Nature intended breasts to be used this way but yet somehow someway someone gets offended. Why is it anyone's business how a mother chooses to feed her child. The main argument is that a woman's breast is a “private part” and should not be shown to anyone other than her partner, doctor, and children. If this is the reason, then why is it acceptable for women to flash their breasts in media but not to feed their children? According to Amy Bentley, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, she believes that as breasts became more sexualized, they became less functional, basically meaning breasts aren’t sexy when they are being used as food. The whole argument is contradictory. Doctors strongly recommend to breastfeed and if you don’t then you are judged for not giving your child the best care and if you do breastfeed you are judged for “public indecency”. When in reality according to 1997, Assembly Bill 157, Villaraigosa, Civil Code 43.3:
“A mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is authorized to be present. The right to breastfeed does not extend, however, to the private home or residence of