Universal Orlando apologizes for breast feeding encounter

I'm all for anarchy, public breast feeding for all! ;)

I like what some places have/do, they offer a private, quiet setting to nurse and direct people to there instead of yelling at them or such.

I still don't get why anyone would be offended. It's NOT anything even REMOTELY offensive, let alone "sexual." Then again some people obviously see it that way and I think that's sick.

They have made a fuss about it here in Charleston several times. I mean who cares? She's feeding her baby! Get over it.

I mean it's just a BOOB! Are some people THAT immature that they have to make a fuss? I mean come on, GROW UP! It goes BEYOND repression. It's just ignorance.

-Tina

*** This post was edited by coasterqueenTRN 11/3/2007 4:17:19 PM ***

(Edit) 11/3/2007 8:20:56 PM
And welcome to 1876...Oh wait, no - it's 2007 - WTF is wrong with a mother doing the most natural thing on the planet with her child? Tell you what, the first person to open a gas and milk station is onto a winner - just plug the gas pump into the car, plug mom into baby via pump and give the little blighter a half a gallon of semi-skimmed - not sure what the tax on that would be though...Of course this conversation wouldn't even be happening if the world was like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTe_zBg1uT8

Heaven forbid some of you guys see something really horrific like a disabled person using crutches in public - they should be locked away from public view. Or exterminated - maybe that'd make y'all feel better ;)

-Jimvy! (he's baaaaack...)

ps - Jeff, LOL @ lactivists! Brill!

And frankly, if I had a kid and they saw a woman breastfeeding and questioned it I would tell them the truth.....that they ARE breastfeeding and it was totally natural and acceptable and to not listen to repressed/fanatical aholes.

-Tina

*** This post was edited by coasterqueenTRN 11/3/2007 4:34:49 PM ***

Just one other thought that occurred to me - how many of the guys here being hysterically outraged at a woman feeding a child in public is quite happy to log onto certain websites or visit certain establishments to get a kick out of seeing those very same breasts?

Personally I can take the moral high ground here. Well at least when it comes to girly breasts - a nice pair of pecs is another matter ;)

-Jimvy!

I could care less about where and when women breast feed.
If they want to feed in public, let them.

Now if they'd tried feeding on a Rotor or Round-Up, that'd be a totally differant thing.

and yes, I saw a woman with a baby strapped to her at a fair several years ago riding rides...

So, when people expect others to use discretion and tact when in public, they're automatically "repressed, fanatical, sick, immature, ignorant, sexually repressed and emotionally insecure"?

I didn't see anyone in this entire thread say they were "appalled" or "hysterically outraged" by the woman breastfeeding in public. No one said she shouldn't be allowed to do it either. They were just saying the woman should have some couth and covered up a little. It's as simple as that. You guys can pull the right-wing Christian group or sexually repressed weirdo cards all you want. But, you're the ones blowing it out of proportion.

Some people respect others and some people don't. I'm pretty sure it comes down to that.

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Some people respect others and some people don't. I'm pretty sure it comes down to that.

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Agreed. So, why not just respect a woman's right to feed her child...

...even if you might have to see a boobie in the process. :)

Just like they would tell us in school, if we ever got caught eating candy; "Did you bring enough for everyone?"

Well I think the same principal could apply here, If she brought enough for everyone then whats the problem.

Boobies are VERY VERY overrated anyway. Sheesh. ;)

-Tina

Speak for yourself! :)

-Tambo

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So, when people expect others to use discretion and tact when in public, they're automatically "repressed, fanatical, sick, immature, ignorant, sexually repressed and emotionally insecure"?

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One of those things, yeah, probably, if they think that breast feeding is something that requires "discretion" or "tact." It's breast feeding, not public defecation.

That's where the real disconnect here is. What about breast feeding is offensive that women shouldn't do it in a public place? I've yet to see anyone explain that.

I've yet to see anyone say women shouldn't do it in a public place. Maybe that's where your disconnect is.

It's the nudity associated with the breast feeding not the act itself that warrants discretion. Nudity for even the noblest of reasons is still nudity. And nudity is not a readily accepted thing (or even legal in many cases) in public places in the US.

But hey, I'm one of a few who believes infants of that age don't need to be brought to places like Universal in the first place.

Well if people aren't saying they shouldn't do it in a public place, then why are they saying anything?

If nudity is the problem, why? I can walk around shirtless as a man, and many overweight men have larger breasts than "athletic" women. To me, that's gross.

But at what point do you stop demoninzing the naked form? A lot of tribal cultures still walk around half-naked. Why do we consider that so "uncivilized?" It's like we're stuck in 18th century Europe or something.

You see no more of a woman when breastfeeding than you see of the women at the waterpark - and that assumes no discretion at all.

I agree, there is an inconsistency in the "rules" that apply to men and women in that regard. But that's not the only inconsistency on this subject.

Quite frankly, I think having laws against indecent exposure that entail my walking around without my shirt being against the law unless I am breast feeding a child is extremely incongruent. The laws passed to protect a woman's right to breast feed in public were created to encourage a social acceptance of it. But it's hard to get my head around the idea that a naked breast is only acceptable if a child is nursing on it.

I believe getting right about that is the place to start for the cultural changes you suggest.

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Jeff said:
Well if people aren't saying they shouldn't do it in a public place, then why are they saying anything?

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halltd said:
Unlike the intro to this news story, the woman was not asked to stop breast feeding. She was simply asked to cover up.

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Jeff said:
If nudity is the problem, why? I can walk around shirtless as a man...

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As far as I know, you're not allowed to walk around Universal Studios or Islands of Adventure without a shirt.

halltd: Apparently you haven't been to Universal/IOA... they really could care less about a guy walking around shirtless. You also seemed to have missed the part about the park apologizing for the error. That means, the park admitted it and/or its employees were wrong and should not have said anything.

to others: Have you actually ever seen a woman breastfeeding? I know in my case it jars me for a second and then I think to myself, how wonderful, how amazing, what courage it must take to do the right thing and feed a child naturally. Try to find a secluded spot at Universal/IOA... they don't exist.

Stop Staring.

Depending on when you are there, secluded spots do exist at Universal/IOA. We were there this past late January with my then 5 month old son. He needed to eat and we found a nice secluded area surrounded by bushes, etc. My wife started feeding him and I went to do (?? can't remember, maybe just chasing after our daughter). When I got back and my wife was done, she commented that after I left, person after person came into the area and started smoking. Yep, the secluded spot we found was a smoking section! My wife noticed the sign when she left, and figured that explained the stares she was getting--"She's feeding her baby in the SMOKING section?" We were more careful where she fed him after that.

My wife has never had a problem breastfeeding in the parks or other public places we go. I don't know what this lady was doing, but the response by Universal--surrounding her with security, makes you wonder if they have a clue about the world we live in. Someone in that pack of employees should have realized the in-your-face breastfeeding zealots would make this public and put them in their place. Apparently this hasn't made it into sensitivity training yet.