Breastfeeding Mom Graduation Photo From Down Under Goes Viral

[pessimist]

I think a lot of people are arguing for the sake of argument sake. I really do think breastfeeding is important and a beautiful thing, but its a thing that most normal people including women would like to be kept out of the public professional space. In fact most women do cover up properly when they are breastfeeding. We only hear about the few attention seekers who make noise very once in a while knowing that the media will run a story about them instead of the vast majority of breast feeding women who are considerate and conduct their very private bodily function in private/under cover



Exactly, but America would like to sanitize day to day living practices by having rules against such behaviors in public. People should be ok with citizens doing whatever is natural in the public arena. I mean, what has the world come to?



Same goes for humans eating beef and how cows are allowed to be naked in public and humans are not.

re: bold.

I don't see how this could even be argued.

 

[2young2vote]

Breast feeding isn't beautiful. It is no more necessary to do in public than any other bodily function that gushes slime and liquid. In public we speak, eat and look at each other, the end.

 

[specsaregood]

Breast feeding isn't beautiful. It is no more necessary to do in public than any other bodily function that gushes slime and liquid. In public we speak, eat and look at each other, the end.

Uhm. So eating in public is ok?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Breast feeding isn't beautiful. It is no more necessary to do in public than any other bodily function that gushes slime and liquid. In public we speak, eat and look at each other, the end.

Hmm...I guess beauty is in the eye of teh beholder. :o

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Breast feeding isn't beautiful. It is no more necessary to do in public than any other bodily function that gushes slime and liquid. In public we speak, eat and look at each other, the end.

I'd rather see breastfeeding than fat slobs with saliva and hamburger juice running down their chin.

 

[anaconda]

Just because something is natural doesn't mean it ok to be done in public. There are a lot of things I do that are natural that you wouldn't want me to be doing in the middle of a graduation ceremony. The question i'll ask is could it have waited? It sucks but a woman breast feeding is just an uncomfortable sight for most people, a woman should try to cover up properly or go to the corner of the room to do it.

But if we compare the notion of "uncomfortableness" across cultures, we may find that North America is an outlier, and for dubious reasons. Furthermore, the percentage of North Americans that find breastfeeding to be an "uncomfortable sight" might be in the minority. Long hair is an uncomfortable sight for some, or was in the 1960's. Are you certain that the sight is "uncomfortable for most people?" And, if so, is the wish of the masses always the ultimate measure of what is socially allowable? Muslim women can't show their face in certain places. Where does this all end?

 

[anaconda]

Can anyone explain rationally why a man in North America can go shirtless at the beach but a woman cannot?

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Can anyone explain rationally why a man in North America can go shirtless at the beach but a woman cannot?

Because they're handsome?

 

[AlexAmore]

What if the cause is a shared opinion among the majority of individuals?

That means nothing. You can justify slavery then. You can justify a lot of horrible acts in the name of majority opinion. Try again.

I'm not a libertarian. What if the majority of tax payers want to limit certain kinds of "free speech" in public?

That's a slippery slope, but thanks to force, they can do it.

You didn't answer the question. Would you want your wife, daughter, or sister using public transportation full of creepy naked men gawking at them?

"Well, they have the option to choose not to use public transportation, they'd use private where nudity is forbidden".

Okay, what about the public roadways, schools, etc? Would you want your children exposed to public nudity, sex, and masturbation everywhere they went? Do you not see the need for any type of decency rules?

Remember when I said that's why you're pointing the finger in the wrong direction? I blame and direct my anger at public spaces, not free expression. I would propose private roads and private schools....in fact they both currently exist.

I do see a need for decency rules (on private property), but the state has no right to enforce what they deem decent. It's a slippery slope. Hitler thought Jews were indecent.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Personally, I am not advocating for any laws banning breastfeeding (that is ridiculous, lol). I am just wondering why folks aren't more respectful of others since we live in a "society".

Why did you put society in quotations?

 

[pcosmar]

It's true we live in a hyper-sexualized culture and T&A is everywhere. I mean, sex is all the average dude even wants to talk about. It's also true we have all seen breasts before, but there is such a thing as respecting others around you.

Then show some.. respect.
Mind your own business.

There is nothing disrespectful about it,, except for the folks staring and bitching.

 

[JK/SEA]

Personally, I am not advocating for any laws banning breastfeeding (that is ridiculous, lol). I am just wondering why folks aren't more respectful of others since we live in a "society".

hmmm...lets compare public breast feeding to 'open carry' of hand guns. It's a fact lots of people 'freak out' at an open carry situation. Why?...same with the topic at hand. It's a matter of ' doing it' and getting people 'used to it' so the freak outs stop freaking out. This whole thing is silly. It just shows the extreme immaturity this so-called 'society' is.

grow up. get used to it. Whip out the boobs, and carry those guns.

geez..

 

[amy31416]

Public breastfeeding is not something I would do, but I certainly wouldn't condemn someone else for doing it. Hell, I wouldn't condemn anyone for walking around completely naked. How does that harm me?

 

[amy31416]

Because they're handsome?

They aren't pretty, but so what?

 

[specsaregood]

They aren't pretty, but so what?

That's just like your opinion, man.

 

[dannno]

That's not the point. It's about respecting those around you.

Why should people necessarily respect everybody around them? Do they deserve respect?

 

[Acala]

Remember when I said that's why you're pointing the finger in the wrong direction? I blame and direct my anger at public spaces, not free expression. I would propose private roads and private schools....in fact they both currently exist.
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Yup. The problem here, as is so often the case, is with "public" property. This is a non-problem on private property because the owner of the property makes the rules. For example, some stores and restaurants might cater to the squeamish and ban breastfeeding while others might allow total nudity. Patronize the one you like. Abolish public property and the problem is solved. Cling to the idea of public property and the conflicts will be endless.

 

[pessimist]

That means nothing. You can justify slavery then. You can justify a lot of horrible acts in the name of majority opinion. Try again.

lol. This has nothing to do what we're talking about. I'm all for connecting various unrelated things to each other, but this is a stretch.

Yeah, I do agree though that majority opinion doesn't equal "right" or "just". I am just saying if they are tax payers, shouldn't they have a say on a code of public decency? If 99.9 percent of tax payers don't want people to masturbate in public, but a few tax payers find it socially acceptable- should that handful of weirdos override the majority?

That's a slippery slope, but thanks to force, they can do it.

How would a private property owner prevent or remove someone from violating their rules?

Remember when I said that's why you're pointing the finger in the wrong direction? I blame and direct my anger at public spaces, not free expression. I would propose private roads and private schools....in fact they both currently exist. I do see a need for decency rules (on private property), but the state has no right to enforce what they deem decent

So all property should be private, and decency rules should be enforced by property owners?

How would that even be functional? Everyone would have their own rules and laws colliding with other rules and laws, etc.

 

[amy31416]

That's just like your opinion, man.

True. So...you find those fellows attractive?

 

[AlexAmore]

lol. This has nothing to do what we're talking about. I'm all for connecting various unrelated things to each other, but this is a stretch.

Yeah, I do agree though that majority opinion doesn't equal "right" or "just". I am just saying if they are tax payers, shouldn't they have a say on a code of public decency? If 99.9 percent of tax payers don't want people to masturbate in public, but a few tax payers find it socially acceptable- should that handful of weirdos override the majority?

What if it's 98% who find it unacceptable, but 2% find it just fine? We can keep going. These are all just arbitrary numbers. This is not a steady foundation of a functional society. We should not be targeting minorities just because they are minorities- again it's so arbitrary.

How would a private property owner prevent or remove someone from violating their rules?

How do they do it now? Private security, intimidation, being armed...etc. Also people are generally afraid of getting a bad reputation, being banned from places...etc.

So all property should be private, and decency rules should be enforced by property owners?

Yep.

How would that even be functional? Everyone would have their own rules and laws colliding with other rules and laws, etc.

Property often has borders. The entire world is filled with different countries with different laws and yet we can fly all over the place and work, vacation, trade and so forth. Here in the states, I can get a gun in NH, but I know if I cross the border into Mass with it, I can get in trouble.

The beauty of this system is that people can vote with their feet as to what system they like best and the bad systems will suffer. We need MORE competition among rules.