How do you feel about mothers who breastfeed in public?

I asked this same question about 2 years ago on here and the comment section was a mess and all hell broke loose so I kinda want to compare the responses from this to the ones I got in 2016.
The one thing I didn't explain well last time I posted was that I'm not talking about women just pulling out their breasts and having the whole thing showing right in front of everyone where you can literally see the baby feeding. I'm more so just talking about breastfeeding in general since I've seen women use a cover where you could not see a damn thing and yet people still were nasty about it and shaming them for it or telling them to do that in the bathroom.

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dreamsicle · 46-50, F

First, I think it’s ridiculous that anyone has a problem with it. Many of those same people see no issue with a woman who shows off a ton of cleavage. It is the most natural thing in the world. If you think a baby should eat their lunch in the bathroom I’d like to see the person requesting, eat their burger on the toilet!! It’s nasty.

Second, just on your question’s coat tails, I’m curious if anyone has ever actually seen a woman just completely pull out her boob, stripper style and started feeding. Everytime I see a woman nurse they appear to be modest and I never actually see boob, maybe just the upper area but I’ve seen more with some shirts.

ProdigalSummer · F

@dreamsicle oh, I have some hippie friends who’ll pull down a tank top and whip the whole thing out. It’s commonly done and accepted in our circle of friends, so no one thinks anything of it.

NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F

@dreamsicle That's why I mentioned it, because last time people were like "I don't want to see women pull out their boob and attach a baby to it". I will say I've seen it happen only once but even then I just looked away and minded my own business but besides that usually they cover it or you can only see the babies head.

dreamsicle · 46-50, F

@NaturallyPeculiar @ProdigalSummer Lol, I’ve never seen that but maybe I’m thinking of my own nursing days where I draped a blanket over my shoulder till baby was latched on. My answer remains the same and I’ve had a conversation with my sons for this very reason! Even my youngest understood how gross it would be to expect a baby to nurse in a bathroom.