Breast Mystery

[dotinthesky]

Yesterday, on Bank station's busy platform, a baby begins to cry. The mother, to my right, picks up the baby, sits down, and gives her tit to the baby for a feed. Incongruous looks from some commuters (it doesn't bother me).

To my left, a 17-year-old blonde builder opens his copy of The Sun, right on the page 3 girl, and stares at her breasts as if his life depends on it.

Comments

[sparklielizard.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my world :-/

What gets me particularly is that over Christmas The Sun ran a "fashion" article predicting breastfeeding in public would be "out" this year, and to put it away. It was written by a woman as well.

Breasts

[mirple.livejournal.com]

I thought your post was clever. why do people (not myself) find breast feeding, one of the most natural things in the world, offensive, but gratuitous displays, such as page three of the sun, acceptable. it is totally confused!

[steer.livejournal.com]

I must admit it's slightly uncomfortable when friends do it -- but only because you're supposed to look at someone you're talking to but not stare at their breasts. But it is sort of fascinating to watch a baby feed. I always worry I might slightly cross that line from looking to staring. :-)

[kixie.livejournal.com]

Gosh, that's miserable.

[amberholic.livejournal.com]

It's ironic... Boobs are on display everywhere but as soon as they're there for a practical reason, everyone suddenly gets all conservative.

[violentlyhappy.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Oh the paradox of it all.

[izzybees]

When my sister picked me up at the airport there was a woman openly breastfeeding her child, and not only did my sister express disgust on the scene but for days afterward. She just could not get over it.

It didn't bother me at all!

[aeonflux.livejournal.com]

Over here, as well, people have a thing about public breastfeeding. In my Gender and Human Sexuality class we've been discussing how motherhood is one of the most idealized, yet least appreciated roles for women. So apparently being a mother is the highest thing a woman can do, but she should do it where it won't bother anyone else...or maybe that seclusion is part of its appeal for society, because then she won't be out there voting and driving the market and changing the status quo. Sorry, this is me, stepping off my soapbox. But really, would people prefer that babies go hungry? If that's the rule, then we should ban public restaurants--no public eating for anyone!

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

the obvious solution to further the story would be to switch the 17 year old lad and the baby. just a thought.

::runs away quickly before someone throws a chair at me::

[inottofogava.livejournal.com]

Во-во, я согласен с предыдущем оратором! )) Если хошь, то можно встретиться. Со мной не заскучаешь! )

[chris---scott.livejournal.com]

Wonder how they would react if I pulled out a magazine to stare at ;-)