tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post7659717641784053845..comments2023-02-16T02:22:45.709-08:00Comments on StuLand: Staying Abreast of the Issues...Stu Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12312041945248368734noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-56738833389696760072008-11-16T16:30:00.000-08:002008-11-16T16:30:00.000-08:00I am glad that you and other women are proudly sho...I am glad that you and other women are proudly showing the public that it is natural to breastfeed, and that women should be able to breastfeed whenever and where ever they want. I am only 20 years old, and whenever I see women breastfeeding I smile at the proudly. My boyfriend's sister-in-law was with us at a Red Sox game when her son got hungry, I tried to get her to breastfeed him right there instead of going to the restroom to do it... but she did not feel comfortable and left to feed the baby in the restroom. I felt bad for her and the baby to have to be fed in a public restroom! A reason I feel so strong about breastfeeding is because my mom is a RN and a lactation consultant. We talk a lot about breastfeeding and all of the great benefits, and also about how bad the formula companies are. I know that when I have kids I will proudly breastfeed in public. Thank you for writing about this very important topic!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285005581881395291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-89703960197740427442008-08-12T08:49:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:49:00.000-07:00Thanks, Steel Toe, for your comments. Right off th...Thanks, Steel Toe, for your comments. Right off the bat, let’s just get this point straight: the reason there's a change room for the likes of you in particular, is simply so you don't get mobbed by adoring masses if indeed you did take your shirt off in store :)<BR/><BR/>As for responding to the rest of your comment, I think your reflection on the store clerk saying ..."hey, we know you have to do this... but could you do it here?"... hits the nail on the head.<BR/><BR/>Don't poke the bear. Particularly when legally, it can be sitting there in public. <BR/><BR/>Someone asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus, didn't they? "We know you have to get where you're going…but could you sit at the back of the bus while you get there?" Look where that got the civil rights movement! <BR/><BR/>I suppose as much as anything, it is human nature to immediately push back against doing almost anything one is asked / told to do, and that's why all those women--your family member included-- did what they did. <BR/><BR/>And, they would surely argue that putting themselves into the feeding room to 'be polite' would actually just be them bending to pressure from a collective portion of society that is unnecessarily self-conscious and awkward-feeling towards something as natural as NIP'ing (Nursing In Public, as I have recently learned... there's an acronym for everything these days!!).<BR/><BR/>Cheers, and hello to your clan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-7115253636872144262008-08-12T07:59:00.000-07:002008-08-12T07:59:00.000-07:00Hey Stu- great post. Long time reader, first time ...Hey Stu- great post. Long time reader, first time writer.<BR/><BR/>I'm fully in support of the family activism, but find that this story has a small caveat. H&M had (has) a nice, private room set aside for breastfeeding. They have the space. They weren't kicking the lady out of the store, they were just saying, "hey, we know you have to do this... but could you do it here?"<BR/>They have changing rooms so big burly men don't take their shirts off in public to try on a shirt off the rack... it's just polite to keep "it all" under wraps.<BR/>The argument that lingerie adds are more revealing is really besides the point. The picture of a buff tanned guy, shirtless, in his briefs, is not a license for me to whip off my shirt in the middle of the store.<BR/><BR/>As a Dad with two kids who have (and are, for the latest) being breastfed, I really appreciate the need to feed whenever and wherever... but when they have a spot for you to do it, why not make the nod to modesty?<BR/><BR/>Love to the fam!Steel Toe Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042469914309525961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-10246991288455235442008-08-09T15:08:00.000-07:002008-08-09T15:08:00.000-07:00I don't have children, but if I did, I would proud...I don't have children, but if I did, I would proudly nurse my child in public and I encourage other women to do so as well. Breastfeeding confirms a woman has enough confidence in her self-worth to protect or in some contexts, demand her rights, including her most natural right to nurture her offspring. It's hardly a surprise that in our society where there is a strong wind of conservatism, a woman's right to breastfeed in public is often heard to be threatened ... Breastfeeding challenges the media model of women as consumers and objects. When a mother hesitates to nurture her infant in public, she is assisting the success of a male-dominated sex industry that objectifies woman's breasts. It's not exactly shocking when men feel uncomfortable with women breastfeeding in public but it's absolutely saddening when women show signs of discomfort around nurturing mothers because they are actually conforming to the male created media model of women that in most cases is the root to the various forms of abuse women receive in their public and private existence. So I say celebrate your gender, your rights, and the beauty of giving life and cherishing its growth: Breastfeed when you need to where ever you are.Mehrnosh Eftekharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926581297766601512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-39239138194311444092008-08-08T19:16:00.000-07:002008-08-08T19:16:00.000-07:00Yeah Kate and Sacha!!! And yeah Stu for talking ab...Yeah Kate and Sacha!!! And yeah Stu for talking about it! Breast is best anytime, anywhere. And you'll be more than welcome to feed away anywhere at the wedding :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-67106450470869630452008-08-08T13:12:00.000-07:002008-08-08T13:12:00.000-07:00Plus ca change, c'est la meme chose! Or, in other...Plus ca change, c'est la meme chose! Or, in other words, I can remember the same stupid arguments going on when my kids (your cousins) were babies! All right to get your tits out for the boys but god help you if you were feeding your baby!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466423.post-41239403659692178512008-08-08T10:08:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:08:00.000-07:00You're hilarious and awesome. I once blog-listed a...You're hilarious and awesome. <BR/>I once blog-listed all the places (public, mostly) that I've nursed my kids... I've never run into any negative flack about it.<BR/>Good job, Kate and Sacha. Also, isn't it funny that "Nursing in Public" abbreviates to NIP?Bloggy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17146550190793905169noreply@blogger.com