put your tits away

[Skyryder]

For the guys out there remember breastfeeding is the natural contraceptive. It's free and it works.

Skyryder

[jrandom]

For the guys out there remember breastfeeding is the natural contraceptive. It's free and it works.

NO IT F#$*ING BLOODY WELL DOESN'T!

[inlinefour]

For the guys out there remember breastfeeding is the natural contraceptive. It's free and it works.

Skyryder

That would have to be the most misinformed load of shyte that I have ever come accross. Of course a woman can get bloody pregnant while breastfeeding!

[babyB]

why is it that people can be offended by woman doing what nature intended?
should you then also be pointing the finger at other animal species ie; cows horses gorillas, they all feed young in fill veiw (amongst other things).....ok so we watch animal documentries should they then also be rated R18?

ok so you think other mamals are different & cant be compared to woman brestfeeding in public...every one is intitaled to their own opinion...nature should be as nature intended.
BUT what gets me is who was it that put their head under a cow & suckled from its udder??? now that is so unnatural & sick....like humans are the only mammal on earth who arnt weaned off milk.....isant society a little screwed up???

[Krusti]

Honestly can't see what all the fuss is about....Any law that makes parenting easier is fine by me...we are not forcing women to breast feed in public it just takes away some of the guilt for those who want or need to.

[Ms Piggy]

Heh. Refer to my earlier comments regarding fathers-in-law, coffee-making and not thinking too hard about what 'that' might be in the fridge...

Yes well I guess a baby bottle & a milk bottle do look exactly the same don't they!

[Ms Piggy]

Slightly off topic here, but who ever said NZ was a liberal society?

I was...well I wasn't actually referring to N.Z specifically, I was meaning society in general.

There are plenty of conservatives here. It might not be total Nazi-ville, hopefully a nice middle ground. We want to liberalise some things, i.e. this breast feeding in public issue, and at the same time legislate the hell out of running a business, i.e. the holidays act, or how someone can run their pub, i.e. the pub smoking ban.

Yes there are some conservative regulations but then look down the street and can see a myriad of people that maybe even 10 years ago wouldn'y have been accepted. A lot of stuff that used to be unacceptable is now mainstream - such as tatoos, piercings. Thats more what I was meaning. I mean we allow people to walk down the street with metal in their face for eg but, some people get upset about a woman doing what is an act that is about as natural as you can get ie. feeding a baby.

Not having kids but knowing others who do, I would doubt there are many women out there who "flop their tit out & wave it around" kinda thing.

It actually sounds like you're agreeing with me anyway.

[ManDownUnder]

A LAW IS BEING PASSED TO MAKE BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC OK.HOW CAN THIS BE NEWS? HOW CAN ANYONE TAKE OFFENCE AT BREAST FEEDING, IT SHOULD NEVER BE AN OFFENCE FOR ANY LADY TO TAKE HER TITS OUT IN PUBLIC OR A MALL WHEATHER FEEDING A BABY OR JUST ENTERTAINING PEOPLE.THIS ISSUE DOESNT NEED A SELECT COMIITTEE SOME COMPLAINING ASS JUST NEEDS A SLAP

I'm worried that I agree with this... but I do ask - what law?

Who's put it forward and why. It's one thing to winj (sic) about it in here but get in touch with those in power and let them know about it. They're they only ones with the clout to do something about it.

MDU

[ManDownUnder]

For the guys out there remember breastfeeding is the natural contraceptive. It's free and it works.

Skyryder

Yup it's free... and as for working... ummm...

I'd look up the stats on that one and compare it to something a little more effective (rubber, "NO", or the snip).

I don't think it really rates...

[jrandom]

Yes well I guess a baby bottle & a milk bottle do look exactly the same don't they!

He thought it was pre-made-up formula, and we had run out of moo milk, I think, so he decided to use it instead.

Green-tinged faces and general hilarity ensued once his error was discovered.

[ManDownUnder]

Yup it's free... and as for working... ummm...

I'd look up the stats on that one and compare it to something a little more effective (rubber, "NO", or the snip).

I don't think it really rates...

At the risk of correcting myself...

http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/factsh...astfeeding.htm

98% effective (which actually DOES rate with the aforementioned options, excepting "NO")
MDU

[jrandom]

98% effective (which actually DOES rate with the aforementioned options, excepting "NO")
MDU

Well, say hello to the other 2%, then.

[MSTRS:Me]

Well, say hello to the other 2%, then.

There goes the old "exception proves the rule". Unless you thought that if you were breastfed that you'd be rendered temporarily 'safe'? pt

[Deano]

As above...comes down to inconsistencies in 'what is considered appropriate'. The same people who want to promote public breast feeding and say "if you don't like it, don't look" are often the same people who put pressure on the censorship board to ban violent films and games, when they should simply "not watch/play them".

Not me - I love watching violent movies and playing violent games.

[Lias]

From a purely male hormonal point of view, I say bring on the boobies.

From a more rational point of view I see nothing wrong with breast feeding in public, most of the time you see less cleavage being displayed by a breast feeding mother than by half the dirty slappers around.