Sometime its surprising how some people are irritated seeing women breastfeed in public as if they were deprived as a child.
Breastfeeding mothers are staging a protest at a Bendigo shopping centre after a woman is asked to leave the food court for breastfeeding.
Luci White was breastfeeding her son in a food court in Bendigo Marketplace earlier in the week, when a staff member asked her to move to the parent's room after two patrons had complained.
Her friend Samantha Purden then posted on Facebook that she was "disgusted and appalled" that her friend was asked by staff to move to a feeding room, and called for a mass breastfeeding session in the food court.
"To educate the Neanderthals out there that no-one has the right to tell a mum where to feed her child. It's illegal," Ms Purden wrote on her Facebook page.
Managers of the shopping centre have apologised to Ms White and said the centre regrets the discomfort and embarrassment caused.
After seeing the post Michelle Van Zyl decided to organise a mass breastfeeding protest as a show of support to the Bendigo mother and other breastfeeding mothers.
"I was very upset, I'm a breastfeeding mother myself, and to hear that other mothers have been made to feel horrible, just for doing what comes so naturally by feeding your baby," said Ms Van Zyl, when speaking with ABC Ballarat's Statewide Drive program.
"It's not on, it shouldn't be that way."
According to the mother-of-two, even though she had never felt the need to cover up and "move on", she had been "targeted" by members of the community for breastfeeding in public.
Her message to those that were opposed to mothers breastfeeding in public: "If you don't like it you don't have to look, it's as simple as that. We're just trying to feed our baby — that's all — just keeping them happy and healthy," said Ms Van Zyl.
Credit: abc australia
"To educate the Neanderthals out there that no-one has the right to tell a mum where to feed her child. It's illegal," Ms Purden wrote on her Facebook page.
Managers of the shopping centre have apologised to Ms White and said the centre regrets the discomfort and embarrassment caused.
After seeing the post Michelle Van Zyl decided to organise a mass breastfeeding protest as a show of support to the Bendigo mother and other breastfeeding mothers.
"I was very upset, I'm a breastfeeding mother myself, and to hear that other mothers have been made to feel horrible, just for doing what comes so naturally by feeding your baby," said Ms Van Zyl, when speaking with ABC Ballarat's Statewide Drive program.
"It's not on, it shouldn't be that way."
According to the mother-of-two, even though she had never felt the need to cover up and "move on", she had been "targeted" by members of the community for breastfeeding in public.
Her message to those that were opposed to mothers breastfeeding in public: "If you don't like it you don't have to look, it's as simple as that. We're just trying to feed our baby — that's all — just keeping them happy and healthy," said Ms Van Zyl.
Credit: abc australia
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