The female boob — probably the most misunderstood body part in the history of our confused and misguided culture.



We’ve made the boob into so many things. First and foremost, we see it as a sexual vessel. We’re fascinated by it. We worship it. We make bras to stick it out and push it up, and we design shirts to show it off.



Especially here in America, the boob is synonymous with sex.



This being the case, there is also a strong contingent of people who see the boob as dirty or inappropriate  — even though they’re just as sexually obsessed with it as the next knuckle-dragger.



Somewhere down the line, past all the things we’ve made the boob into, its first job is often forgotten.



In fact, when the boob is actually doing what it’s designed to do, it’s not even really a boob. It’s a breast. And its job is one of the most important there is.



The female breast’s real, true, one-and-only sole purpose on this earth is to deliver breast milk to babies. That’s it. Science and research have more than proven there’s no healthier way to go.



Unfortunately, our sexual obsession with the boob isn’t the only thing this confused and misguided culture of ours has fucked up. Not only have we turned the female breast into a boob, we’ve done our best to make its real job obsolete. We’ve replaced the breast with the bottle, and exchanged mom-made breast milk for formula. This makes it a lot easier for moms to hurry back to work, but more importantly it keeps the boob in its rightful place — as something 13-year-old boys hide pictures of under their mattress.



Makes sense, right? Of course not. But, as we’ve learned, we’ve got more important things to worry about than logic.



Like boobs.



So when state Rep. Tami Green (D-Lakewood) proposed legislation designed to protect a women’s right to breastfeed in public — a bill that places breastfeeding in the realm of other human rights issues like race and gender protection — it wasn’t all that surprising to see some people get upset. Though currently it’s not illegal to breastfeed in public, it’s not uncommon for women to be told to cover up or get out.



Some called the bill a waste of time. Others say just because something is natural doesn’t mean we all want to see it.



That’s just stupid.



This isn’t a complicated debate. There aren’t two equally legitimate arguments. Yes, breastfeeding is natural. Yes, women should be able to do it whenever and wherever. Intercourse is also natural, but this bill isn’t the same as saying people should be allowed to have sex in public. Those who make such arguments, at best, are missing the point.

Green’s bill simply acknowledges the fact that breastfeeding is by far the most beneficial way for babies to eat. This is not debatable.



Green’s bill also acknowledges that, as a culture, we’ve got our priorities screwed up. Sex should not take precedent over the health of our children.



“Wouldn’t it be nice if women felt as comfortable breastfeeding as they do reaching for a bottle,” says Green.



Yes it would. Which is exactly the reason this legislation is a good idea.