William Davis Essays - Breastfeeding, Midwifery, Womens Rights

William Davis James Mayor English 122 14 June 2016 Breast Feeding I argue that breastfeeding should be allowed in public places because it is very beneficial for a mother and her child. Throughout the entire paper, I'll be explaining why breastfeeding should be welcomed at every public place and using very substantial evidence to convince you or further your appreciation for such a natural occurrence . Women who breastfeed now a days in public settings always have to cover up their breasts and that's not always good because they might not have a lot of time throughout the day to breastfeed . These women are completely embarrassed to feed their child just because they are told it is wrong and that it ' s i m proper . In some cultures this may be true but even so it is their right. Their right to feel free and to give their child the natural nutrients that they deserve. In one of my sources Breastfeeding Mom Shamed At Boy Scouts Meeting For Causing Disruption' , a wom a n named Jas mi n Miller was stopped by another wom a n for breas tfeeding her one -year- old in front of little boys trying to do scouts. After being told that she couldn't breastfeed, she was left babbled by the whole thing . "I am a childhood sexual abuse survivor, so overcoming distorted views of the body and body-sham ing has been difficult throughout life, including childbirth and nursing ," ( Pittman). As you can see her situation was more than just the obvious display of public breas t feeding but it was a story of hardships especially those dealt with her other children with nursing problems. After the incident with the boy scout meeting, Jasmin as it says in the article "reached out to the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America." ( Pittman ). After the company had received her news they had sent Jasmin a letter explaining how sorry they are for what happ e ned but there wasn't any truth to their letter when they started twisting their ap ology from "hey I'm sorry" to "you are not allowed to breastfeed in public", so according to Vance Lackey one of the people from the company says and I quote "wrote to Millar asking her to find find a compromise'"(Pittman). He basically told Jasmin to give up her right to breas t feed because it make s a few people uncomfortable . Eventually , the company wrote back to her again with a proper apology letter this time from the executive name Larry brown and she got full support from them . Jasmin says that she wants to prevent this from ever happeni ng again so she asked the company if she could educate people within the c o mpany to acc om modate women with the equal problems of breas t feeding , " She hopes to help educate others on the stigma surrounding breastfeeding.."(Pittman). W h ether it ' s in a mall or any ot her public place it is a wome n ' s right to breastfeed however they want.