Originally Posted by
Flyingmama
And you would be wrong. Forty years ago we had no choice. Whipping out a breast in public was simply not done, baby or no baby, and could well result in a charge of indecent exposure. I managed it on a number of transAtlantic flights with careful preparation. Was my baby happy about it? Probably not, but she survived. And I didn't wind up in jail.
The fact that you could have ended up in jail
for feeding a baby is exactly what has informed the decision to decriminalize breastfeeding and make it a socially acceptable activity.