Make it up? I HAVE nursed at Hooters - however I have never applied for a job there so that might be the difference. I can't imagine why you would think I was saying something positive about Hooters. Nursing in the places that harass nursing mothers is MY way of harassing those places. Nobody made anything up here! I think that since I am a nursing mother, a sometimes lactation educator (when it is called for in my work setting as a NICU nurse) and a breastfeeding advocate, it is my responsibility for as long as I am nursing to DO what I tell other mothers THEY can do and that is breastfeed in public. That doesn't mean doing it in a glaring way that exposes everything, only doing it in the way I am comfortable. I do keep my self covered with whatever I am wearing, but I add no blankets or other covers. If I am having lunch at Hooters and my baby is hungry, why WOULDN'T I feed him there? Why wouldn't I feed him wherever I am when he is hungry? By retreating to the bathrooms or the car to nurse, all I would be doing is contributing to the message that breastfeeding is not normal and must be done in hiding. That isn't the message *I*, or most of us, would want to send to other mothers (or anyone for that matter). When I am done nursing my child, I can still continue to encourage other moms to do the same. Collective thinking and attitudes are not just changed by what we say, they are changed in greater part by what we DO, by the example we set everywhere we are. The world is full of visual learners who do not hear anything we have to say. If seeing a breastfeeding woman in public was so common most people - even the ones deigned to harass - would shrug and walk on, in much the same way we have been shrugging and heading to the bathroom when the baby is hungry for years. Michelle Meeks, RN *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html