Exhibitionists?

Let me just get this out of the way first:

1) I am not a prude.
2) A mother breastfeeding her baby is a perfectly natural thing to do -- God made us that way.

Now for the point of this post:

Have you heard about the "Big Latch On"? It was a synchronized breastfeeding event held by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. Evidently, they got a bunch of lactating women to get together in very public places to have a big nurse-in. There was a photo in the paper of this woman at the Dallas City Hall event raising her hand to indicate to the organizers that her kid was "latched on." Hallie, the mother, sports big ornate tattoos across her shoulders and down her upper arms. I do hope she's not passing along hepatitis to her little boy. 

Breastfeeding in public doesn't offend me if the mother is discreet. I am, however, offended by women who flop out the boob in front of God and man right at the restaurant dinner table. I am also offended by the ones who make no attempt to cover up even when other people's children (or my husband and other men) are close by.

"But it's a natural function," these brassy women proclaim. Yes, it's a natural function, but so is eliminating our bodily wastes, and we don't do that in public.

And I am most certainly offended by a "synchronized," "let's all bare our chests together" event. That is not about feeding a hungry infant. That's about being an exhibitionist. If you want to do something synchronized, join a swim team.

"World Breastfeeding Week." The Dallas Morning News; August 3, 2013; p. 2B.