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Originally Posted by shakran
Trouble is, the "biological need" argument doesn't fly. Unless, of course, I can now pee on park benches because I have a biological need to urinate and why should I have to go to a special room to do it?
I agree that our society is too hung up over our bodies, but the argument in here should be "can women be topless in public?" The kid has nothing to do with it. Having a kid does not entitle you to special privledges. IMO if it's OK to see a man's chest in public, then adding some fat cells under the nipples should not require the person to put on a shirt.
But there are entirely too many people who say "yes, everyone else has to comply with societal norms, but I have a BABY and that means I'm exempt!" If a woman with a kid can expose her breast in public, then a childless woman should be able to as well.
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Peeing is unsanitary. That is the main reason we don't do it in public. In not too distant past, men would urinate wherever they felt the need. We soon discovered that it was poisoning our water supply and making a stink that was not to be tolerated. We moved it off to toilets (public toilets were once an essential part of a thriving city... today, not so much).
A woman breastfeeding is not walking around topless. Most women who do it are reasonably discreet about it. Any issue that arises from this very natural act generally arise from the person seeing it... A woman breastfeeding is about as erotic as a man peeing.
Women walking around topless is another issue entirely and has no bearing (sorry for the pun) on the issue of breastfeeding.