Today I saw a grandpa babywearing his grandson! A beautiful sight to see in public especially since said grandpa seemed to be in great physical health. No one said to him, Hey Grandpa, how dare you bond with your grandchild like that! Not one person gave him a dirty look or said Take it to the bathroom, Gramps!. And of course, no one should have. It was a beautiful thing. And speaking of beautiful sights to see, whenever I see a mom nursing in public I smile. Yet some people freak out and scream Ah nipples! Those people are ridiculous. Mostly because we all know that to breastfeed the nipple must be in the baby’s mouth so it’s not exposed for the world to see!
Bonding and feeding a baby — how perfect. It’s like baby is dining out at the most posh, 4-star, Michelin rated open-air restaurant ever. Cafe Mom’s Milk — bon appetit!
I think every mom has a right to breastfeed wherever and whenever baby is hungry. But as too many of us know, breastfeeding in public is like a freakin’ crime scene to some. And to those people, I present the 32 things that are totally and utterly (udderly? giggle) way more “obscene” than nursing in public. And yet, these are things people do in public quite often (and more often than that if you live in NYC like I do) without any repercussions or even getting kicked out of a public restaurant for doing.
1. Urinating between two parked cars
2. Spitting
3. Snorting in all the snot that is lodged in your nose
4. Cutting your nails on the subway
5. Eating on the subway
6. Smoking with a baby in your arms
7. Picking at your teeth
8. Picking at your teeth, finding a smidge of food and then eating it
9. Picking your nose
10. Picking your nose, finding a booger and then eating it
11. Burping
12. Popping a pimple
13. Scratching your ass, under your pants
14. Scratching your ass under your pants then smelling your hand
15. Laying silent but deadly farts
16. Coughing without covering your mouth
17. Yawning and making a yawning sound as if you were totally alone and comfortable in your own house with your boxers on while you really are on a crowded train in a suit
18. Sneezing in your hand then turning a door knob with the same hand
19. Smacking your lips when you eat
20. Chewing gum really loud
21. Letting your dog poop and then not scooping it up
22. Littering
23. Speaking like a trucker at the playground
24. Smoking a cigar in a park
25. Walking down a crowded sidewalk on a rainy day with a golf sized umbrella
26. Throwing your gum on the ground
27. Make doodie and not flush a public toilet
28. Remove a bloody tampon and not flush a public toilet
29. Barf and not flush a public toilet
30. Barf on the public toilet seat
31. Pee on the public toilet seat
32. Leave a skid mark on the public toilet seat
Naysayers, all these make breastfeeding in public all fluffy puppies and rainbows, doesn’t it?
Okay, let’s have it … what can you add to this list? What do people do in public that is undeniably way more obscene than breastfeeding in public?
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really strong perfume or cologne, ass crack(man or woman) smoking right outside the entrance so my clean pure babies have to go through your cloud of toxic chemicals.
Holla to this one! Most of the people in my family are allergic to perfume, and it’s everywhere! I think most people don’t realise how strong they smell because they get used to the scent. The cure? Smell like yourself instead!
changing your baby’s diaper on the same table you eat on.
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Hahah, ewwww Michele!
Hawking loogies is repulsive to me. I find talking really loudly, often with cuss words, in waiting rooms to be seriously irritating too.
I agree with most of your list.
I’d like to add to it..
- Cutting in line
- Cutting people off with your car
- Going to a public place to eat and leaving the table covered in trash instead of being polite enough to put it all on top of your plate.
- Walking around with pants below the butt showing off underwear or boxers.
- Talking loudly on your cell phone anywhere in public but especially at a restaurant or a library or on a mode of public transportation
- Making a mess at the public bathroom sink and not cleaning it up.
- Taking your newborn on toddler with a bad attitude to a restaurant or movie theater and allowing them to scream for the entire duration of a movie or meal without handling it, thus making the entire rest of the people who are spending money to be out.. miserable.
- Hitting your children in public or berating them verbally in front of strangers.
- Laughing obnoxiously loud where it sounds like ah-hut-hut-ha!
- Walking by an elderly person who is struggling to put their groceries in their car and not offering to help them! We’ll all be elderly one day!
- Walking by a homeless person while grubbing on food.
- Being rude to someone who is doing their job just because you are having a bad day or for no reason at all.
- Teenage girls wearing shorts that could be underwear.
- Adults wearing shorts that could be underwear.
- People who use weight machines in the gym and don’t wipe their sweat off of the machine before leaving the station.
- People who walk into the locker room dripping wet after getting out of the pool or shower and don’t dry up their mess.
- People who leave their hair in the shower at the gym and don’t take a tissue and wipe it up!
- Peeing/pooping/farting in a public swimming pool or jacuzzi or beach/lake/water park, etc.
While I can think of TONS more.. I’ll end with this one..
- People who would rather let a newborn baby STARVE than be fed! It’s quite ridiculous! Men can walk around just about anywhere without a shirt on! The only reason women cannot is because of the fear of how men would react. This in and of itself isn’t fair and is a double standard. But even removing that from the equation, a baby has to eat. Period. And everyone cannot stay home 24/7 for when the baby gets hungry!
Stepping off of soapbox now
Agreed! and I’ll add that it’s unfair a woman can wear pasties over her nipples on family television (ie. Lil Kim at the Music Awards). Pasties or a baby’s mouth? I mean, really people! I’d much prefer to see a baby on a boob than a sticker!
I got one that will top your list!!!! Here in florida, I dont know WHY it is but people have an obsession with, Wait for it,….. No seriously wait for it………
Taking a dump on a bathroom floor!
Yes you read that correctly. It is most common in movie theaters and beach restrooms. It is sick and disturbing.
Just 2 weeks ago I was at the beach with my son and he had to potty, I was also babysitting so I had a stroller, So I thought what the heck, use the handicap restroom to have extra space for the stroller. ACK I almost stepped in in! It was horrid. It was like a horse or a cow shat on the floor. I dont know how a human even made a poo that big. It was terrible.
At the same time my 2 year old ended up pooping in his underwear because I refused to let him go in the bathroom. I had to clean him up and let him go underwear less due to this.
And his father runs a movie theater and someone pooped on the floor not once, not twice, not three times but like 5 times in the past 6 months. Guess who had to clean it? It is so nasty. And its not even a cheap theater, it is one that sells beer and wine, a very nice theater.
Also things that bugs me that people do in public, is men, OLD MEN, who wear a shirt meant for a child. Yakno, the ones that their boobs and belly hang out of, all of their hair and beer gut? Yeah I saw this 2 nights ago at dinner. I about lost my appetite. It was at an Outback steak house. ACK.
Anywho, just thought I’d add to your list.
Oh and we are suppose to breastfeed in these restrooms that people are shatting on the floor. get real people.
I’ve long thought that people who do numbers 2, 3, and 4 should be shuttled off the Earth to some other planet to live exclusively with other disgusting people. The snot snarfeling noise makes me want to throw up!
Seriously? I’m sorry but while I agree a mother should be able to breastfeed anywhere, you sound like a priss.
Clipping your nails is not in any way disgusting. They are nails, get over it. Spitting is not really that disgusting, however where I live it just goes into the grass. You live in NYC, and your worried about spit? How about SMOG? Y’all sound so germaphobic, that’s probably why you are always sick. My son gets dirty, doesn’t always wash his hands, I do NOT use hand sanitizer and he has never been seriously sick! He had a mild flu once during that big outbreak. Never had an ear infection, bronchitis, etc. etc. etc. So where do y’all get that being clean freaks helps? Some of your list makes total sense, but other parts you just look like, as I said, a prissy New Yorker.
I think you missed the point hun. I am from South Carolina, and my son goes dirty, uses no hand sanitizer, etc. and is perfectly fine as well. She never said these things hurt children, she said she would rather see a woman breastfeed than any of these. I mean, would you rather watch a woman feed her child, or watch an old nasty fat SOB hawk up the biggest loogy ever on the sidewalk, as you and your children walk by and gawk in disgust. That was the point my dear, common decency, not whether or not it sickens us literally!
Ugghh, this was disgusting to read! But yes, there are so many things worse than nursing in public, which is not gross or bothersome to me at all. There is nothing I hate more than the asshole who smokes a cigarette in the park, though. Hello, jackass, little kids and infants all around playing, you can’t wait? Even crackheads wait til they get home.
I heard Ina May Gaskin tell a joke that she claimed to hear from some Australians – they said they were lucky because they ended up with the convicts, but at least they didn’t get the Puritans!
I cannot get over how ridiculous we are about our bodies and natural, beautiful processes like a baby eating – HOW did that ever become something to hide or be ashamed of?
We really need to get over being such prudes – especially with all the other truly wrong and annoying crap people pull as listed above! (And I’ll go along with the too much perfume/cologne one for sure – that is one of the WORST things in the world to be around!)
~scratching your crotch
~staring/ogling at a breastfeeding woman
~making offensive comments in ear shot of children
~smoking around a pregnant woman or children
~dressing like a tramp so that more of your breast is showing than mine, the one my child is discreetly nursing on.
~making out in public (I’m not talking about a simple kiss either)
I love when people complain about breastfeeding, but not about women who don’t wear bras under their shirts (and have obvious nipples poking/showing through), have their thongs clearly showing over their pants, wear clothes too tightly or wear clothes that show their underwear in public and in family settings.
give the kid a bottle. i did not breast feed. to me it is disgusting. cows give milk. women do not need to act like a cow!
You are ignorant.
Seriously?
you are so ignorant! breastfeeding is a natuarl way to feed your baby! what do you think mothers did before that nasty formula was invented?
EDUCATE YOURSELF!!!!
Yes. That really was quite an ignorant statement. First of all, breast feeding is the most natural thing I can think of. EVERY mammal does it and, aside from taking its first breath, it’s the very first thing every mammal does. Mother’s milk is a life source. It’s full of essential amino acids, fatty acids, proteins, and antibodies that encourage brain development and strong immune systems. It also provides invaluable bonding time between mother and child that is unique to mammals (and to mothers and their children), which fosters a sense of trust, while also reducing the risk of emotiona and mental disorders later in life (like separation anxiety and sociopathy). This is where a child begins to learn compassion and love.
All that being well-established, cow’s milk is sending kids to an early grave. Cow’s milk was meant for cow’s. We are the only animals on the planet who consume the mammary excretions of other animals. It’s weird. Cow’s milk is linked to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, excess protein, cancer cell growth, seasonal allergies and food allergies, acne, asthma, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, and type 2 diabetes…so far.
Is that the alternaive to a chance nipple shot in public? Really?
Well said. And to add to that, cows are injected with extra hormones to make them produce more milk and who knows what side effects those will cause.
I totally agree with you. Absolutely true. Breastfeeding is a perfectly natural thing for a mom and her baby. It is where you establish love and trust and emotional bonding for your child. There are so many kids out there with problems and attitudes because of feeling unloved or being neglected when they were young. Children learn love from the very moment they are born. The most important times for learning trust, love, and companionship from their parent is infant to 3 years old. I think breastfeeding is a very natural part of life. Some people cant breast feed because they cant produce milk. Sometimes I wonder if those are the people who think breastfeeding in public(even if your covered up), is because they never experienced it. Maybe they feel a little sad inside that they couldnt produce the milk for their child and then they turn it into anger against the moms who do breastfeed. I dont know. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and its good to speak it, however respect needs to be shown to mothers who can provide breastmilk to their infant. Seriously, you cant just wait to feed your baby. What kind of mother is that? “Oh sweetie, I cant feed you right now. people dont like it.” That is not loving your child. A child needs to be fed and people just need to respect this issue. If they don’t like to see a mother breastfeed, then they should look the other way.
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I feel sad for you.
You are right. I am not a cow. Which means my child is not a calf. So why would I feed him something intended for a calf, when I am able to give hime something meant for a baby human?
Very well said. This is so true.
I don’t care for you very much.
Just a troll. Move along.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WERD! I’ve never heard of trolling outside of WoW!
You know nothing about breast feeding, therefore you shouldn’t make snap judgments. Breast feeding IS what is natural. Humans are the ONLY mammal that willingly drinks other animals milk. Breastfeeding is a sure way to give the best for our babies. We are strengthening their immune system, giving them all the NATURAL nourishment (formula is packed with chemicals & is NOT natural and no where close to breast milk- even if the label says so) they need, and setting them up for healthier body weight & healthier life styles as teenagers and adults. Do your research.
You know nothing about breast feeding, therefore you shouldn\’t make snap judgments. Breast feeding IS what is natural. Humans are the ONLY mammal that willingly drinks other animals milk. Breastfeeding is a sure way to give the best for our babies. We are strengthening their immune system, giving them all the NATURAL nourishment (formula is packed with chemicals & is NOT natural and no where close to breast milk- even if the label says so) they need, and setting them up for healthier body weight & healthier life styles as teenagers and adults. Do your research.
You know nothing about breast feeding, therefore you shouldn\\\’t make snap judgments. Breast feeding IS what is natural. Humans are the ONLY mammal that willingly drinks other animals milk. Breastfeeding is a sure way to give the best for our babies. We are strengthening their immune system, giving them all the NATURAL nourishment (formula is packed with chemicals & is NOT natural and no where close to breast milk- even if the label says so) they need, and setting them up for healthier body weight & healthier life styles as teenagers and adults. Do your research.
You don’t want to act like a cow but you’d prefer consumming and feeding your offspring newborn cow food than human food? Do you eat dog and cat food, too?
I did not breastfeed, but I still think Lona’s comment was ignorant. It wasn’t the right choice FOR YOU. You don’t speak for anyone else. Lay off.
As far as I’m concerned, I have no problem with breastfeeding in public as long as it is, as you said, DISCREET. However, I run a salon and had a woman FULLY EXPOSING her entire top half breastfeeding and almost 3 year old while there were other clients in our salon. I agree children do not need to be exposed to other people’s nasty habits (smoking, swearing, etc.) but some parents also wouldn’t want their kids exposed to a half naked woman in the middle of getting a haircut either.
Wow, Lorna, how ignorant can you be? It totally amazes me when people, especially WOMEN, say that breast feeding is gross or women are not cows. Our bodies are made to create, develop, and nourish children. Our breasts are part of our body for the SOLE purpose of providing nourishment for our babies. It is a beautiful and awesome gift that only we can give to our babies, and I feel so blessed that I am able to provide for my son in that way. Like Hockey Mama said, if breast feeding is not right for you, that’s fine, but breast feeding is the way babies were intended to be fed, therefore, there is absolutely nothing disgusting or gross about the act.
Very well said Carissa. I have a feeling you are very smart.
We are all allowed opinions. (My sister told me that) But as she also says, there is a way to say it and sometimes, mean opinions need to be kept to ourselves.
I was only able to breastfeed my daughter for about 6 weeks,
(if that), and it was the greatest feeling knowing that she was being provided nutrients from me and that she was given some antibodies to fight off health problems.
What a great list. As for Lona, cows milk was designed for BABY COWS. Mama’s milk was designed for babies. That is their purpose. In many parts of the world breasts are not seen as a sexual object but rather a means of childhood nourishment. In fact it is preferable to nurse over formula which may be combined with tainted water.
- booger flicking
- “snot rockets”
- people who leave mess in hotel rooms for the maids to clean up
- people who leave mess and condoms in parks
- you men who walk around with their pants under their butt because they think its stylish
- parents who allow their children to dress like tramps and thugs
people who wear clothes to tight we can see all of their anatomy
- the “naked” cowboy dancing and playing a guitar in times square!!!!
- super models on tv wearing only bras and panties that barely cover them
- Hooters girls seriously half their body is being covered!!!
- billboard ads with half naked women and men
there are so many more i could add to this list!!!!
“give the kid a bottle. i did not breast feed. to me it is disgusting. cows give milk. women do not need to act like a cow!”
No you have it all wrong! Cows need to stop acting like humans!
Blowing ones nose at a restaurant..ew!
Love this list! I’m sure there are tons more that I could add to this but I think most of the other posters covered it all.
Also, while I do not breastfeed my baby girl, I really wish I could. Alas, my body just didn’t cooperate with my desires. Unfortunately some women are incapable of breastfeeding and, being one of them, I thank God for the invention of that “nasty” formula (as a previous poster called it). I do not at all agree with Lona – her’s was a very ignorant comment. But, as a non-breastfeeding mom, I’ve received equally ignorant comments about my feeding method from breastfeeding moms. I think both sides need to be a bit more open-minded about the ways we feed our babies and keep their ignorant comments to themselves.
You are so right! Although I breastfed and support it 100%, I also had things happen than required me to stop nursing before I had planned and switch to formula. I have heard ignorant comments from both sides and received judgemental looks when nursing AND when bottle feeding in public. A mother should never feel judged for feeding her child no matter what method she chooses, she is doing the best she can to provide nutrition for her child and that is what gets lost in all of this. People need to be more tolerant of their fellow man, period.
I agree, and I also thing that people here are taking the article out of context. The point of the article was to show that their are nastier things out there than breast feeding, not to take sides or have a debate, just to note what all society does in public that is gross, yet breastfeeding is ridiculed. I do not feel anyone should judge a woman’s methods of parenting, unless of course they cause harm and such. Good addition to the discussion!
Thank you Jennifer! I breastfed my daughter for 7 weeks, and then pumped for 2 1/2 more months. I dreamed of breastfeeding her for at least a year but that did not work and I would not have survived if not for that “nasty” formula. Every time I see a breastfeeding mother I get a little sad, wishing it would have happened for me, hopefully with the next kiddo.
Don’t lose hope. I had difficulty breast feeding my first one and had to switch to formula after two weeks, but i have had no such difficulty with my second, who is now six months old and still breastfeeding.
I didn’t see ‘chewing with your mouth open’ unless I missed it.
It’s absolutely vile.
Blaring your music in your car so loud that the bass rattles tables in nearby houses/restaurants. One of the rudest things you can do. Yes, everyone realizes you are SO cool and you listed to cool music. Go pat yourself on the back for needing to reassure yourself of your coolness so badly that you woke up my baby and myself at 2am when you drove home drunk from the clubs.
What about extreme PDA in public? People getting intimate in public places grosses me out far more than feeding a baby ever possibly could.
Blaring your music in your car so loud that the bass rattles tables in nearby houses/restaurants. One of the rudest things you can do. Yes, everyone realizes you are SO cool and you listed to cool music. Go pat yourself on the back for needing to reassure yourself of your coolness so badly that you woke up my baby and myself at 2am when you drove home drunk from the clubs…..
Sorry for the double post – it claimed that the code was wrong the first time I did not think that it had posted.
Spraying sunscreen in public places so that everyone around you has to breathe in and walk through the horrible chemicals….. that ultimately stop your body from being able to absorb vitamin D. I’m horribly allergic and live right next to Disney. I’ve had hives under my skin for over a year now.
Wow, what a bunch of judgemental people we have here! I work in a nursing home and have learnt that our bodies are meant to poop and pee and fart and burp. Those are all natural bodily functions that are a rather healthy and necessary part of being human. And not everyone is able to control all of them all the time.
Yes, some of those things are discusting and uncalled for, but did it ever occure to you that it might have been left by a disabled person who was unable to make it to the toilet on time or to get any help? Yes, some of them may have been practicle jokes, (5 times in a theatre is a bit much) but it could also be someone far less perfect than any of you who truly could not help themselves.
“Wherever you may be, let your air be free.”
Good point made by Telula especially. Thank you, I hadn’t considered it being a handicapped or disabled person.
And, for what it’s worth, as babies become more active, NIP does become somewhat of a struggle keeping yourself discreet and covered up. My LO is 10 months old and likes to sip, look around, snuggle up again and repeat. Makes it hard to stay covered up AND still accommodate her needs! So, if someone sees something they don’t want to, well, I didn’t want to flash anyone either
Laura, funny you say that about not wanting to flash the goods either…
When I first started nursing I will admit that it was a little awkward in public just trying to keep myself concealed and at the same time not distract my child from the task at hand. Anyway, my husband always seemed so worried about my modesty. He’d draw so much attention to us by holding up a blanket, or whatever that finally we had to have a talk.
Just as you so simply stated, I assured him that, ‘I don’t want to give anyone a peep show anymore than you want me to.’ Once that was settled, we came to an easy understanding
I can think of only three uber-disgusting things I think are worse than a woman breastfeeding in public:
War
Bullying
Parents being hateful and hurtful to their kids as a “form of punishment” (and this dislike of mine is not limited to public displays. Having had a very controlling, abusive grandmother, I think people who know parents who do this to their kids should call CPS on the abusive parental units, pronto!)
Couples fighting loudly, in public or private. It is not that I think couples don’t or shouldn’t have disagreements–as I am in a relationship and HAVE had disagreements with my beloved–but come on–solve your differences like grown-ups with logic and loving statements, not like kindergartners in the sandbox with egos raging full-tilt! Jeez!
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Things I would MUCH RATHER see than the above disgusting things, and why:
1) Couples engrossed in PDA–at least they are passionately loving each other and not at each other’s throats. “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love…it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of..” Personally, I think more people need to do this sort of thing…yeah, it’s intimate, and society teaches us that voyeurism is somehow bad…but I watch a couple getting romantic and I can’t help but be happy for them…and maybe the more people do this, the more people will be inspired to be more loving, too…even in non-romantic ways.
2) Women breastfeeding, discreetly or not. Like all the others have said, it IS a beautiful thing…true, not all women can do this due to physical problems, but why condemn those that do? The only problem our society has with breastfeeding is that over the years, breasts have become a sexual object. Who started it? Not entirely sure, but I do know that, for some reason, someone started judging the human body as a “sinful” thing just because it was of earth and not of “heaven” or “God,” which is a pretty dumb argument when one considers that the Creator made human beings to begin with, and planned our physical forms as they are–so how could our human bodies possibly be “bad”? We need to re-examine these puritanical ideas and toss them out the window–YESTERDAY–because frankly, it’s screwing up our relationship to our bodies as well as our mental, emotional and spiritual selves.
3) Parents being kind and loving to their children, even when telling their children ‘no’ for the umpteenth time. Seriously…I speak from experience when I say that kindness and love wins the day far more than being loud and authoritarian. Note that I did not say “permissiveness.” My parents were far from being overly permissive. They set boundaries and reinforced them with most things. If I wanted something–usually a stuffed animal–they’d say, “maybe for Christmas. birthday or Easter, dear.” But this was always said with love. Yeah, I’m probably one of the lucky ones that way, but imagine what would happen if ALL parents took the time to be peaceful and loving with their kids? They might actually get peaceful, loving kids as a result…;-)
LOVE THIS!!! So sharing!!
Check out the woman in purple here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjhUyGR3m_Q
Now why can’t I breast feed, if that woman is on a family program, the music awards?
First let me state that I have BF 4 babies and all of them in public at some point.
There is however a very big difference between something being obscene and something that we just find to be gross and disgusting. I don’t like seeing women in skimpy bikinis anymore than I like to see a BF mom with everything hanging out. At some point there needs to be some level of respect for those around you. It is more than possible to nurse without the girls completely hanging out for the world to see. It does make some people uncomfortable. Is it that hard to show respect for those around us?
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–adjective
1.
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
2.
causing uncontrolled sexual desire.
3.
abominable; disgusting; repulsive.
Just saying, it’s appropriate here. Not different.
And yes, we’re not saying a woman needs to remove her entire shirt to breastfeed… however there’s no denying that often even a modest woman is treated like she’s done so. And no one can tell a woman how she should dress, other than that woman herself, and the law.
As a health care professional, the worst is folks using the rest room and not washing their hands with soap and warm water. Not only are they putting themselves at risk of contracting e-coli, they’re spreading all their “potty germs” for the rest of us. Come on people, didn’t your momma teach you anything? Oh, that and spitting, EEWWEE!!!
Here’s one for you:
I was working in a real estate office when the brokers husband walked in and started up a conversation with me. No sooner did I start to respond when he grabbed his private, did a one leg lift manuver and shifted, what I can only assume was his package, to a more comfortable position. Once satisfied with that new position, he gave his leg a little shake to jostle things a bit and never missed a beat in response to my reply. After this move, I was somewhat dumbstruck and had no Clue how to respond.
On a slightly different note…
What about when someone picks a wedgie? You know, pinching their fingers around their underwear, in a firm grip, and yanking them down into position. Eww! Pray they get it situated the first time, because if not, it’s almost guaranteed they’ll go at it again until satisfied.
By the way…
Clipping nails in a small, populated area with a lack of ventilation and little elbow room (like a subway) is, in my opinion, inappropriate. First, eww to the body waste being scattered in a ‘fall where it may’ manner. Second, have you ever caught a clipping in the eye? If so, you’ll know how instantly painful it can be, unsanitary and potentially damaging to the eye to remove. Lastly, it’s just as disgusting to clip your nails in small, inescapable, public places, as it is to trim nose hair or pick, examine, and flick boogers in public.
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Great list, but it seems to infer that breastfeeding is a lesser of these obscene acts,
But its not even in an obscene category. Nothin wrong with being discreet for the sake of
Sexually abused ppl who have body issues, perverts, teen boys or whoever else might be hyper sensitive.
If breast feeding your baby in public is natural and beautiful, then you wouldn’t mind two people making love in the park, or making out next to you on the subway, or walking around naked as God intended. Those are beautiful acts too. I think women who breast feed in public can maybe be a little more discreet about it by putting a blanket over their exposed breast, or something of that nature. Unless when your child is older, you wouldn’t mind them seeing two people getting in on next to them…i don’t want to see breastfeeding next to me. I know it’s a natural act to feed your baby, but you have to have some sense too. Go someplace more private than the park or across from me in a restaurant while I’m eating. To people without children, this act is NOT natural, appealing or OK in some places. Take into consideration other people.
except the big difference in these two cases (‘love making’ and breastfeeding) is that one involves two adults having ‘fun’, the other an adult and child needing nourishment. making love is not a necessity for the two adults. eating, for the baby, surely is.
This is great and I completly agree cept that it implys that breastfeeding in public is obscene at all by saying something is more obscene
I recently did a course in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Did you know that in some cultures the following activities are considered obscene:
blowing one’s nose in public (one should only do that in private so sniffling instead is perfectly acceptable)
wearing thongs (flip-flops to north Americans) or no shoes in public (unless it’s the beach)
wearing a sleeveless blouse or dress in a professional environment, regardless of one’s position in the organisation
washing the dishes in a sink full of water (they wash each individual item under running water because it’s seen as more hygienic)
There are cultural mores to most activities.
Well, breast feeding in public is embarrassing but, its a role of a mother. Whenever wherever the baby is hungry the mother should be ready for that without any hesitation. I guess its quite embarrassing when its your first time to breast feed in public.