Why do we have to wear bras?

[Pyper]

I hate wearing a bra. It is the most uncomfortable thing in the world, and is especially annoying when PMS time rolls around and my breasts are really tender. So my question is: what is the point? Who decided that women have to wear bras around here? Where did this idea originate? Why can't I just let it all hang out like the women on the Discovery Channel?

Does anybody else feel this way?

 

[Nicole]

Yes I feel that way too.

Mind you women that don't wear Bra's that have big breasts (like myself) don't look at all inviting.

I'll stick to wearing one and complaing about it

 

[CreamyLady]

Gravity.

 

[Pyper]

I don't see women in the Amazon worrying about gravity!

Burn the bras, burn the bras!

*runs off whooping and hollering*

 

[CreamyLady]

I did burn a bra, a rather fetching Maidenform from the days when I was young, slim, and gravity-defying.

At the price of bras now, particularly the Wacoals I was forced to buy since Nordstrom no longer carries the reasonably priced bras I used to wear, there's no way I would burn one.

 

[Pyper]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

In addition to bras being extremely constricting and painful on the boobies, they are way overpriced. I mean, they are just itty bits of material, how much can they really cost to make?

Oh, yeah, and they are even worse on hot days. I worked at a boy scout camp for two summers, and it was awful! Whenever the three other girls and I had a break, we would hide out in our cabin and strip off our bras. This constituted a good time.

On a more serious vein, does anyone have any clue as to why Western women wear bras? Like, maybe, the history of the thing and the rational behind it?

 

[Laurel]

I hate em too. Luckily I don't have to wear one. My little B's aren't going anywhere...you can't fall off the floor!

 

[p_p_man]

Otto

Invented by Otto Titschlinger _ hence tits. Who was an interfering German loser who didn't want women to be comfortable and men to have a good time.

 

[Laurel]

I hate panties too, since we're on the subject. Have a drawful of pretty undies that I rarely wear.

 

[CreamyLady]

Fashion, my dear.

Women did shuck the corset early in this century, partially to allow the bosom to be free. Unfortunately, it was hard on the modest6y of the amply endowed; while the slim could walk about with relative ease, a larger woman in a hurry bobbled and jiggled, attracting the eyes of, gasp, men.

What to do.

The bra started out fairly loose (think of a sports bra, made of cambric or linen); it was merely a little bit of support to keep a woman from being quite so jiggly. However, as fashion changed and more was revealed (or concealed, depending), the bra became more structural and confining.

Anyway, that's the short version. I know about the PMS problem; those are the days I try to stay home, unbound and free. However, I'm almost 48, gravity is a reality, and in the interests of fashion I'll keep strapping myself in.

 

[p_p_man]

Expansion of the bra thread

Dunno who invented panties. Down with them too!

 

[Pyper]

Re: Otto

Invented by Otto Titschlinger _ hence tits. Who was an interfering German loser who didn't want women to be comfortable and men to have a good time.

Interesting! Damn Germans! *smacks her fist into her palm*

Damn fashion. Damn society. Damn damn damn. (This must be the PMS talking.)

I don't have quite so much animosity toward panties. I just wear cheap cotton bikini panties, which are pretty comfortable.

 

[Max]

I thought the bra went out a long time ago--"burn your bra" and that sort of thing--back in the 60's, I believe--although, a heavy set of hooters would need support...I volunteer!

 

[Opium]

I hate em too. Luckily I don't have to wear one. My little B's aren't going anywhere...you can't fall off the floor!

I have barley a A cup and I never wear a bra. Gravity does not effect those with small titties. *gigglin*

 

[CreamyLady]

Opium, Laurel -- I hate you.

 

[p_p_man]

bras and tits (Otto Titschlinger)

"What's in a tit? A breast by any other name would taste just as sweet" - with aplogies to Will Shakespeare.

 

[Pyper]

Birth control made my barely 34A move up to a 36A. Even though they are small *looks down* I still have jiggle factor. What a pain in the ass.

 

[Opium]

Birth control made my barely 34A move up to a 36A. Even though they are small *looks down* I still have jiggle factor. What a pain in the ass.

I feel for you the jiggle factor is the most irritating I would imagine. Sometimes I do wish I had a little more so I could fill at least a A cup bra. Teen training bras don't really turn me on when I am nearly 30.

I can live with the Hate factor there though *gigglin

 

[Weird Harold]

As told by Dolly's sister Stella...

Burn the bras, burn the bras!

On the Tonight show, Stella Parton told Johnny Carson that her sister Dolly burned her bra in support of "Women's Lib."

It took the local fire department three days to put it out.


When my daughter asked me why she had to wear a bra, I told her she didn't have to. I did point out that if she didn't, she was liable to get sneaker track on her nipples when she turned into a blue-haired, sneaker-clad, slot-machine lady.

 

[Problem Child]

Uh, just a thought...

Because some of you have saggy boobs?


Gwad dam, my dog just farted....

 

[Problem Child]

Nevermind...

I farted too.

Now we're even.

 

[BrainyBeauty]

I quit wearing one years ago! Ahhhhhhh

Too constricting. Too confining. Too uncomfortable.

Besides, it's just fat with nipples attached. Want proof?
Check out the pictures on this site! LOL

http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/ads/nipple/nipple_surgery_2.html

 

[Countess DeWinter]

Personally, I think it's another example of our youth-obssessed culture. Young breasts do seem to defy gravity. Until you have a child. The skin stretches and does not snap back. You are marked forever to all those alpha males out there that want a young one. Bras give the illusion of youth by making the breasts "stand up" where they used to.

My oldest son asked what a Miracle bra was once. I told him that for some women, the miracle was that it looked like there was something there. For the rest, it looked like they were where they used to be!

 

[Cheyenne]

I'm with CreamyLady- gravity is the reason. I wear one unless I'm home, then I try to hang loose. Or if I'm taking a picture.

 

[TonyG]

Ok, I'm gonna get yelled at

But I like bras. Not all the time mind you but I think they help to complete an outfit. Sometimes the outfit might call for no bra but the woman has to have the right body type to pull that off correctly. Tee shirts and sweats with no bra, no problem.

I also like bras for the fun it is to remove them in a very sexy manner; either by the woman or myself.

Miracle bras; don't like them. I do not get turned off in the least by a woman getting older and having her breasts not as perky as when she was a teen. Besides, maturity and age brings a more experienced woman.