Pro vs. Anti Breastfeeding

I found an article in Huffington Post which provides an instance of how mothers who breastfeed are shamed today. In this article it talks about a mother who was forced to feed her child in a public restroom stall by a Marshall's employee. This incident went viral and Marshall's addressed that their policy for breastfeeding was to allow mothers to breastfeed wherever they please. We can see that this particular case the employee handled this matter on a personal level instead of following policy. If this mother would have known her rights perhaps she would have stood up for herself and not listened to this employee. My question is why was a mother trying to feed her child disturbing them? This particular incident has me questioning what would have happened if she would have stood up for herself? Perhaps mothers who breastfeed have allowed bullying by those who feel uncomfortable go on too long. This controversy can be compared to how women's swimsuits have changed over time. We see women's swimsuits and ads from the 1920s are much more reserved and as time has passed the acceptance of more exposure has taken place. The journey of acceptance to more exposure did not happen over night; some people were upset and it made them uncomfortable because it was "indecent". Could this be the same type of issue in today's society? Maybe mothers must keep pressing and taking a stand until this becomes normal to those who may find it indecent. 

I found a pie chart on Sutter Health that represents how supportive people in the workforce are. You can see that the majority of people support breastfeeding; which means that the people who are causing a controversy are not high in number. Could this mean that breastfeeding in public could slowly become more accepted?

I found an article in Go Fatherhood which explains why some people are uncomfortable breastfeeding. Many people feel uncomfortable because they view the act of breastfeeding as something private and intimate. While I can understand this point of view I personally think that if a person feels comfortable enough to breastfeed in public we should respect that and not give the cold shoulder to these mothers.

After searching the internet for quite a while I realized that it is very hard to find information to support those who are against breastfeeding. There are many different views and feelings that come from people who are against feeding in public. I found a forum on debate.org that shows people's feelings on this issue who are for and also against public breastfeeding. I seem to have found a mix of reasons why people are against it; one being it is viewed as indecent, and two some people actually view this as a sexual act. Do you think these reasons stand strong enough to be against feeding in public?

Another reason some people seem to be against this issue is because breasts have been sexualized so when they see a woman breastfeeding it makes them feel uncomfortable. I found this video of a social experiment that reveals how our culture is okay with sexualizing breasts but not okay with breasts being used to nurture an infant. This is a rather recent experiment that was done last month so I found it interesting to see an updated view on how our culture still stands.