Time to end the debate on nursing mothers
The controversy over a woman nursing her baby on a crowded Beijing subway shows many people are ignorant of women's breastfeeding rights. And breastfeeding in public is an issue that reflects how much respect members of a society have for women.
Beijing Tale, a non-government organization, sparked controversy recently by saying breastfeeding on the subway was the same as "exposing sexual organs". But the breast is not a reproductive organ. If it were, it would certainly be indecent to expose it in public. No civilized person would consider the breast a sexual organ when a woman is nursing her baby. That some people perceive it otherwise only exposes their dirty minds.
What should a lactating mother do if she cannot find a secluded spot in a public place to nurse her baby? Let the child suffer until she reaches home? Let it cry and raise a fit?
