Story Published:
Jun 28, 2005 at 10:06 AM PST
Story Updated:
Jul 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM PST
SEATTLE - If I have to explain what I meant, I said it wrong to begin with.
That's bad form. (Read the earlier commentary here)
So there I was with some 150 women telling me how discouraging it was to hear that I'd compared breast-feeding in public to peeing in a jar at the mall.
My central point was that women should be more modest when nursing in that mall, or at a restaurant, or anywhere out in public; that popping out a breast without regard for the people around them is rude.
Women defend such actions by proclaiming: "It's natural."
Hence, my reference to that other "natural" act.
Didn't work.
The more militant women I met at Seattle Center on Monday said they don't give a flip about modesty.
They don't care where the bra comes off, who's around, what they see, or who it makes uncomfortable.
Other women said that men have to evolve and give up seeing breasts as being sometimes something sexual.
Riiight.
Nothing delusional about that.
Wanting to be sure I'm clear here, I'll use concise sentences.
Women should be encouraged to breast-feed.
Breast-feeding is good -- for the baby, and the mom.
But women should be discouraged from being exhibitionists.
A little modesty in public goes a long way.
And if you have to pee, don't say so in front of nursing moms.
Seems to get them really riled up.
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