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By Lauredhel on September 15, 2009
Remember the Perth rally against breastfeeding discrimination back in April? Mandy Crabtree was ejected from a cafe for requesting to breastfeed her baby, and the Premier responded to public outcry by saying that women should breastfeed in a “discreet, modern way”, and that legislation to ban discrimination was unnecessary. The Attorney-General has been trying to [...]
Posted in gender & feminism, law & order, Politics | Tagged breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public, discrimination, equal opportunity, law, legislation, parliament, prejudice, protest, rally, reproductive justice, WA, western australia |
By Lauredhel on June 25, 2009
Those who think that society has “gone too far” in supporting breastfeeding, that mothers who formula feed are demonised and breastfeeding mothers aren’t: Show me the women who are losing their jobs for formula feeding. Show me the women who are being kicked out of restaurants, swimming pools, gyms, childcare centres, and airplanes for formula [...]
Posted in health | Tagged bottle feeding, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public, breasts, disgust, doctors, Food/Drink, formula, infant formula, reproductive justice |
By Lauredhel on May 5, 2009
Those opposing new legislation in the wind to protect the rights of mothers and children to breastfeed in public are getting increasingly desperate. I’ve read an awful lot of comment threads about public breastfeeding (Bingo card here), so to come across a new objection is rather a special find. Check out “Matt” from The West’s [...]
Posted in gender & feminism | Tagged breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public, civil-rights, colin barnett, discrimination, legislation, moral panics, reproductive justice, western australia, womens rights |
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