Comments on: Bill Maher- Applebee’s Nurse-in and Lactivism Are a Waste of Time, Breastfeed in Private

By: Ameda Ultra

Ameda Ultra — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:11:27 +0000

Thank you for the post, I quite enjoyed reading it.

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By: Emmy

Emmy — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:41:28 +0000

Upon reading more of the comments posted, I want to clarify that I am not very familiar with Mr. Maher or his comedy style. So if the video clip has been taken out of context then that’s awesome, because otherwise he appears to have a lame-o perspective on all things boob related. Women’s inability to breastfeed peacefully in public is still an issue, as I’ve heard numerous other people voicing the same opinion- and they were dead serious.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:23:47 +0000

He tries to dismiss it as trivial, but I do not think it is trivial at all for people to think that the act of breastfeeding is disgusting or inappropriate. Breasts are sexualized because they are -feminine-, and a very important aspect of being female is having the ability (to some, the responsibility) to nourish offspring. I can go out in public with an “everything-but-the-nipple-itself” amount of cleavage showing and everything is fine and dandy, but once I attach a baby to the breast (which also obscures the nipple, by the way), it’s obscene. That’s so totally perverse and completely backwards thinking in my opinion. It is so discomforting to think people are demonizing the functionality of the human body. Breasts wouldn’t exist if not for that intended purpose.

By: MadameMeow

MadameMeow — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:28:59 +0000

You know, I think the part that bothered me most–besides his ignorant ass–was the fact that the audience laughed. That they found it amusing. Had I been there, I probably would have thrown something at his head. My being a lactivist myself, I resent the fact that they all found that so terribly amusing.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:32:22 +0000

RE: This comment earlier: “One biggie… while breastfeeding may be necessary for survival, there is no “need” to breast feed in public… the same thing can be accomplished in private. When we have to “use the facilities” we do that in relative private — unlike masturbation, this is a necessity.”

Hmmm….sounds like you don’t get out much…like even out of your house. PUBLIC bathrooms aren’t called that for no reason…

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:02:29 +0000

Did anyone else get completely confused when he said that breastfeeding in public was a “parochial” cause? I thought EVERYONE needed to eat, including EVERY baby. That sounds pretty much like the exact opposite of parochial….

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By: Tamara Cosby

Tamara Cosby — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:54:39 +0000

I do believe it’s official, I am FINISHED with bill maher. He has proven himself to be uneducated when it comes to things relating to real life. For that reason, I am finished. I am no longer breastfeeding…but I will tell you, when I was, I WOULD DO IT WHEREVER I WAS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE MY PUMPKIN WAS HUNGRY!!!!!

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By: jill

jill — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:32:53 +0000

What a jackass. I was breastfeeding my daughter at the Museum of Natural History. (How appropo!) A woman approached me and asked how she was going to explain this to her kids. (Bizarre) I told her to take them to the mammal section and maybe that would explain it! DUH!

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By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:23:00 +0000

The problem is, as shown in some of the comments above, there are people who agree with Maher’s statements. They aren’t going to think “hey! Maher just made fun of people who think breastfeeding’s gross” they’re going to think “hah! See that, Maher agrees with me!”

And something to consider, could Maher possibly be so naive as to not have learned that the vast majority of people who saw that segment thought he was expressing his actual views? If he was actually intending to joke, wouldn’t he have made some sort of effort to clarify his views?

I am not a breastfeeding mother, but I am a lactivist because the anti-breastfeeding rhetoric is so hypocritical.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:33:18 +0000

Umm, Jennifer, we “crapped” out kids? You , my dear, might have been crapped out. I’m sure the rest of us birthed our children.

And as far as Bill Maher? Meh. He’s short and angry that his momma didn’t breastfeed him.

By: Mama Luxe

Mama Luxe — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:45:35 +0000

Jokes are one thing–poking fun at lactivists is certainly fair game.

However, he uses humor to reveal his opinions. That’s his *thing*.

You can poke fun at taboos and groups–but you have to be really funny and you also can’t make statements in your own voice that are insulting and wrong and nasty and then add, “Just kidding” to make it acceptable.

Or was Michael Richards just making a joke and that makes it okay?

I might be more willing to give him a free pass if he hadn’t shown himself to be a misogynist several times in the past.

Loki–

You’ve shamed the name of my cat.

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By: Julie Pippert

Julie Pippert — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:23:03 +0000

Barb, you act like it’s just “throw a blanket over the baby, why not?”

Most babies don’t like it. They’ll fling back, fight the cover, etc. You can end up more revealed during the Blanket Battle.

Breastfeeding doesn’t require hanging a boob out in public. Period. That’s not what happens.

I’ve seen more boob in a Victoria’s Secret ad on television.

By: Barb

Barb — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:07:32 +0000

You guys seriously need to get off the whole masto analogy. It was made as a joke. Continuing to latch on to that makes you look stupid.

Anyway, I asked a few of my friends (a couple females and one male with a newborn) about their thoughts on public breast feeding and all three said the same thing. They said that if they were in a situation where they needed to feed their child, they would either go to the car or another more private area, but if one wasn’t available, they would simply cover up. How difficult is that? While you may have the right to hang your boob out in public, I think it’s generally viewed as trashy and classless. Bottom line: How hard is it to cover up?