Sunday, September 25, 2005

An issue best left to courtesy (East Valley Tribune)

have a problem with women who breast-feed in public. I hasten to add that I also have a problem with people who leave shrieking messages on my voice mail. Operators are standing by.

Now that I have jabbed a stick in this particular hornet’s nest, I hope you will hear me out.

It is not that I find breastfeeding either suggestive or repulsive. In fact, it seems to me a very tender, intimate act between mother and child.

So what’s my problem?

I had dinner at a Gilbert restaurant Wednesday night, and as I was leaving I encountered a woman who was breast-feeding a child as she sat in the waiting area near the entrance. Our eyes met.

Uh-oh.



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