I really liked what onedeepblue has to say about it:

“Yes some guys are overly fascinated by a breast feeding woman. Some guys are even more obsessed with women’s toes. I don’t plan to quit wearing sandals in public either.”

I have been trying to figure out a way to say what I wanted to say about the issue and this is it.

Personally, I don’t particularly cover in public, but I am also able to breastfeed in public discreetly. Unless you are really trying to see what I am doing it’s going to look like I am just holding my baby.

Personally I don’t see what the big deal is.

I mentioned how surprised I was by the outcry to Sam, and he said that men who are disgusted by breastfeeding are disturbed because they want to think of breasts as sexual objects only. It was interesting to me to see that Adrienne’s reasoning was along the same lines.

On a related note, however, one mom I know–who was no longer with the baby’s father–tried breastfeeding her son and stopped said something about it seeming sexual to her; she said her son reminded her too much of the father, which was why she switched over to the bottle.

Now that’s a little weird, I think.

Personally, I do not have a problem with breastfeeding in public, with the child covered or not. When my older daughter was an infant I breastfed her, and I chose to do so in a secluded area. Partially because if there were any distractions she would lose all interest in feeding (no matter how hungry she was) but also because I knew that if I bared my breasts that it might make others uncomfortable. Just because I CHOSE to breastfeed my daughter didn’t mean I had the right to FORCE others to like it.
Now, if someone had come up to me to say something negative you can bet I would put them right in their place.
One other thing I noticed in this and the other blog was some people saying that it was their “constitutional right” and that there are laws allowing them to breastfeed, covered or not, in public. I think that is kinda bullshit to say. It is my constitutional right to stuff my fat ass in a pair of hoochie mama shorts and a tube top and strut my stuff in public, that doesnt make it RIGHT for me to do so.
Also, as far as some women feeling that by other peoples children seeing a stranger breastfeed her baby that they are “teaching” them. Newsflash, it is not up to a stranger to teach another persons child anything. It is up to the parents of that child…and guess what, maybe they will choose not to teach their child about the benefits of breastfeeding, maybe they won’t tell them that it is completely natural, but when push comes to shove it is that parents RIGHT to do what they feel is best for their child. I don’t know where anyone gets off thinking that they have any business getting into someone elses childrearing.
Lastly, I don’t think that a woman should have to shut herself in some nasty bathroom to feed her child. I also don’t think a parent should have to force her infant to wait till they get home to eat. However, these are my opinions and I am not going to sit here and try to make anyone feel the way that I do.