Moms Stage a 'Nurse-In' at Target Stores
Apparently, a Houston mother was asked by several Target employees to retreat to a fitting room to breast-feed her kid and she took offense and staged a national protest, even after the corporate Target office sided with her. This is not a big deal and I know that breast-feeding can be done in public in a modest way, so I don't really have a dog in this fight. But here's part of the Target response that seems somewhat counter-intuitive:
"We kind of just refreshed our team members on our policy to make sure that any guests that come into the store aren't uncomfortable at all," said Chicago Target spokeswoman Ashley Krehoff.What about guests who are uncomfortable being confronted by breast-feeders in the Home & Garden section? It's all rather ridiculous. The moms say they were staging the event to "raise awareness". Awareness of what? That a new mother's breasts produce milk from which to feed their baby? I'm aware.
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