Breastfeeding mothers continue to be discriminated against in the public space

In 2022, breastfeeding in public places is always frowned upon. This is sadly a fact that many breastfeeding mothers can testify, since 17% of them feel discriminated against in the public space when they have to. feeding their baby away from home.

Breastfeed anywhere, anytime, but in hiding

On the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week, we were able to follow Alison Cavaillé, the founder of the brand Banana tajinewhich has decided, as every year, to denounce discrimination against breastfeeding in public places.

This year he imagined and gave birth to poster campaign in Paris, Brussels and Marseille, putting up 8,000 posters in all cities. In these images, we can see a woman breastfeeding her baby in a restaurant, on a bus or even in the Louvre with Jasmin, the woman who drove to the museum bathrooms to breastfeed her baby.

On each of these photos was also displayed a comment of the social networks, abject and real, in reaction to the vision of a woman who is breastfeeding.

We followed him during his day in Paris:

The right to breastfeed anytime, anywhere

In France, breastfeeding is a right, even if too often he is mocked. In France, no one can prohibit breastfeeding in public places.

But if no law prohibits breastfeeding in public space, there is still no law for it guarantee the right to breastfeeding outside the home.

In this sense, several French deputies presented a bill last year a penalize anyone who tries to prevent a woman from breastfeeding in a public place. This law, not yet adopted to date, has been referred to the commission, and could be validated in the future.

Breastfeeding is not an act of sexual exhibition.

Notice to critics against breastfeeding in public space: breastfeeding is not an act of sexual exhibition. Article 222-32 of the Criminal Code, which defines sexual exhibition, states that sexual exhibition is when the explicit commission of a real or simulated sexual act is imposed on the sight of others. Breastfeeding is the act of giving your own milk to your baby, so it is nothing sexual.

Photo credit image of one: TajineBanane