That's to equate somewhat what would probably (due to cultural constraints about public displays of [adult?] nudity) be classed as exhibitionism with what I would simply see as feeding/eating
Yes, but unfortunately at breastfeeding we hit a crossover between things our society considers acceptable behaviour (eating) and things it considers unacceptable behaviour (getting your tits out in public). And I, like everyone else, have to live with the fact I'm a product of this culture: I find it unpleasant to be presented with other women's tits in a public or semi-public context. I happen to think that the way to achieve change in these attitudes is to respect the status quo and go about subtly and non-confrontationally acclimatising society - ramming one's boobs down everyone else's throats and accusing them of everything from victimisation through repression to intolerance if they find the experience unpleasant is not exactly likely to be productive. In fact I'd say it's much more likely to get you marginalised as an extremist minority, and/or to provoke society at large into a backlash against the movement as a whole.
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Date: 2006-05-24 11:34 am (UTC)Yes, but unfortunately at breastfeeding we hit a crossover between things our society considers acceptable behaviour (eating) and things it considers unacceptable behaviour (getting your tits out in public). And I, like everyone else, have to live with the fact I'm a product of this culture: I find it unpleasant to be presented with other women's tits in a public or semi-public context. I happen to think that the way to achieve change in these attitudes is to respect the status quo and go about subtly and non-confrontationally acclimatising society - ramming one's boobs down everyone else's throats and accusing them of everything from victimisation through repression to intolerance if they find the experience unpleasant is not exactly likely to be productive. In fact I'd say it's much more likely to get you marginalised as an extremist minority, and/or to provoke society at large into a backlash against the movement as a whole.
just pick the right weather!
Move to Texas then!
... oh, wait...