When Is Breastfeeding Acceptable?

Today there is a subject that I have been reading about lately on Twitter that has really touched a nerve in me. When has your opinion caused you to be boycotted by others? What one may view as perfectly fine another may view as obscene or nasty? What has this world come to in the terms of modesty?? Okay now that I have asked these questions let me tell you about the story. For those of you who do not follow Nascar Kasey Kahne is one of the hot younger drivers in the series. In fact Maddie my 16 year old has had a crush on him for years. And who wouldn’t just look at him.
Here is another one for you.
He just seems like an unassuming young man. But here is where things start to get a little hairy. The other day Kahne was in the grocery store and saw a sight that  he could not believe so he tweeted about it.
@kaseykahne Kasey Kahne
Just walking through supermarket. See a mom breast feeding little kid. Took second look because I was obviously seeing things. I wasn’t!
27 Dec
Okay that was okay right but he goes on
@kaseykahne Kasey Kahne
One boob put away and one boob hanging!!! #nasty
27 Dec@kaseykahne Kasey Kahne
I don’t feel like shopping anymore or eating27 Dec

Okay so that is how a tweet got him in a lot of trouble with his fans and America. But as I have read about this the last couple of day before I decided to weigh in with my opinion. (Yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion) There is more to what he tweeted than was tweeted.
Apparently the little kid being breastfeed in the grocery store was 3 years old able to eat solid food and the mom was not the only source of nutrition for the child. So my question is why did she choose to breastfeed then and there? And another point I want to make in all of this is why wasn’t the woman covered up. Most men are uncomfortable in situations where women are breastfeeding. I know my husband always left the room when his sisters’ breastfeed their children. It is just how he is. But why in a public place did the woman not show some modesty. There are things that we only need to share with our husbands.
Now I am not saying that breastfeeding in public is wrong by all means no. The most beautiful bonding experience in the world is a mom feeding their children but I do believe that there should be some modesty shown. Do I support Kasey’s views on breastfeeding? Yes and no if your child is hungry and needs you for their only source of food than by all means feed them but do so not to make others want to flee (for lack of  a better word). Don’t just whip it out for all to see and expect everyone to be fine with it because we still live in a society where some of us are old fashioned (conservative) in our views. I know as woman I would be uncomfortable if another woman just whipped it out without any sense of modesty. Just as I would if a man whipped his thing out. To me that view of the body should not be shared with anyone other than your significant other or your child.
I know a lot of you have opinions on this.  I would so love hear your take on it.
He posted this later on his facebook wall

 

I understand that my comments regarding breastfeeding posted on Twitter were offensive to some people. For that, I apologize. It was in no way my intention to offend any mother who chooses to breastfeed her child, or, for that matter, anyone who supports breast feeding children. I want to make that clear.

In all honestly, I was surprised by what I saw in a grocery store. I shared that reaction w…ith my fans on Twitter. It obviously wasn’t the correct approach, and, after reading your feedback, I now have a better understanding of why my posts upset some of you.
 My comments were not directed at the mother’s right to breastfeed. They were just a reaction to the location of that choice, and the fashion in which it was executed on that occasion.

I respect the mother’s right to feed her child whenever and wherever she pleases.

Kasey Kahne

 
I so agree with his apology.

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3 Comments

  1. I don't have any kids but I don't see anything wrong with breast feeding in public as long as it's done in a tasteful manner. No matter how you do it, it's still going to be obvious that you're breast feeding, but there are ways to cover up and be discreet. But I think it's odd that a mom would choose to breast feed a kid that can eat other foods (especially in public), but I suppose its her right to do so, even if I don't understand why she did…

    At least the guy did apologize for offending people. We all make mistakes and social media makes it easier than ever to make comments before thinking them through and offending a gazillion people…it's strange that we humans have created technology so advanced that we can't even catch up to it socially lol…by the time we figure out this social media etiquette thing we'll have something new come along that we'll have to get used to lol…

  2. I find it interesting that there was such an outrage over his tweet. I mean, his offense was not that she was feeding her child, it was that she totally exposed her breasts in public.
    I am completely FOR breastfeeding. I believe it is the best thing for a child. I am also for modesty and decency. To blur the two issues is, in my opinion, the real problem. If I had been at that supermarket with my young son, I would have been equally offended–not with the feeding, but with the exposure.
    It saddens me that breastfeeding (something so precious and beneficial) has been turned into a power struggle of everyone's “rights”. I feel this can only hurt the cause of breastfeeding, not help it.

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