tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post436012315058232528..comments2023-05-22T18:46:59.904+10:00Comments on Curl: Why is Breastfeeding Scary?Kate Gallowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528291056525962535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-13884419776161113332013-01-19T19:43:38.638+10:002013-01-19T19:43:38.638+10:00Thanks Leah. Yes I did consider this. Overall I be...Thanks Leah. Yes I did consider this. Overall I believe his message is that in fact it should not be done in a public area. He uses 'high traffic' as the determining criterion. His intention is to make it private, remove breastfeeding from the public sphere. His language is clear in this regard.Kate Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000215843776429775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-37351270758313703672013-01-19T19:35:35.354+10:002013-01-19T19:35:35.354+10:00"Daily morning TV presenter David Koch today ..."Daily morning TV presenter David Koch today told his audience that breastfeeding is something that should be done away from a public area". No, no he didn't. As you go on to say yourself - he said he didn't think it should be done in high-traffic areas and that women doing it should just be discrete. That is NOT saying it shouldn't be done in public areas.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403983176561111203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-68219770755323528952013-01-19T14:55:52.561+10:002013-01-19T14:55:52.561+10:00I do think Anonymous makes a good point. This issu...I do think Anonymous makes a good point. This issue with breastfeeding is part of a larger issue about how society treats women's bodies. Why is it that men can walk around without a shirt but women can't? Why aren't women allowed to bare their breasts on a hot day? It's the same thing, the insistence that breasts are always sexual and primarily exist for male pleasure. There's a group called the Top Free Equal Rights Association that campaigns for greater freedom in this area.Ms Naughtyhttp://www.msnaughty.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-89922525310968906472013-01-19T13:27:22.353+10:002013-01-19T13:27:22.353+10:00Thanks Sandra. Yes as a society it's a matter ...Thanks Sandra. Yes as a society it's a matter of normalizing the feeding of infants - it's obviously important!Kate Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000215843776429775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-73332749146611392532013-01-19T13:26:15.687+10:002013-01-19T13:26:15.687+10:00Thanks for your comment though I'm a little un...Thanks for your comment though I'm a little unsure as to the context of your suggestion. While I personally have no problem with nudity, I was not advocating public nudity. I was simply pointing out that objections to breast feeding in public represent attempts to control women and exclude them from public, and that this is against the law.Kate Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000215843776429775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-40851759571537112882013-01-19T11:35:27.225+10:002013-01-19T11:35:27.225+10:00Should women be able to sit topless at a public po...Should women be able to sit topless at a public pool (with children present) without a baby? Sure, let's do away with the illogical cultural "norms" no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842716712395997133.post-27312401031109307432013-01-18T13:31:57.802+10:002013-01-18T13:31:57.802+10:00The answer to why 'Kochie' agreed is becau...The answer to why 'Kochie' agreed is because of who he is. The same reason anyone discriminates about anything. It's generally taught to us by how we were raised, by societies 'norms' that we were exposed to as we developed a social conscious. But there is one thing that is not taught enough, and that is, the ability to do the RIGHT thing, decide for ourselves, challenge what those who went before us believed (evidence is all around us of many previous failures of belief systems) and breast feeding in public has become just another issue WHEN IT SHOULD NOT BE. Come on people, it is breast feeding not porn! Feed the babies ... and let's feed them where ever they need to be fed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780073704306384645noreply@blogger.com