NO doubt Heather Causnett will get a lot of flak (Letters, February 4) for her regular criticism of her own sex.

And yet she’s correct, breastfeeding is a private thing. Why are so many people hell-bent on drawing attention to themselves when discretion is what is called for?

Going to the toilet is a private thing. Should we promote using the streets as a toilet as a right? Who among us hasn’t been caught short and discreetly gone behind a tree or bush?

D M Deamer, Penleys Grove Street, Monkgate, York