On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Saying that I feel indiscreet public
> breastfeeding is unnecessary in most cases and that discreet public
> breastfeeding is not a bad thing either, does not constitute a discriminatory
> act nor is it a support of any discriminatory action.  It's a personal
> opinion.  How one choses to infer meaning from my words is not something I
> can help and I do NOT want my views related to those inferences.

I have no problem with saying that breastfeeding can be done discreetly in
most cases.  I give advice on that issue frequently.  I have no problem
with a woman who wants to nurse discreetly herself.  What I have a problem
with is saying that other people have a right not to see a woman who by
preference or by necessity does not nurse discreetly.  There is no such
right, and I can nurse my toddler (who makes discreet nursing difficult if
not impossible) in public without harrassment only because other women who
came before me just did it regardless of who they might offend.  If they
were to have simply waited until they received society's blessing, we
would still be waiting.

Mary Conner

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