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Date: 2006-05-24 04:22 pm (UTC)Your description of your reaction to seeing a woman breastfeed an infant sounded like a phobia to me. We even have a word for it now: tuptotrephophobic.
I'd have said it's the militant breastfeeders who have an issue, in that they appear to be expecting the whole world to change itself to suit them as opposed to working within the constraints of normality and thoughtfully managing their impact on other people.
If you've got from somewhere the notion that breastfeeding is not normal, you really need to do some reading about basic biological functions. Tuptotrephophobia is not normal. Yet you are opposed to working within the constraints of normality - that babies have to eat, that the best food for them is breastmilk - to thoughtfully manage the impact of your tuptotrephophobia on other people. Too bad.