Mothers against Facebook breast-feeding ban

Breastfeeding may be a "perfectly natural" act but so is using the bathroom and I don't do that in public either.  

Hmmm, showing you love your baby....then why not post pictures of yourself changing baby's poopy diapers or vomit covered clothes? After all, urinating, defecating , and vomiting are natural body functions too, and they are certainly necessary for baby's health. And doesn't cleaning up your baby after one of these functions show how much you love your baby too?

Personally, I think the only reason these mommies show off the pictures of themselves is to show the world they are perfect little mommies. And that the rest of us who either don't nurse or choose to do it modestly aren't perfect little mommies. Call me old fashioned, but I don't like watching other peoples bodily functions and I certainly don't want others watching mine.

I don't think facebook is banning the pictures particularly because they hate breastfeeding mothers or pictures of such, they probably have the rule simply to stay clear of any legal trouble this could create. If I had such a website, I would put this buffer in place as well.

I have two children that I nursed when they were infants.  I never had the slightest inclination to nurse in public however.  I didn't think it necessary then and still don't.  It is a natural thing but so is going to the bathroom and I don't do that in public either!!

Facebook is still primarily for children/teenagers.  I don't know why anyone feels they need to post a picture of themselves nursing their child on the site.  I respect Facebook for standing up to another radical group determined to shove their ideas down everyone else's throat.

i'm grabbing my wifes breasts in anger!!!!!!!!

It is backwards. Women breast feeding is the natural thing and should be commended. What should be condemned are advertisements of breasts that arouse male biological sexual responses and cause masturbation, which effects end up in the water supply. Also make-up should be baned as well because that ends up in the water supply and may contribute towards babies becoming gay and decreased sperm counts in males. Women breast feeding - yes, advertising using breasts as a sells tool - no.  Lets get nature right. 

I don't think breastfeeding is obscene, but I have to wonder....... WHY would anyone WANT to post pictures of themselves breastfeeding on the internet?????

The world would be healthier if everyone breastfed, and more women would breast feed if they weren't  programmed to be uncomfortable about showing a bit of their breasts when doing so.

In less puritanical, judgmental cultures, people are evolved enough to not gasp at the image of a baby feeding in the manner that God intended.

The hypocricy is astounding, a thong is okay, breasts exposed in a push-up bra or thru a shirt is okay, but let a mother lovingly nurture her baby and THAT is cause for BANISHMENT!!

Facebook should be ashamed. And so should those of you who think I should nurse my baby while sitting in a filthy public restroom on a toilet.  I don't eat in a toilet stall and I won't feed my baby there either.  GROW UP and avert your eyes if you are so bothered by nature.  Next thing you know you'll be insisting on putting panties on dogs because THEIR genitals offend your puritan sensibilities!

This cracks me up.

It's not about breastfeeding.  It's about the types of pictures you post on the internet. 

What is the difference between this photo and the one of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding on the magazine cover?

I can see the argument from both sides.  But the particular photo in Facebook bothered me....not because of the breast, but because of the look on the mother's face (if that was the mother at all.....hmm?)

America and its mid-victorian ideals even today. get a grip.

I breastfed both my kids and am pro breastfeeding. But there are no other circumstances in which anyone would feel it was appropriate to whip out a breast in full view of others. Just because you plan to attach a baby to the end of it doesn't change the fact that most people do NOT want to see your boobs, either live or photographically. Everyone I know fully supports a woman's right to breastfeed their babies - they just don't want it to turn into a spectator sport! Discretion seems to be an old-fashioned concept, but if it was used a little more people would complain a little less.

I am a mother of two and in my opinion there isn't a better way to feed your child. There are a lot of small minded people that find this sick or gross and all I can say is grow up. The best thing for baby is breastfeeding. Photos of a mother breastfeeding are beautiful if you view them for what they are, a mother giving to her child. The last thing the world needs to worry about are this. There is a war going on people!! Mind your own damn business and leave us women alone! Remember that most of the people that @!$%# about it were more than likely breastfed as an infant. Photos can be tastefully done so it's captured just right and make it a wonderful photo for a baby book or other things. No I don't find it wrong to post photos of you breastfeeding a child. I do think that a woman should have the choice to put her photos of her body up there if she would like to do so. I do find that men/women that find this sick or gross need to open their mind a bit and see that it has nothing to do with sexual attention and that God made our bodies to carry and feed our children.

Wow--some of the comments I have seen from the pro breast feeders are pretty shocking---to think that you are raising children & talking (posting) the way you have here.

I have three children-breast fed them all for a while---thought it was wonderful that I could nourish my children myself--knew it was the best for my babies--BUT--I would not expose myself breastfeeding my child intentionally---why would I?!  Why would any mother? 

Ta ta's are for feeding & pleasure---in private--feed your baby & pleasure your husband--not everyone on My Space or Face Book---Im guessing those that show them on line have an ultier motive.

I honestly believe that mothers should cover themselves with a blanket while breastfeeding and not to expose them to the whole world. Also when breastfeeding, sit away from or out of public view.  Or go back to your car and do it in private.  I always used a blanket while breastfeeding and did it in the privacy of my own home and never offended anyone. Imagine if every mother in the mall sits down with her/their breasts exposed for all to see, where would our human decency go eventually? There is also a breast pump which you can use to fill it with breast milk and feed your infant by means of a bottle, I did! My kids are grown up now and I never have to look back and wonder what would they have thought of my exposed breasts.  It's also just the way you were brought up.  People will always differ, no matter what.  In the end each action has a consequence.

Breastfeeding in public is not a crime. If it is done the way it should be done, discretely, there is nothing OBSCENE about it. America is much too PURITANICAL in many ways.

At the age of 16, my sister wanted to feed my niece, but asked my mother if she thought that it would be OK to do in front of me. I said that I thought it was a very natural act and I accept that.  Was my wisdom so advanced for my age, compared to many ENLIGHTENED people of this new century?

Americans attribute the female breast with sexuallity or obscenity. How archaic can one be. To breastfeed an infant is natural and wholesome. Those who object, I can only imagine, must have sex only at night and in the dark, so as not to be witness to the nakedness of the opposite sex. "OH MY, the whole naked thing must abhore them.

We see pictures of mothers breastfeeding children on T.V. (black africans come to mind) and some of the most beautiful paintings from centuries past also show the DREADED breastfeeding. Who will say that those paintings are OBSCENE? The Great Masters of the art world would think that we are totally crazed and demented. Such paintings have been seen for centuries in museums around the world, with acclaim and awe at their beauty and show of love.

Get over such things AMERICA. Grow up and enjoy the beauties of life. Even if it is in your face, just turn away.

Pollypo is right. This is a stupid converstation.

I agree, Sherry!  It's very strange that any mom would want to do that.

Good Lord.  More people whining on over "rights", and the mistaken presumption that because they "can" do something, they're entitled to do it.

Facebook is a privately-owned and operated site; and what they say goes.  Unless the breastfeeding models are also seeking invite the world into their homes without comment on how it may conduct itself, their contention is as disingenuous as it is ridiculous.

The woman who posted the picture on facebook is an idiot.  Sexual intercourse is just as natural as breast feeding, in fact, you cant have one without the other.  Are there any public breast feeding supporters that would like to see public intercourse?  (Hint, if you answer no you are a hypocrite.)

Why do these wierdo women feel the need to show a child feeding off of their breasts.  Why are they so hell bent on posting these photos that they make this big of a mess over it.  Don't post photos of your breasts.  Follow the rules sickos!

I cannot beleive that there are still people out there that are finding an act of human nature as offensive. Nursing a baby, whether in public or private is a mother's choice. This does not mean that women have a right to, excuse the expression but, just flop it out and hook a  baby to it. But they do have the right to feed thier children and not be restricted to their homes to do it. I have yet to find one single nursing woman as doing anything obsene or offensive. I would rather have the child being fed than hearing the child because it's hungry.

Babies have yet to set themselves into a regular feeding pattern, much less get the nourishment themselves, so when their body says it needs nourishment, then I'm not going to be the one to stand in their way of getting it. I support each and every woman who feels that they are doing nothing wrong, obsene or offensive when they nurse their child in public.

As for those who do find it offensive... Do what the radio and TV tell you to do, look the other way and quit staring. Thats what is offensive, is your making an issue out of something that is so natural. Give them a break and let them be mothers for gods sake, thats why they have them and I have yet to see one mother in my 50 some odd years doing it in an offensive way.

Go for it mothers, with my blessing and feed them children when and where they need it.

Father of 6, grandfather of 8 and not one of them ever went hungry...

I've got no real problem with it but if they decide that it's ok to show breast feeding then they need to let any female out there that wants to show their breast also post their pictures. Because in the long run it's not if the breast feeding itself is the indecent thing it's if the breast is showing.

In my opinion, the mothers who DO want to post pics of themselves breastfeeding are probably a bunch of teenagers, unwed mothers, immature idiots.  They need to grow up and act like the mother that they are, and stop worrying about juvenile pastimes like Facebook.

As a woman and a mother, I breast fed my children in the 70's and did not feel I needed to exhibit myself in public.  I fed the children as necessary and was modest in doing so.  I feel the young women of today are so absorbed in themselves that they think we ought to be also - they act as if they are the only people in the world to achieve such.  They wear tight fitting garments for some reason thinking we all want to look at their bulk.  Pregnancy is beautiful but come on some of the sights we are forced to see are not sexy or beautiful.  Women have got lost in what being a women is.  

Breasts were created to provide sustenance to offspring. A picture of a mother breastfeeding her child is not offensive. In that case a picture of anyone eating food she be offensive to as that is all it is , a baby having their meal.  People who have a problem are just ignorant and probably taught that breasts are for sex and should only be showcase for that reason. We can go to the beach in a bikini top that only covers the nipple. But god forbid  you see some skin when a child is nursing. So stupid.