Lactivists' debate whether nurse-ins help the cause
Breast is best... for a protest? 'Lactivists' debate whether nurse-ins help the cause
Lisa FlamTODAY
You got kicked out of a store for breast-feeding? A flight attendant ordered you to cover up while nursing? What better way to respond to the harassment of breast-feeding mothers than to organize a group of women to stage a nurse-in?
Attention-grabbing nurse-ins, organized public displays of breast-feeding, have become a popular protest tactic for women who want to improve the climate toward nursing in public. But some breast-feeding advocates say the events can do more harm than good.
“At best, they’re ineffective and at worse, they’re offensive and they make it more divisive,” said Deena Blumenfeld, 36, who owns Shining Heart Prenatal Education in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she offers nursing classes. “They make it easier to say, ‘See, look at how crazy these people are,’ rather than maybe, ‘Oh, breast-feeding in public is OK.’”
An ardent supporter of breast-feeding rights, Blumenfeld still nurses her 3 1/2-year-old daughter. But you won't find her latching on at a public protest.
http://www.today.com/moms/breast-best-protest-lactivists-debate-whether-nurse-ins-help-cause-1B8002725
Something completely natural and there is a stigma about it. Why does it make so many uncomfortable? Why does there have to be "lactivists"? Why are we made to feel as though we are dirty?
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