breastfeeding

Women shouldn’t be shamed for breastfeeding in public

[caption id="attachment_1812" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Photo courtesy of Desiree Fawn (Flickr)[/caption] Let’s talk about breasts. Earlier this month, a Vancouver woman, Kristen Hilderman, was shamed by a flight attendant for breastfeeding on the plane without a cover. A similar event took place in a Manitoban mall only days before. While feeding her child, Tara Léger was asked to move into a washroom, despite the fact that she was discreetly nursing where she was. Both women reported feeling attacked and humiliated by those who called their breastfeeding to the attention of those around them, suggesting that what they were doing was “offensive.”…

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