Facebook says no to leaky nipples
 

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...l?iid=tsmodule

I'm one for allowing moms to nurse their babies in public because the kids gotta eat. But this backlash on Facebook is the most ridiculous story I've read today. If you want to put pics of yourselves and your boobs online, do so elsewhere.

These moms don't HAVE to be on Facebook. Everybody else has to comply with their ToS, why should they be given an exception?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2517126532

(Be careful, pics posted to that group do contain some flashes of nip)

Grossaroo!

Obscene? Really? That's nuts. Have a no nipples rule if you wish, but don't tag nursing pictures as "obscene".

FWIW - many of the nursing pictures show no nipple - so what of those? If it's just boob and kid, does it get pulled?

eta - Ah, I see that yes, they do get pulled. So - c'mon! No nipples is fine, but just breastfeeding ? C'mon . . .

Breastfeeding is natural and I have no problem with a woman feeding her child in public as long as it's done in an appropriate manner. I've seen way too many women flash out both boobs and leave one hanging for the world to see while the kid eats off the other. I've also seen kids ages 4+ feeding in public. WTF?

Still, I don't see why these women feel the need to post these pictures all over facebook. There are sites for breastfeeding moms out there. Post the pics there and not on facebook.

I plan on breastfeeding, but I wouldn't feel comfortable posting pics of it online

I think it's worth noting that the overwhelming majority of women who feel free enough to post their faces in the shots shown in that group (at least through my relatively-thorough perving process) are moderately to very unattractive.

This is such a stupid hippie non-issue.

:rolleyes:I really wonder about someone who needs to put pictures of themselves breastfeeding on Facebook. Yes, we all know breasts feed babies, but that still doesn't mean you need to post pictures of it happening. What's next? People posting pictures of themselves having sex? After all, sex is meant to create babies. :rolleyes:

I think many people object to the act of breastfeeding because someon women go out of their way to do it in public in a flashy manner..almost as if they WANT someone to say something so they can retort with their favorite comback, "breasts were meant to feed babies."

This one's just for you, KSig RC: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...261155_840.jpg (NSFW)

LMAO I second that.

I also want to add that those women can say what they want to, but some of those photos had a pornographic feel to them. Some of the ones were the women were almost completely naked and breastfeeding their baby and their semi-adult/toddler/child too big to be breastfeeding were borderline.

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So my husband and I were eating dinner at a nice Indian restaurant, when the waiter plopped a couple with there ~2-3ish old daughter next to us. I did not think much of it, until the woman who was sitting next to me, grabbed her cranky antsy daughter, lobbed one of her boobs and went on to feed the toddler!!! The little girls feet were next to me, when she proceeded to kick me disturbing my meal!!! I was civil, and the woman was embarrassed.

I don't have a problem with breastfeeding children, even in a lounge location, but at public restaurant, that is just unsanitary to me and if I had known better, I would have called Public Health... But it didn't happen and the lunacy is etched in my mind... Oh well..

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Ew

Which part of it was unsanitary? The feet?

When I see things like this, I'm reminded of the "cause-heads" from the movie "PCU." People just protesting for the sake of protesting...we used to have a bunch of them at Boston U, but it appears they're spread all over the place.

I agree with Jeni, what part is unsanitary? That woman does have a right to breastfeed her child wherever she chooses.



I will say it is unnecessary for people to post those online. I hate it when even my friends (or friends of friends) show pictures of their kids while they are sucking a boob. Take a picture of the child alone! Is it THAT hard?

I don't understand why women have to breastfeed at the table in restaurants though. Restaurants already have a policy that says you must be wearing a shirt and shoes when you come in to eat. There is a reason for that. When someone just whips out their breast and starts breastfeeding at the table, with no cover, it seems like that is a violation of the policy. And it does seem a bit unsanitary.