I did notice that train car was largely male. But yeah, I never understood people who were against discreet nursing. I mean, obviously, she wasn't showing her breasts. I've also never understood women who do show their breasts. It's easy enough to wear a two-piece outfit and cover most of one's breast with the baby's head and the rest with a shirt. They'll say, "I don't want to hide my baby under a blanket," but that's really not necessary.
But yeah, my attitude was always that I was sure people would rather I breastfeed at a mall or whatever than have a crying baby there. I never once had anyone say anything, though apparently there are a-holes out there.
I think it was just to show how awful the character, Jody was. That worked. I think the actual disconnect is that someone with his attitude would randomly move to New York. I mean, where I live, there are definitely doctors who have old-fashioned attitudes and aren't into breastfeeding. Like, they'll pay lip-service to it, but don't really encourage it, and at the first sign of a problem, they advise to quit. But New York is hugely liberal. And they didn't have any real reason why Jody chose to move there. I mean, if he'd been offered a job as a professor at Columbia Medical School or something, that would make sense. Just to hang with Jeremy, not so much.
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