Whose View?

What is the world coming to? I was watching TV a couple of weeks and ago and came across the now infamous Barbara Walters comment on breastfeeding... she of all people! She's gotta be kidding me! Barbara Walters: a woman respected the world over is embarrassed to allow a woman to discreetly breastfeed in a seat next to her. In a country where women's breasts and butts are strewn across the screen for entertainment, she is upset when a woman is giving sustenance to her child....give me a break! Especially since Ms. Walters (though adopted) is a mother herself and is of an age where her mother had nearly no choice but to breastfeed her; bottle feeding (formula) is a relatively new idea, if her mother hadn't done what the woman next to her was attempting to do, she wouldn't be here... To add insult to injury, the little woman on the show with Walters (forgot her name) exclaimed that she agreed and it made her uncomfortable to watch someone breastfeeding and though she just gave birth, breastfeeding grossed her out...I don't think I'm eloquent enough to fully express my extreme disappointment in these women... The crazy thing is that their fan base is at-home-moms, even if they don't breastfeed, they are more than likely advocates. Why would you alienate them? Think before you speak, America is watching...

Later, I thought it was hilarious seeing all these lactavists whipping out their engorged breasts, feeding their children in public in protest; you gotta love America! Breastfeeding in other countries of the world is as mundane as tying one's shoe. There are so many unnatural things that we women (everyone) proudly engage in everyday, the one thing that actually serves a purpose is frowned upon. From ridiculous talk shows to Jackass, there are millions of things the people of today should be ashamed of, feeding your child, no matter how you do it, should not be one of them...

...This is totally unrelated but does Star Jones know her man... Is a little... well fruity? She has to know right? Just askin'...