Why are bras seen as mandatory for women with chests?

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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.

This is very gratifying to hear.

I am the PP who posted regarding the lift. In true DCUM fashion, there seems to be a subtle, snarky tone of disapproval to the subsequent posts. I'll say this, DW is an athlete who had to wear two bras after childbirth when participating in sports due to the sag. Her lift was for functional reasons, not aesthetic. I don't question her choice one bit and neither should anyone else.

Wow, defensive much? Was it paid for by insurance as medically necessary? If not, it was about form more than function.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Breast tissue can creep into your side and back if you don’t wear a bra. Then you have issues if you get breast cancer.

Wear a bra, ladies.

Yes. You can fight the pit tit by bending forward when putting your bra on.

You guys are making this up, right?

No. Breast tissue can migrate to your sides and armpits. Bending forward before putting your bra on draws the tissue forward. Larger breasted women can also scoop their breasts into the cup. Bonus is that, with your full breast in your bra, you look better.

[Anonymous]

I can’t stand to go braless during the day because of under-boob sweat. I don’t want these things sitting on my stomach getting nasty!

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is very gratifying to hear.

I am the PP who posted regarding the lift. In true DCUM fashion, there seems to be a subtle, snarky tone of disapproval to the subsequent posts. I'll say this, DW is an athlete who had to wear two bras after childbirth when participating in sports due to the sag. Her lift was for functional reasons, not aesthetic. I don't question her choice one bit and neither should anyone else.

Wow, defensive much? Was it paid for by insurance as medically necessary? If not, it was about form more than function.

I've already explained enough and don't need to take your bait.

[Anonymous]

Pre-covid I was in a public washroom washing my hands. The woman right next to me reached for the soap dispenser and, no word of a lie, her t-shirt lifted slightly and her boobs were showing... at her waist..

Bras can be a good thing.

[Anonymous]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/correct-way-to-put-on-bra-524381/amp

Here’s how to properly scoop all breast tissue into your bra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's so tiresome when younger generations think they are the first one with an idea and have no concept of where we've been as a culture.

OP, we've done this before. Google 1960s bra-burning feminism. Maybe it'll catch on the second time around. But the first time, the backlash was strong and the pendulum swung back again, giving us icons of "feminine power" like.... Paris Hilton... and Kim Kardashian...and Cardi B. Do we have to go through all this again?

Bra burning literally never happened in the 60s. It was a myth, perpetrated by the anti-feminist, woman shaming culture that makes up the mainstream United States. So basically, exactly the same cultural shame that's rife on this thread.

Ladies - listen to yourselves and actually think about what you're saying, and question WHY you have such visceral reactions to women not wearing bras.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ahem. I think a lot of people want to see breasts jiggling. And nipples.

Sure but those people stare and are creepy.

And are everyone single man. Some may be polite enough not to stare. No man has ever been offended by a nipple

Only if its feeding an infant, then yes, it offends a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

does anyone remember the fake nipples from Sex and the City?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:does anyone remember the fake nipples from Sex and the City?

Yes! I remember bra shopping in dept stores at a teen in the 90s/early 2000s. The WonderBra had a nipple

[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

The problem is not men being offended. It is gross old married men getting aroused. that is why I wear a bra even though my breasts are small. men are gross.

[Anonymous]

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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

The problem is not men being offended. It is gross old married men getting aroused. that is why I wear a bra even though my breasts are small. men are gross.

Until you see one you want to sleep with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's so tiresome when younger generations think they are the first one with an idea and have no concept of where we've been as a culture.

OP, we've done this before. Google 1960s bra-burning feminism. Maybe it'll catch on the second time around. But the first time, the backlash was strong and the pendulum swung back again, giving us icons of "feminine power" like.... Paris Hilton... and Kim Kardashian...and Cardi B. Do we have to go through all this again?

Bra burning literally never happened in the 60s. It was a myth, perpetrated by the anti-feminist, woman shaming culture that makes up the mainstream United States. So basically, exactly the same cultural shame that's rife on this thread.

Ladies - listen to yourselves and actually think about what you're saying, and question WHY you have such visceral reactions to women not wearing bras.

I did not know bra burning was a myth and looked it up here.

https://www.thoughtco.com/bra-burning-feminists-3529832

Trivialized in the End
Bra-burning quickly became trivialized as silly rather than empowering. One Illinois legislator was quoted in the 1970s, responding to an Equal Rights Amendment lobbyist, calling feminists "braless, brainless broads."

Perhaps it caught on so quickly as a myth because it made the women's movement look ridiculous and obsessed with trivialities. Focusing on bra burners distracted from the larger issues at hand, like equal pay, child care, and reproductive rights. Finally, since most magazine and newspaper editors and writers were men, it was highly unlikely they would give credence to the issues bra burning represented: unrealistic expectations of female beauty and body image.

[Anonymous]

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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

The problem is not men being offended. It is gross old married men getting aroused. that is why I wear a bra even though my breasts are small. men are gross.

Until you see one you want to sleep with.

there are better ways to get those than going braless. You need to get those while say a definite "hands off" to old married men.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is very gratifying to hear.

I am the PP who posted regarding the lift. In true DCUM fashion, there seems to be a subtle, snarky tone of disapproval to the subsequent posts. I'll say this, DW is an athlete who had to wear two bras after childbirth when participating in sports due to the sag. Her lift was for functional reasons, not aesthetic. I don't question her choice one bit and neither should anyone else.

Wow, defensive much? Was it paid for by insurance as medically necessary? If not, it was about form more than function.

Who GAF? I am having one and I'm not going to take offense if my husband likes the new ones better than my old saggy ones! My step sisters scars from her reduction faded into the thinest white lines, they are really not even noticeable. They look way better than my granny boobs, which have severe sag and honestly make me uncomfortable for practical AND physical reasons. They just aren't all that attractive during sex, I'm sure of it