A lot of times, when mothers nursing are just simply told to cover up, it's always that victim card pulled. Just like pulling the race, gender, ethnicity or etc victim card. When you're told something not to do. The point is it has nothing to do with that just like nothing to do with breast feeding but people are more like telling you to take precautions because your boobs are exposed. It's not because you're breast feeding. This is exactly why everyone put clothes on. You don't see girls normally walking around with their boobs outside their shirt collar because they are sexual organs and it turn on guys. Even if guys don't do anything, they get the urge but of course you'd just call them creeps for something natural for them.
Here's a fact, women gets aroused when they breast feed but no one would consider them freaks for that even if it's natural. https://www.todaysparent.com/family/womens-health/i-was-turned-on-by-breastfeeding-am-i-a-freak/ So yes it's only natural if guys gets aroused by it as well. You're boobs are linked to the amount of estrogen you have which is the main SEX DRIVE for women. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324887 So that's how it became a sexual organ to begin with. It has nothing to do with guys sexualizing boobs but it is naturally made that way. Even nipple orgasm exist for both genders but only better for women. Your reproductive organs are organs used to create and develop a new life and your boobs plays a "BIG" role to it. If you're fine with breast feeding in public, you don't have to complain if anyone keeps looking at it. You don't know how many stares in secret tho. Deny all you want but if it's not really a sexual organ, then it wouldn't be the case that many women still feels harassed whenever their boobs are shown, or whenever their boobs gets touched even if it's an accident.
No body in reality is truly against breastfeeding because like 99% of us were breastfed growing up and there would be no population of everyone was really against it. What people are trying to tell you is to cover up. Use any piece of safe fabric or breast feeding covers for what? 10$? Oh no!!! (But lets be real. Most of the time, it's the husband paying for it.)
But... but... but... the baby feels uncomfortable and may feel hot...
Who's saying you have to put many layers on your baby? I'm aware they're prone to heatstroke https://www.romper.com/p/can-my-baby-overheat-in-a-nursing-cover-youll-want-to-keep-them-cool-64672 In theory, yes only if you put many layers and blanket on your baby during summer time. It says right here "So in theory, yes — a baby could overheat under a nursing cover, especially if they're dressed and up against your warm body. But that doesn't mean you have to toss your nursing cover. If you're most comfortable using one, you might need to get rid of the thicker material and try something lighter." But the main thing you're covering here is your boobs isn't it? You don't even have to cover it all the way through.
Or you can just use a handkerchief. Now talk about the "uncomfortable" part, you do realize that all babies brains are tiny right? So they have the capability to adjust. It is your responsibility to train then to feed under a cover. But if you lack the patience for that, then good luck training your baby how to walk, speak, eat other food or worse, dealing with a spoiled brat. No one's forcing you to have a child anyways. While I may not be a mother, I was once a breast fed child under a cover while even born and still living in a tropical place but do I give a damn? Chances are you were too but realistically, you don't remember anything.
The point here is it's about precautions, stop making excuses and that's part of your responsibility. I'm not advocating for breast feeding in public to be illegal but i'm here giving you a proper reason why you get all the backlashes. Those are just something you never thought of. I mean sure there are just people being jerks about it which I don't tolerate as much but I get their main idea.
If you don't like it, don't look.
It's not that men or lesbians don't like it. It's that they actually like it but only have been controlling themselves which is not even easy for some guys. If one is like "screw it i'll just grop it i don't care", then that's partly your fault because you didn't cover. As I already explained how it is a sexual organ from the start. It's like this, if I'm walking in a crowded place and my pocket is unzipped and where my wallet is got stolen. (which really happened before by the way) I can say it's partly my fault for not making sure my wallet was secured. I have nothing else to do but to from it so now i'm extra careful. Look i know girls can be groped even if they're not nursing. But you're increasing the chance when you show it. Same goes with getting robbed even if you don't show your money but like getting groped, you increase the chance of getting robbed for leaving it exposed. Teach guys not to grop? That's why laws for that exist and a lot of those Karens keep forgetting about it. But you have to keep in mind that laws don't always take the responsibility for you. Which is even why people supports guns so much because not all the time the law helps you so you need a self defense. But when it comes to breastfeeding, you won't bother. I guess you'd rather own a 200$ gun and kill someone who stares at it for "self defense" but using a cover or even handkerchief is just too much? Haiyahh.... So i guess it's only "teach men not to rape" when you're given tools to cover yourself, but supports guns, tasers, peppers sprays or other weapons because crimes happens anyways. How ironic.
That point of view i gave came from a long argument from someone who don't really wanna learn and keeps bringing up her own straw man argument as if I'm doing the "women deserves to be raped" argument which is BS. Which that kind of victim card is getting old actually. Something new for you to do is to think.
But in the end, it's just up you if you wanna take it or leave it. Don't complain if you get groped or get stared at. I'm just saying. After all, what i'm doing is just giving you the perspective of people telling you to cover it.
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