"Can’t you do that somewhere else? That’s fucking disgusting. " man tells breastfeeding mom

[Liberal_in_LA]

you’ve ever doubted that breastfeeding shaming is a thing, then you need to see this absolutely appalling video posted by a mom who says she was verbally assaulted by a stranger while feeding her daughter in a Target cafe.

Jessie Maher wrote on Facebook that she was breastfeeding her one-month-old, Zinnia, at a Torrington, Connecticut, Target store when an older man approached her and said, “Can’t you do that somewhere else? That’s fucking disgusting. You are nasty.”

Writes Maher, “I responded with, ‘I am feeding my baby, and I have the right to do it here…walk the fuck away..leave me the fuck alone.’ He responded with, (as he’s walking closer and closer to me and getting louder) ‘you are fucking disgusting…you are fucking disgusting…you are fucking disgusting…you whore.’ [sic]”

That’s when the bold mom took out her phone and started recording, capturing more of the man’s abuse, and eventually a group of wonderful shoppers and Target employees who came to her defense.

In the video, you can see the angry man yammering on about Maher’s breastfeeding to anyone who will listen. He even asks for a refund on what he was buying — because a mom dared to breastfeed in his presence. Get the hell over it, Dude. A few customers argue with him, calling him “rude” and telling him to leave her alone. About halfway through, a woman even comes up to make sure Maher is okay and tells her, “You shouldn’t be ashamed of feeding your baby, okay? He can go the other way. This is a beautiful moment right now, if he doesn’t like it he can go.”


Of course, the best part of the video takes place around the 1:38 mark, when a group of Target employees confront the man and actually stand between him and the breastfeeding mom until he finally walks away. As Fox61 reports, Target’s employee manual actually specifically states that customers may breastfeed openly in all their stores, and it looks like this group really took that message to heart.

[Tsiyu]

1. That dude is really messed up, huh?

Please, no one allow him in any museums where there might be paintings of nursing women! He might rip them all off the walls.

Poor dear so scared of boobies and milk! The horror!

Makes me laugh. I would have shamed the fuck out of that bully; the one-month-old infant is more socially adjusted than he is!

People like that should be locked up for the good of society.

YOU GO Mom Maher!

[Volaris]

10. 'So scared of boobies and milk...'

That's because he's a juvenile asshole who thinks that that organs only purpose is to fulfill and gratify his own sexual person. He's offended by their ACTUAL purpose because that purpose in no way whatsoever involves his sad little penis.

[Tsiyu]

18. You have hit that nail squarely on the head

He's lucky my little mean ass wasn't around. I have no fear of big bullies anymore.

Sad when a grown man feels justified acting like a completely narcissistic jackass. I have a feeling even the guy's own family probably can't stand him.

He was the only disgusting thing in the Target that day.

[zazen]

26. + a million--his "sad little penis" indeed. That's WONDERFUL!!! n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

35. I may be the biggest boob lover in this board

That being said, the lady is feeding her child, and this ass needs to grow up and go about his business. I would have joined the employees that provided a block between him and her.

[Gabi Hayes]

23. drumpf luv bress

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027022032

Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.”

When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break, Mr. Trump and his lawyers objected, demanding that the deposition continue. Ms. Beck said it was urgent — she needed to pump breast milk for her 3-month-old daughter, and she took the pump out to make her point.

Mr. Trump erupted.

“You’re disgusting,” he told Ms. Beck, in a remark that is not disputed by either side. He then walked out of the room, ending the testimony for the day.

[Tsiyu]

31. Yup...makes sense to me

If a pasty white guy's hero sez it, by golly that pasty white bully is gonna believe it and live by it!

"Muh pasty white ass is offended! Pasty white men shood never be offended!!!!"

Guys like this sometimes make me wish I was 6'4" and 250 lbs.

"Oh, you want to intimidate a new mother and a ONE MONTH OLD CHILD?"

Trump supporters are a cancer on this earth for everyone, including even our tiniest citizens.

[shraby]

2. This chap has some serious mental problems. I don't know if they have a name for it, but he

is a disaster waiting to happen.

[swhisper1]

3. Puritan farts, happy to get women pregnant, offended by a natural act

good for her supporters

[Just reading posts]

4. What a creep.

[uppityperson]

5. What a scary jerk

[Maru Kitteh]

6. I would have called 911 on his ass SO QUICKLY

[Warren DeMontague]

7. He's harassing her and her baby. Despicable.

He's lucky he managed to get out without being arrested.

Something is fucking disgusting, here, but it's not the mom and baby.

Kick and Rec for exposure.

[IcyPeas]

8. she was so touched...

by everyone coming to her defense. and it's like that woman said.... "all the horror in the world" and this guy is upset with a mother breastfeeding!!

[SunSeeker]

9. Disgusting is this douchebag thinking breasts are only for sex.

Breasts are what define us as mammals. They provide nature's intended, perfectly designed food for human babies.

[JustAnotherGen]

11. She has a Human Right

Above the Constitution and petty little man made laws to breastfeed her child wherever she wants.

If we can't do as "God" intended then we need to expand abortion rights and put them in the Constitution.

[sheshe2]

13. He wears an A on his chest...............

That stands for ASSHOLE!

#$%^&*(*&Y^%$#$%^&*&^%$

Hugs, you!

[JustAnotherGen]

14. I've been reading sheshe

Take my posts this morning with a grain of salt. And know - I believe there are an awful lot of people so blinded by the "gub'mint getting em" they can't see how much of a threat they are to the rest of us.

They are even comparing Orlando and the stabbings in France to fucking Rwanda.

Are they kidding me with this bullshit?

[sheshe2]

16. I know JAG. I know.

You are up early and I have yet to sleep. I can't take this place anymore.

I gotta go.

Love ya.

[The2ndWheel]

27. Human rights are man made too

It's not like they exist outside of the human imagination.

[JustAnotherGen]

28. No - it's WOMAN's instinct

It's not man made - men would never inconvenience themselves with this.

We came out of the deep and this is how we evolved.

We breast fed long before we had ammosexuals in this world.

[The2ndWheel]

32. Well you said human right, not woman's instinct

Those are different things. One is created by the human imagination, the other is physical reality.

[JustAnotherGen]

33. Women ARE Humans - and I default to women first.

That's the default for me- as I'm a woman.

Our mothers know us before we are even born.


So if the default is Human ='s woman - what else is there?

My question - since you seem to want to argue with me as opposed to defining your position in regards to the OP --

Are you on HER side or his?

That's all I care about.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. Guns, not breasts!!!

This is America, Goddammit!

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Amen Crunchy!

I'm learning. Breast feeding is bad and subject to being banned because it's not in the Constitution. The Constitution which wouldn't have applied to me when first brought into play.

And I'm supposed to respect these "Founders'? Guns! Not breasts because . . .America!

[SwankyXomb]

17. He seems like exactly the kind of guy

who would come back with his MurderPenis and start spraying DeathSemen all over the place.

[uponit7771]

19. +1

[smirkymonkey]

20. ...And right after he left he went to a strip club.

Men like this make me sick. They are disgusted when breasts are being used for their intended purpose, but have no problem when they are being exposed and sexualized for their OWN pleasure. THAT is what is disgusting.

[maxrandb]

21. Guess we know what the giant "A" on the front of his shirt stands for n/t

[struggle4progress]

22. "When did women start breastfeeding babies? It's unnatural!"

[prayin4rain]

24. This mom is awesome! That would have really upset me, not sure that

I could have fought back like she did in that moment. I'm so glad that people stepped in to help her.

[Odin2005]

25. Creepy asshole.

[Lil Missy]

29. That man is a boob. (No pun intended.)

[NightWatcher]

30. Remember when the creeps stayed at Walmart? Target used to be a refuge

We've got to run this element of assholery out of Target.

[rurallib]

34. he is probably against abortion

but doesn't want the baby fed after it's born

[EllieBC]

36. Per this link, 49 states have laws that protect breastfeeding in private and public.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/breastfeeding-state-laws.aspx

I think some people need to remind themselves of this and keep their mouths shut when they see a woman breastfeeding.

[Warpy]

37. Whaddya think they're FOR. Stupid?

I'm glad Target employees were willing to stand up for this mother. I hope the loudmouth takes his business elsewhere, like 100% online so nobody will ever have to deal with his stupidity again.