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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?”[/quote]
You’ve resented having to wear a nice stretchy handkerchief so no one has to see your nipples? Oh my god, the horror! A few inches of fabric?! How do you get along in the world while bearing this unbearable burden!? And support wise, you don’t need this? And you can just run without a serious bra, whenever you want?

:roll: 
Call me when you actually have to wear something with underwear that really trusses and lifts you because otherwise your back hurts, your boobs hurt, you change your walk to accommodate the movement of your breasts. Seriously have a trace of self awareness. [/quote]

Case in point. The self-policing and shaming is strong among supposedly liberated women in America.

I started doing the pencil test when I was 10, and at 40 am still waiting to "pass" it. I don't like bras but wear them because I'm a conformist. May the next generation change things.[/quote]

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