Unfortunately Loretta anyone can deem anything perverted including
breastfeeding.I mean do we tell women no wiggling booties or wearing
specific clothing etc. Living on the eastern shoreline trust me I see as
much as you. Imagine Roseanne Barr in a thong( actually don't). Now you know
what I see. Now to go release my dinner.
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Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: visitor behavior


> I realize this discussion is winding down but I am curious why few people
> mentioned the cultural conflict involved in public breast-feeding and no
one
> mentioned perversity. Some breast-feeding mothers feel entitled to pull
out
> a milk-engorged breast anywhere, anytime and then put the swollen nipple
in
> their infant's mouth with any number of people watching. While it might be
> relieving for the child and mother, it might also be sexually exciting to
> someone else, even a child molester who finds the child's milk-smeared
mouth
> erotic. Am I being disgusting? Probably, but life in NYC has taught me
> innocence is less common than perversion.
>
> For example, when I worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art most female
> employees were warned by the guards to be careful when sitting on the
front
> steps in a dress or skirt. Why? Because some of those guys standing at the
> bottom of the stairs, nicely or casually dressed, looking up as if they
are
> waiting for someone are really looking up the women's clothing who are
> careless enough to provide a view. The Met can't do anything because they
> are on the sidewalk and not "hurting" or "threatening" anyone. This may
have
> changed with Giuliani. I could offer more stories about city encounters,
if
> you like, especially about adult men and children on the subway or in the
> park playground.
>
> So, public breast-feeders, the next time someone is fidgeting while your
> child is happily sucking on your nipple, the reason may not be a
> conservative or up-tight personality. It might be that in the U.S., a
breast
> is a very sexual object and the disturbance the person feels may not have
> anything to do with disgust. It would be nice if this were not a concern,
in
> the present day, however, it is.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cynthia DuBois" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:27 AM
> Subject: Re: visitor behavior
>
>
> Talk about jumping on the issue du jour.
> Since when did being a mother, a human being, become distasteful?
>
>
>
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