Why are bras seen as mandatory for women with chests?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I always thought the opposite OP. I’m a very small chested woman (barely an A) and I’ve always resented having to wear a bra just to make other people comfortable, since it’s certainly not for my comfort. I always assumed women with larger boobs wore bras because they help support. That’s what my friends have told me.

And as someone who has gone braless a lot as an adult woman, I can tell you for sure that the people most worried about how inappropriate this is are middle aged women (I am middle aged, this isn’t again, I’m just sharing facts). They are the only ones scandalized by nipple visible through a shirt or who will pull you aside to tell you that you would look “more appropriate” in a bra. This is very much a self-policing thing with women, as most clothing issues are. Women will shame you hard if you don’t conform. It’s like “we are all suffering under these rules and unrealistic expectations, what makes you think you are so special that you can opt out?”

It’s more that like seeing your nipples is a level of intimacy I don’t care to experience with you. It’s a part of your body I don’t care to see. I don’t want to see your belly button, breasts, or butt cheeks. Clothing puts those things away, so I can interact with your face. That’s enough for me.

Ask yourself why you're so offended by female nipples, but not by male nipples or teats on dogs and other animals. Humans are mammals. Why is that offensive?

[Anonymous]

Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I always thought the opposite OP. I’m a very small chested woman (barely an A) and I’ve always resented having to wear a bra just to make other people comfortable, since it’s certainly not for my comfort. I always assumed women with larger boobs wore bras because they help support. That’s what my friends have told me.

And as someone who has gone braless a lot as an adult woman, I can tell you for sure that the people most worried about how inappropriate this is are middle aged women (I am middle aged, this isn’t again, I’m just sharing facts). They are the only ones scandalized by nipple visible through a shirt or who will pull you aside to tell you that you would look “more appropriate” in a bra. This is very much a self-policing thing with women, as most clothing issues are. Women will shame you hard if you don’t conform. It’s like “we are all suffering under these rules and unrealistic expectations, what makes you think you are so special that you can opt out?”

It’s more that like seeing your nipples is a level of intimacy I don’t care to experience with you. It’s a part of your body I don’t care to see. I don’t want to see your belly button, breasts, or butt cheeks. Clothing puts those things away, so I can interact with your face. That’s enough for me.

Ask yourself why you're so offended by female nipples, but not by male nipples or teats on dogs and other animals. Humans are mammals. Why is that offensive?

I agree with PP. I don’t want to see your body parts. On animals, those never distract me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^
Bras Make Breasts Sag, 15-Year Study Concludes
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259073#1

“Medically, physiologically, anatomically – breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity. On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra.”

Prof. Rouillon used a slide rule and a caliper (a device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object) to carefully measure changes in breast features of hundreds of women over a 15-year period at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Besançon.

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Rouillon found that women who never wore bras had nipples on average seven millimeters higher in relation to their shoulders each year than regular bra users.

Ok, but aren’t women who have naturally perky breasts less likely to wear a bra? Seems like a chicken and egg question.

The study controlled for this as a potential confounding variable and still found the same result.

As too common, headline-grabbing articles were written about an unpublished study. It seems still unpublished... probably does not survive peer-review scrutiny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I always thought the opposite OP. I’m a very small chested woman (barely an A) and I’ve always resented having to wear a bra just to make other people comfortable, since it’s certainly not for my comfort. I always assumed women with larger boobs wore bras because they help support. That’s what my friends have told me.

And as someone who has gone braless a lot as an adult woman, I can tell you for sure that the people most worried about how inappropriate this is are middle aged women (I am middle aged, this isn’t again, I’m just sharing facts). They are the only ones scandalized by nipple visible through a shirt or who will pull you aside to tell you that you would look “more appropriate” in a bra. This is very much a self-policing thing with women, as most clothing issues are. Women will shame you hard if you don’t conform. It’s like “we are all suffering under these rules and unrealistic expectations, what makes you think you are so special that you can opt out?”

It’s more that like seeing your nipples is a level of intimacy I don’t care to experience with you. It’s a part of your body I don’t care to see. I don’t want to see your belly button, breasts, or butt cheeks. Clothing puts those things away, so I can interact with your face. That’s enough for me.

Ask yourself why you're so offended by female nipples, but not by male nipples or teats on dogs and other animals. Humans are mammals. Why is that offensive?

I agree with about the male vs. female distinction but you lose me on the other mammal distinction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I always thought the opposite OP. I’m a very small chested woman (barely an A) and I’ve always resented having to wear a bra just to make other people comfortable, since it’s certainly not for my comfort. I always assumed women with larger boobs wore bras because they help support. That’s what my friends have told me.

And as someone who has gone braless a lot as an adult woman, I can tell you for sure that the people most worried about how inappropriate this is are middle aged women (I am middle aged, this isn’t again, I’m just sharing facts). They are the only ones scandalized by nipple visible through a shirt or who will pull you aside to tell you that you would look “more appropriate” in a bra. This is very much a self-policing thing with women, as most clothing issues are. Women will shame you hard if you don’t conform. It’s like “we are all suffering under these rules and unrealistic expectations, what makes you think you are so special that you can opt out?”

It’s more that like seeing your nipples is a level of intimacy I don’t care to experience with you. It’s a part of your body I don’t care to see. I don’t want to see your belly button, breasts, or butt cheeks. Clothing puts those things away, so I can interact with your face. That’s enough for me.

Ask yourself why you're so offended by female nipples, but not by male nipples or teats on dogs and other animals. Humans are mammals. Why is that offensive?

NP, but Fwiw I hate seeing male nipples in the workplace too. Or men’s chest hair from a shirt unbuttoned too low

[Anonymous]

OP, it's just the current fashion. It may eventually go the way of the corset. For now, you can either follow the current fashion or choose not to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more you don’t wear a bra, the saggier they get. Get a breast reduction if you don’t want to wear a bra

This is correct. After two kids, DW had a lift. The surgeon recommended wearing a bra as much as possible to counter the effects of gravity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

Certain religious men are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I always thought the opposite OP. I’m a very small chested woman (barely an A) and I’ve always resented having to wear a bra just to make other people comfortable, since it’s certainly not for my comfort. I always assumed women with larger boobs wore bras because they help support. That’s what my friends have told me.

And as someone who has gone braless a lot as an adult woman, I can tell you for sure that the people most worried about how inappropriate this is are middle aged women (I am middle aged, this isn’t again, I’m just sharing facts). They are the only ones scandalized by nipple visible through a shirt or who will pull you aside to tell you that you would look “more appropriate” in a bra. This is very much a self-policing thing with women, as most clothing issues are. Women will shame you hard if you don’t conform. It’s like “we are all suffering under these rules and unrealistic expectations, what makes you think you are so special that you can opt out?”

It’s more that like seeing your nipples is a level of intimacy I don’t care to experience with you. It’s a part of your body I don’t care to see. I don’t want to see your belly button, breasts, or butt cheeks. Clothing puts those things away, so I can interact with your face. That’s enough for me.

Ask yourself why you're so offended by female nipples, but not by male nipples or teats on dogs and other animals. Humans are mammals. Why is that offensive?

NP, but Fwiw I hate seeing male nipples in the workplace too. Or men’s chest hair from a shirt unbuttoned too low

Me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

Certain religious men are.

They are just pretending

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

Certain religious men are.

Certain religious men are offended by seeing the hair on a woman's head, and their ankles, and any skin at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

Certain religious men are.

Certain religious men are offended by seeing the hair on a woman's head, and their ankles, and any skin at all.

Or like, women at all, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low saggy breasts are one thing...

But no man would ever be offended by a nipple. Only women are.

I say do whatever is most comfortable to keep breasts from dropping and flopping in public, without regard to visible nipple. A light wireless bra should be fine for C cup and comfortable

Certain religious men are.

They are just pretending

a la Mike Pence

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more you don’t wear a bra, the saggier they get. Get a breast reduction if you don’t want to wear a bra

This is correct. After two kids, DW had a lift. The surgeon recommended wearing a bra as much as possible to counter the effects of gravity.

As a man, I far prefer boobs with a little/or more sag.