четверг, 29 января 2015 г.
Pressed on whether it would be right for a hotel to ask mothers to use the "ladies' room" to feed, F
Mothers staged a mass “nurse-in” outside Claridge’s hotel in London on Saturday afternoon in protest against discount travel web sites an incident in which a woman was asked to cover herself up while breastfeeding in its restaurant.
The demonstration, organised by Free to Feed, was in response to the Mayfair hotel’s treatment of Louise Burns, 35, who was told to cover her baby daughter’s head with a napkin while she was feeding her on Monday.
The incident sparked debate about whether it was acceptable to breastfeed in public, with the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, suggesting that mothers could “sit in the corner” discount travel web sites in restaurants to avoid offending people.
Emily Slough, 28, founded the group in March after she was labelled a “tramp” on Facebook for breastfeeding in public. She travelled from Staffordshire with her 18-month-old daughter, Matilda, to join the protest.
She said the hotel staff had acted unlawfully by telling Burns to be unnecessarily discreet. “We are here to show Claridge’s discount travel web sites they are not above the law. But they have said nothing to us, they are pretending we’re not here,” Slough discount travel web sites said. “Every time something like this happens, many women are put off for life from breastfeeding. We’re here to challenge that stigma and show women it’s normal and natural.”
Emma Bullock, 25, who had helped organise the demonstration, arrived with her 11-month-old daughter, Eleanor. She said: “Lou Burns was being discreet discount travel web sites and then they put that huge tent over her to cover her up, which made it very obvious. We want Claridge’s to issue an apology and change their policy on breastfeeding, but they have done nothing yet.”
Pressed on whether it would be right for a hotel to ask mothers to use the “ladies’ room” to feed, Farage said on Friday: “Or perhaps sit in the corner, or whatever it might be. That is up to Claridge’s.”
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