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Breastfeeding mothers staged a "nurse-in" Wednesday at Target stores nationwide to show solidarity with a Texas woman who said she was ridiculed for breastfeeding her baby at a Houston store.

Michelle Hickman organized a Facebook campaign to call for the "nurse-in," which took place in several US cities including Houston, Knoxville, Tenn., and Decatur, Ill.

About 50 nursing mothers showed up to protest at the Webster, Texas, Target store where Hickman said she was harassed last month, MyFOXhouston reported.

Hickman told the station she was Christmas shopping when she realized her infant needed to be fed. She said she found a remote area of the store in the ladies clothing department, took a seat on the ground, and began to breast feed her "hungry baby with a blanket completely covering him."

According to Hickman, two female employees approached her and asked her to move to a fitting room, MyFOXhouston reported. One of the employees allegedly commented "you can get a ticket and be reported for indecent exposure."

Seruphim

Dec 30 2011, 08:09 AM

haha I pretty much agree Sasuke.
I think my main problem is the double standards around breasts. A man go around with his shirt off but a public indecency has been made if a woman does so (even if she does so to FEED her CHILD)
And I don't understand why it makes people uncomfortable. It's a breast. As if you have not seen one before. I can understand being uncomfortable if the woman was doing it for sexual reasons in public. But to feed her child? I could care less.
Another thing that really bothers me is how uncomfortable some women feel so they go out of their to feed in their child in a way that is 'acceptable' to society.

Seruphim

Dec 30 2011, 08:09 AM

I think my main problem is the double standards around breasts. A man go around with his shirt off but a public indecency has been made if a woman does so (even if she does so to FEED her CHILD)

Voltaire

Dec 30 2011, 11:16 AM

Seruphim

Dec 30 2011, 08:09 AM

I think my main problem is the double standards around breasts. A man go around with his shirt off but a public indecency has been made if a woman does so (even if she does so to FEED her CHILD)

Well in fairness female breasts, as opposed to male breasts, are erogenous zones and create sexual excitement in the opposite sex. There is a difference between the two because men are programmed to appreciate female breasts in lewd ways and, well, as far as i know, manboobs are not hawt.

However, difference established, I still have absolutely no problem with a woman breastfeeding her child in public. There was a topic just like this a few months ago that you might be interested in looking at, there were a lot of very interesting points made.

Voltaire

Dec 30 2011, 11:16 AM

Well in fairness female breasts, as opposed to male breasts, are erogenous zones and create sexual excitement in the opposite sex. There is a difference between the two because men are programmed to appreciate female breasts in lewd ways and, well, as far as i know, manboobs are not hawt.

Seruphim

Dec 30 2011, 09:51 PM

Voltaire

Dec 30 2011, 11:16 AM

Well in fairness female breasts, as opposed to male breasts, are erogenous zones and create sexual excitement in the opposite sex. There is a difference between the two because men are programmed to appreciate female breasts in lewd ways and, well, as far as i know, manboobs are not hawt.

That's a cultural thing though. That's also like saying 'well, a woman's body causes men to want to her, so therefore it's her fault if she's sexually assaulted for wearing revealing clothes.' at least, that's what it reminds me of.