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13 comments:
ROTFL! I love this one! When a friend of mine and I went shopping after her youngest was born, she brought the baby and nursed her as we were walking around with a huge blanket covering everything, it was almost like she was wearing a giant poncho. She still got some nasty dirty looks!
There was one story I remember recently (within the past year) where a lady was trying to get people to boycott a certain airline because they had asked her to cover up while nursing. I think the airline was in the right, they didn't ask her to stop nursing, simply to cover up, to be decent and modest. But noooo, women's lib rears it's head once again.
I had a post on my blog I was wondering if you could comment on it, if you have time to wander over, about the Harry Potter stuff. Thanks so much!
God Bless!
Pandabean- I have to respectfully disagree with you as I personally would not consider what happened to Emily Gilette to be women's lib rearing it's head and we would have taken the same actions had my husband and I been in the situation. Nursing can be done very modestly without a cover, and is typically far more modest without a cover. When appropriate clothing is worn, typically only another nursing mother or father of a nursling will know what you are doing; most everybody else will simply think you are holding your baby. Many babies and toddlers will simply not nurse with a blanket over their head. They will refuse to nurse, pull off the blanket, and make for a show that draws far more attention to what is going on. Placing a blanket or other covering over a child's head can also pose a suffocation risk and can cause a little one to overheat as well.
From what I understand, Emily and her husband were sitting in the very back on the plane and she was sitting in the window seat and being as "discreet" and "modest" as she could have possibly been. She did not remove her shirt, yell to the entire plane "look at my boobs", nor did she do anything else that was the least bit inappropriate, sexual, or immodest. Chances are many women had their cleavage, midriffs, or legs displayed in a fashion that was meant to be showcase their bodies and entice men who are not their husbands, yet the flight attendant only opted to raise a stink at Emily feeding her child in the way God intended. If so-called "modesty" was the issue, everybody showing any skin whatsoever should have also been offered a filthy airline blanket and removed from the plane if they refused.
I am heading over to your blog right now! :o)
Ah! I didn't have the full story, I apologize. I was under the impression they had been in the terminal and she had simply "whipped out" and started nursing with no regard to modesty, the women's lib part being, "this is my body and I can do what I want with it no matter who it hurts or offends". That's what I get for not investigating the story futher than the mass media!
Thank you so much for your comment on my blog. I recall reading a comment elsewhere by you against the books and since everyone else seemed to be pretty okay with them, I really wanted to get your honest opinon too. It turns out we're actually in agreement about waiting until the child/reader can understand that it's purely fiction and has very little to do with reality and Truth. I simply must have misunderstood, once again. :)
God Bless!
Panda- Some of the news coverage about Emily's story was more than a little skewed and twisted, so it might not have been any misunderstanding on your part ;o) I post on a message board where she is also a member and Sean and I are involved in a lot of "lactivism" activities. It's amazing that we live in a society where a woman could go walk around in a string bikini with not a word mentioned, yet the moment she dares to nurse a baby....AHHH INDECENT EWWWWW!!!! It's pretty sad that people think babies should starve and suffer so they do not feel "uncomfortable". Odd how only "functioning" breasts make these people uncomfortable. Society confuses me...but, you know, I doubt these people even "get" their own flawed lack of logic.
I just had a very modest nursing picture that showed NO SKIN whatsoever removed from my Facebook profile for being "indecent", "obscene", or "showing drug use". This picture was on my *private* profile and in my *private* album that only my friends could see, too! My wedding pictures show cleavage yet they can stay! I don't get it....*shrugs*
It was interesting to read the discussion over on your blog. The Harry Potter drama is another thing I do not understand. Small children certainly should not be exposed to things that will confuse them or lead them astray, but older teens and adults ought to examine their beliefs and challenge themselves through "controversial" type writings. It keeps you on your toes when it comes to what is good, right, and Truth and keeps you examining your faith. All of these are important. Plus, if you never challenge yourself or know how others think, how can you actively engage an non-believer or a lost person and help them come to know God and His Word?? You must know what Truth is AND know the flaws in thinking from the "other side".
Wow, I just keep blabbing on & on today!! LOL.
Mrs. Brigham, thanks so much for that laugh!
It made me think of a few weeks back, when my lady friend (who is a Christian, an elementary public school teacher, and has decided to continue being one once she has children.. we're extremely different people! LOL) said to me, "We were eating at this decent restaurant when a mother with a little baby just 'whips her boob' right out and feeds her baby. It was so... tasteless. She could have at least gone to the bathroom, put on a cover or something."
I laughed a little and then said, "So, a baby having a hard time breathing under a blanket, or a mother nursing her child in a room deemed purposeful for feces is the only 'appropriate' way for a child to get nourishment for you, in a public setting? It's not a sexual object, it's a feeding device at the time, and if people can't get over that, sorry."
That cartoon made me laugh over the whole situation, which has made me angry ever since - thank you!! LOL
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gunning
Thanks for the cute cartoon! I do feel like, normally, a lot less attention is drawn to what I'm doing when I don't use a blanket. The blanket things just seems to announce to the world, "HEY, I'M BREASTFEEDING OVER HERE!". Not that I would criticize those who use a blanket, some are more shy than others, but for me personally I feel like everyone knows exactly what I am doing when I use a blanket. When I don't, usually if anyone comments it's on how peacefully my baby is "sleeping". ;)
Cathy
Mrs. Gunning- Grrr! That's awful. I have had two 'friends' make comments about how "funny" it was when they saw a nursing mother get asked to nurse in the bathroom at the restaurant these two work at. Why on earth they assumed Sean and I would find this funny is beyond me, but they did. My husband is great and nicely explained their wrongness in their humor. ;o) Unlike me, he is always calm, even in icky situations!
Cathy- Nice to see you stop by again! I have been wondering where you have been :o)
I feel the same way when I cover, plus Peapod thinks pulling the blanket off and popping off at the same time is a real good time. So much for modesty ;o) She had a phase when she was quite the distracted little nursling, so I had to nurse in nice lounge bathrooms, the car, or fitting rooms for a time. When she is not in one of those weird times, she is usually just fine nursing discreetly without a cover. Those wonderful nursing tanks from Target make nursing without drawing any attention to myself such a breeze! :o)
What a cute cartoon! I loved it!
I love to see women nursing--even in public; I think it's beautiful! Now, I don't want to see EVERYTHING--but as long as it's modest. ;)
Oh MY!! That is SOOO funny!!!
FWIW I have nursed in public for almost 2 years and never had a dirty look or bad comment. I've actually had several nice comments. :)
Also, I agree that you can nurse more modestly w/o a blanket. Everyone knows what you are doing when you have a blanket whereas I have nursed dd countless times and people were completely clueless - and I had no cover or fancy nursing attire.
Then again, that IS what God made them for and only in today's day and age does anyone think they need to be covered. Even many muslin societies that are supremely modest don't blink at the breast being shown to feed a baby. Not saying I'm about to do it or condone it in our sexual society, but it is an interesting thing to think about.
Rebecca- I once heard somebody use the argument that breasts are just sexual objects and do not just become "milk bottles" because somebody had a baby. All I could think to respond was something to the effect of breasts being "milk bottles" since Eden. Bottles are actually the new "suddenly milk bottles"! ;o)
When my husband was in Kuwait, Iraq, and Qatar, he saw many women nursing their babies in public with not a thought or any weirdness as is seen in super sexed up America. All while in super modest clothing complete with a very modest headcovering! Ah, the contrast between there and here! ;o)
Also, when my MIL and her family first came to America, she told me she could not begin to wrap her mind around the bizarre attitudes surrounding breastfeeding. Where she is from in Korea, all babies are nursed and nobody would even give any thought to nursing in public. It's the normal thing to do! She also states that babies hardly ever cried in public in Korea as they do in the states. It is interesting to hear of the contrasts.
Would you mind if I copied this cartoon and posted it on my blog? Let me know, Thanks!
Western Warmth- Feel free to use it! :o)
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