speaking of busty.......talk about bras
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speaking of busty.......talk about bras
| Thu, 10-14-2004 - 7:50pm |
I'm only a B cup, and gravity is yet to take it's toll - so I don't need a bra. It also so happens that I find them extremely uncomfortable, so I only wear one if my nips are likely to show or the dress really needs some defining shape underneath.
However, I've also read posts where going braless is deemed to be overly sexual. Why is this? Comfort is the only thing in my mind when not bothering with a bra. If anything, I find that a bra - and the defining shape it gives - is way more sexy than slobbing around in no bra.
Thoughts anyone?

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In terms of public opinion? Well women certainly didn't wear bras in the early part of the century... when I think of bra invention, I think of uptight sexuality of the 50s, pre 60s/70s revolution :) Plus bras de-shap-ify the point of the breast, which is also de-sexifying. (Guys certainly don't have perky nipples!) More clothes, less shape, less sexuality. America is a puritanical place.
Anybody know when the bra was invented?
If you're not from the USA, is your culture more open to bra-less-ness?
Also, we are more liberal in the sense that women breast feed their children in public. No they dont have their nipples hanging out, but what is the big deal if someone can see a tiny bit of skin, it isn't like their breats are out. People in the U.S. make a huge deal about women breast feeding their children. It is 100 times better to give your child real milk instead of the fake formula women feed their babies in public...Scandinavians in general are not so limited when it comes to sexuality, as in the U.S. people tend to be.
Exactly my point....if I want to be sexy, I'll wear a bra.
>>More clothes, less shape, less sexuality.<<
You know, I'm sounding like a 60's bra-burning feminist here, but it's sad that even today, women feel the need to bind their bodies so that no hint of movement or form is shown. Have we really progressed past corsets?
However, I have also noticed comments about women wearing jeans so low that they have to shave their pubic hair. Funnily enough, I remember a post where a woman was upset that a braless friend was chatting/flirting with her boyfriend - however the same poster used to discuss wearing clothes that required shaved pubic hair. To me, this seems like an amazing double standard. She thought that it was OK to show extreme amounts of flesh, but heaven forbid anyone go braless. Go figure.
>>If you're not from the USA, is your culture more open to bra-less-ness?<<
No, I'm not from the USA - which is probably why I get confused by some attitudes on this board. Going braless here (in Australia) is not that common - but I don't feel that it raises eyebrows or suspicion either. Or at least, no one's ever commented on my bralessness ;-)
On the other hand....my DH likes for me to go braless because everthing's more visible, the bounce is more obvious and they're accessible.
Edited 10/18/2004 5:25 pm ET ET by katmandoo2001
And while some of the puritanical background of our history is still evident here and there, I don't think anyone could say that Americans are "afraid of a tiny bit of skin showing." LOL! At least, that's not my experience!
And I've actually read a poll that stated that Scandinavians view sex more as exercise than an intimate expression of love or desire. Is that true?
Edited 10/19/2004 2:08 am ET ET by katmandoo2001
The "real" question is whether or not people would get offended if a woman fully exposed her breast while breastfeeding. Is it possible that people could view the breast in two contexts? Is it possible that people would not view a woman breastfeeding as anything sexual whether she exposes her whole breast or not?
A good link about the how it's viewed world-wide, as well as a small-insert pic of a woman feeding full-breasted.
http://www.007b.com/public-breastfeeding-world.php
another pic
http://www.007b.com/breastfeeding_public.php
Edited 10/18/2004 11:06 pm ET ET by root_of_all_evil
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