheered me on and I walked away without saying a word leaving him speechless and stunned.

From that day forth I was never embarrassed for feeding in public again...nor did I ever wear a denim shirt again

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Again no issue with the task of Brest feeding just surprised by the lack of modesty

Do you cover up when eating then?

Why on earth a woman should feel the need to be 'modest' when feeding a baby in public is beyond me. It's the most natural thing in the world and we should be embracing it.

They shouldn't feel the need to though.

Society sexualized the breast and if society has an issue with breasts being used for their real purpose we're truly screwed up and repressed.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Prudery is in the eye of the beholder....!

It's natural - it's how we are built to do things!

It's a sad reflection on any society that sees wrong in it...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I was once in Meadowhall shopping centre pushing my screaming hungry daughter around frantically trying to find somewhere discrete to feed her...my denim shirt (it was the mid 90s!) was soaked as her cries made my boobs leek so bad.

From that day forth I was never embarrassed for feeding in public again...nor did I ever wear a denim shirt again

That is bloody fantastic!!

Good for you

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Again no issue with the task of Brest feeding just surprised by the lack of modesty

Do you cover up when eating then?

Why on earth a woman should feel the need to be 'modest' when feeding a baby in public is beyond me. It's the most natural thing in the world and we should be embracing it.

They shouldn't feel the need to though.

Society sexualized the breast and if society has an issue with breasts being used for their real purpose we're truly screwed up and repressed."

Of cause your right. I'm not sure where people are getting that anyone said breast feeding was wrong or disgusting. As I said in my first post I was surprised that she wasn't being discreet I didn't say she shouldn't be feeding her baby

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By *ancs MinxWoman over a year ago

Burnley

"if your baby is hungry you have to feed it

some people just like to make a fuss out of nothing

makes laugh how some people will go out their way to look down a woman's top if she's bends over but breast feeding .....good God no

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By *aeriequeenWoman over a year ago

Manchester

Sometimes my breasts were so heavy with milk I couldnt wait to get them out and start feeding I wasnt particularly discreet. I never used anything to cover the baby as it seemed really uncomfortable for them and I didnt feel the need.

As for going to a different room..no way! Im not hiding away just to feed a baby though I understand if some people prefer to.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Breast feeding in public divides opinions always has & probably always will.

When my oldest was a baby there always appeared to be 2 distinct breast feeding camps.

I was in the one that just got on & fed if need be with minimal fuss.

And for balance I've had eyes rolled at me by the breastfeeding contingent for feeding my 2nd baby in public with a bottle.....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have no problem with people breastfeeding in public.

I mean that's why we have boobs in the first place!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Primark have denied a mother's claims in which she alleged a security guard at a busy store physically removed her baby daughter as she breastfed.

She also claims she was forcibly ejected from the retail store.

Caroline Starmer posted on the Facebook support group ‘Free to Feed’ that she was feeding her hungry nine-month-old daughter in a quiet corner of Leicester’s Primark store on Monday when she was approached by a security guard and told to leave.

The mother of four wrote that although she explained to the security guard she was legally entitled to feed her daughter in the store, the situation escalated.

Mrs Starmer wrote: “Just for the security officer to physically remove my daughter from my breast and walk down the store with her, saying if I wanted my daughter, then I was to come and get her.”

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Following the incident, Mrs Starmer said her “confidence was shot”.

She said she had reported the incident to a local police station, and that her husband had complained to the assistant manager of the Leicestershire branch.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it. "

I dint think it's a sexuality thing but I do think that more women are choosing to feed in public to see what reaction they get. There are so many posts on Facebook complaining at how they were treated in different shops cos they chose to feed their baby there. The cynic in me might say they are looking for compensation by making a big fuss.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

Sexual not sexuality.

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By *ugby 123Couple over a year ago
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O o O oo

I read the OP as not being against breast feeding, didn't say it was wrong, didn't object to the woman getting her boob out, but was surprised at how much was on show as he hadn't seen that before.

As for the comments of people shouldn't sexualise it, you only have to read back and see that some men do sexualise it.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I read the OP as not being against breast feeding, didn't say it was wrong, didn't object to the woman getting her boob out, but was surprised at how much was on show as he hadn't seen that before.

As for the comments of people shouldn't sexualise it, you only have to read back and see that some men do sexualise it."

Exactly this^^

Lactating breasts are mentioned in the pregnancy threads as being a huge turn on too.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

So my question is, to some level do some women like the exhibition side to getting their boob out so people can see what they are doing. Or as usual am I just reading into it.

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