Tit In Plane Sight

The great and powerful Vermont Human Rights Commission has spoken!

The full commission heard (in a private session no less) and ruled there were grounds to believe an airline discriminated against a woman who was ordered off a plane after refusing to cover up while breast-feeding her child. They didn't just believe it, they found grounds to believe it, and ruled on it.

The panel found the airline "violated Vermont's prohibition against discrimination against women breast feeding in places of public accommodation." The carrier? Freedom Airlines.

The irony is too much.

In October 2006, Emily Gillette, her husband and their then 22-month-old daughter, River (fucking hippies), were headed to New York. While waiting at the gate to take off, Gillette, seated next to the window in the next to last row, began to breast feed her child. She says a flight attendant handed her a blanket and told her to cover up. She refused. A short time later they were removed from the plane.

Now, there may in fact be something prohibiting discrimination against women breast feeding in places of public, but really, how great are Emily Gillette's tits that she need to flaunt them when feeding her kid? Maybe after having to push a nine pound weight through your crotch or cleaning endless diapers, decorum and pride-in-self may disappear, but how much humility can a person loose being a parent? I mean, you're in public - have some respect. And if not for yourself, for the fact you're not at home. Of all the times I've seen women breastfeeding in public, they've taken care to cover up, because normal people don't whip a boob out and let strangers watch them nurse their kid. But you, Emily Gillette, you're special. And so are your breasts.

Breast milk has the following contents (daily value): Folate 76%, Protein 43%, Vitamin B12 94%, Calcium 36%, Vitamin C 60%, Vitamin A 75%.