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Breastfeeding Mum Verbally Abused In Nando's Restaura
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I am not that surprised at this, as prejudice and bigotry abound when it comes to nursing mothers.
But in this particular case, the ignorant person making the complaint was another woman !
I am not that surprised at this, as prejudice and bigotry abound when it comes to nursing mothers.
But in this particular case, the ignorant person making the complaint was another woman !
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If something is in my eye-line that offends me, I merely have to rotate my eyes a few degrees in either direction, and it is not longer in my eye-line. If something offends you like this, you have the option to look away. I find most peoples' table manners are absent in restaurants these days, but I wouldn't abuse someone over it - and that is the key to this. You are...
08:49 Fri 11th Nov 2016
This is from the BBC link ::::
"Part of the problem is that those young women aren't seeing other women breastfeeding in public enough in Northern Ireland. There's a cultural and attitudinal problem that needs to be addressed."
There may be a lot of truth in that....NI can be one of the most backward and prejudiced parts of the UK.
"Part of the problem is that those young women aren't seeing other women breastfeeding in public enough in Northern Ireland. There's a cultural and attitudinal problem that needs to be addressed."
There may be a lot of truth in that....NI can be one of the most backward and prejudiced parts of the UK.
What you seem to fail to grasp, Mikey (on this and other issues) is that all people are different. Some people don’t like foreigners; others don’t like animals; some more are none too fond of grizzling children; and, pertinent to this question, some don’t like seeing babies being breast fed while they are eating their dinner. My own personal dislike is sitting in a restaurant having to watch a child in a high chair having some sort of slurry, which it clearly doesn’t fancy, shovelled into its mouth. Much of it ends up down its front before it finally refuses to have anything more to do with the exercise and ends up screaming the place down.
None of these people are prejudiced or bigoted; there are simply some things they don’t like. I cannot speak for Nando’s as I’ve never visited one. But there are some places which are clearly unsuitable for breast feeding children or for shovelling slurry down one’s neck. People with very young children who see fit to visit restaurants seem to have no appreciation or consideration for their fellow diners. Yes, breast feeding is a very natural function. As is going to the toilet. People with young children seem to be of the belief that their lives must continue very much uninterrupted after they have had their children and they simply drag their offspring round with them to places where they really should not. I quite accept that discrimination against breast feeding mothers is against the law. I find that a pity but it doesn't make me ignorant or a bigot.
None of these people are prejudiced or bigoted; there are simply some things they don’t like. I cannot speak for Nando’s as I’ve never visited one. But there are some places which are clearly unsuitable for breast feeding children or for shovelling slurry down one’s neck. People with very young children who see fit to visit restaurants seem to have no appreciation or consideration for their fellow diners. Yes, breast feeding is a very natural function. As is going to the toilet. People with young children seem to be of the belief that their lives must continue very much uninterrupted after they have had their children and they simply drag their offspring round with them to places where they really should not. I quite accept that discrimination against breast feeding mothers is against the law. I find that a pity but it doesn't make me ignorant or a bigot.
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I tend to agree, Mamy. However people should not be castigated or labelled as bigots because they don't like something. I would not behave as these women seemed to because (a) it's not the way I do things and (b) unfortunately the breastfeeding women was quite within her rights. But I still don't like it. And I'm still not a bigot.
As an aside, legislating to prevent prejudice against breastfeeding mothers in places such as restaurants is ridiculous. I could go along with such measures to prevent mistreatment on, say, public transport or other places where the mothers have little or no choice but to frequent. But if I ran a restaurant and knew (or felt) that most of my customers would prefer to dine without seeing a baby fed then I would be miffed if I could not insist on my rules being observed.
Nursing mothers do not have to frequent places like Nando’s with their babies in tow. Many of them fail to accept that not everybody likes their children and their habits and that their lives necessarily need some adjustments following their foray into parenthood.
And that still doesn’t make me a bigot.
Nursing mothers do not have to frequent places like Nando’s with their babies in tow. Many of them fail to accept that not everybody likes their children and their habits and that their lives necessarily need some adjustments following their foray into parenthood.
And that still doesn’t make me a bigot.
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