Truemors
Hell hath no fury like a breastfeeder scorned, apparently.
A woman who was recently asked by staff to breastfeed in a private room at the downtown Vancouver H&M organized a nurse-in today. Demonstrators showed a unified front with synchronized breastfeeding at a protest station set up outside the store.
The woman offended by the H&M request also told the Province she plans to take the issue to the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
In a letter published online, Manuela Valle said she was at the H&M store in the Pacific Centre Mall in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon with her husband and two-month old daughter Ramona.
Valle was told that was store policy to prevent customers being offended.
"She even said that this is the protocol they are taught to follow during their training."
Valle said she was particularly upset because she was expected to go to a secluded space, a fitting room, to nurse.
"I told them I would publicly campaign against their policy because it is wrong and discriminatory. It punished me for breastfeeding by putting me in seclusion and thus confirmed the idea that public breastfeeding is offensive and shameful."
Valle's complaint has been picked up by a network of B.C. midwives and an online campaign has been launched which will culminate with the nurse-in Thursday.
Comments (0)