I want to echo Jennifer's thoughts on this.  If a powerful company, industry, or institution is 
flagrantly and persistently stepping on some basic human or civil rights, and not responding to 
rational arguments for change, then a rational, ethical thing to do is call attention by way of 
protest or demonstration.

Two or three sales people being rude, unprofessional and unhelpful do no reflect a corporate 
policy.  It seems that stories of bad treatment of breastfeeding moms at VS resonates with the 
lactivist community because it makes such a good story that a company that dresses up women's 
breasts and sells them back to them would object to breastfeeding.  

In other words, the case against VS is attractive, but not compelling.  If, however, breastfeeding 
moms want to use this flimsy case to try to get their message to the media that maybe we should 
support breastfeeding more and breast sexualization less, then maybe, as some have written on 
this list, that is not such a bad thing.

I'm still a breastfeeding mom who deals with the challenges of breastfeeding a 3-yr.-old in public 
in a country where that isn't done.  I also have put myself out there in a very public way in support 
of various controversial causes.  I think it is a mistake to assume that those of us debating the 
efficacy of a particular form of protest in a particular situation are out of touch with or 
unsupportive of breastfeeding mothers who want to organize for change.


Kerry Ose

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