>
>I'm having trouble understanding why people feel that an exhibition about
>sex shouldn't be off limits to children.  Obviously, a 5 month old isn't
>going to care about or be offended by or even notice the content of the
>exhibition, but that seems to me to be beside the point.  Should a nursing 5
>year old be allowed to go in?  What if parents want to take their 8 year old
>and 4 year old?  Should they be allowed to, or can the organizers say "no
>children" and enforce that rule?  Children under 21 aren't allowed in bars
>in the United States, whether they are 19 years old and have a fake ID or
>whether they are nursing babes in mother's arms.  Adults only means adults
>only.  This is a voluntary exhibition, right, not a job or an educational
>opportunity.  Why is this an issue?
>
Sometimes bureaucrats get a little crazy.  A few years ago my cousin was not
allowed to wheel her baby in a stroller through the gambling part of a
casino to meet her husband in the restaurant, because children are not
permitted for premises licensed for gambling.  She had to go the long way
via the road.


Lesley McBurney
Brisbane, Australia
NMAA Breastfeeding Counsellor (Clayfield/Wilston Group, Qld)
Publications Revision & New Publications Working Groups
Admin Assistant, NMAA Qld Branch office
International Conference Registrations Committee
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