oI don't wear bras at home. I enjoy being comfortable, and my boobs are not big enough to swing back and forth uncomfortably when I move, so bralessness is my preferred state.
However, I feel compelled to wear a bra when I go out.
Why? I don't particularly like the way my body looks when my breasts are encased in a bra, I actually prefer how t-shirts look on me without a bra on, so it's not an appearance thing.
I'm indifferent towards men (or women) who stare lustily at my boobs when I'm out, so it's not a modesty thing, either.
(As an aside, one time me and my friend were out in our PJ's and this guy rode by on a cycle and went, "Beautiful nipples, girls!". I thought it was funny!)
So why?
I decided to go out without a bra on one day to see what was making me so uncomfortable. I found the answer when I was two steps out my door.
Now that I was paying attention, I noticed the subtle disapproving looks from (mostly) women. They looked at me, then rather pointedly at my breasts, then made a sneer-like movement with their mouths. Either that, or they averted their eyes hastily when they noticed I wasn't padded up in the chesticular region.
Obviously I had picked up on this subconsciously. How dare they? How dare I be made to feel uncomfortable just because I didn't want to strap my breasts to my body?
So I walk the streets braless, because I find it more comfortable. The first assumption people make?
"She's a whore, she wants male attention, she has no dignity". Honestly, what is that?
First of all, no, it's not even true, in my case.
Second of all, even if it were, so what? Do you women not slather your faces in makeup for the sole purpose of 'looking better'? Do men not style, colour,gel their hair, shave, and pick out good clothes in order to 'look better'? Do you not do this so as to seem more attractive than you naturally are? Is this not 'enjoying attention' in the same way that someone who goes braless enjoys attention? Where is the distinction between the two?
Not only this, but every time I walk into a bra shop, all the bras my size are padded to hell. Apparently it's okay (and desirable) to pretend to the world that you have bigger boobs than you really do.. but not okay to go out au naturale. Apparently, when people can see the peaks on your shirt where your nipples lie, it's blasphemy! Sacrilege! Pornography!
So, in summary, I don't need to wear a bra, so I bloody well won't, and fuck you if you have a problem with it.
I mean, big freakin' deal, right?
However, I feel compelled to wear a bra when I go out.
Why? I don't particularly like the way my body looks when my breasts are encased in a bra, I actually prefer how t-shirts look on me without a bra on, so it's not an appearance thing.
I'm indifferent towards men (or women) who stare lustily at my boobs when I'm out, so it's not a modesty thing, either.
(As an aside, one time me and my friend were out in our PJ's and this guy rode by on a cycle and went, "Beautiful nipples, girls!". I thought it was funny!)
So why?
I decided to go out without a bra on one day to see what was making me so uncomfortable. I found the answer when I was two steps out my door.
Now that I was paying attention, I noticed the subtle disapproving looks from (mostly) women. They looked at me, then rather pointedly at my breasts, then made a sneer-like movement with their mouths. Either that, or they averted their eyes hastily when they noticed I wasn't padded up in the chesticular region.
Obviously I had picked up on this subconsciously. How dare they? How dare I be made to feel uncomfortable just because I didn't want to strap my breasts to my body?
So I walk the streets braless, because I find it more comfortable. The first assumption people make?
"She's a whore, she wants male attention, she has no dignity". Honestly, what is that?
First of all, no, it's not even true, in my case.
Second of all, even if it were, so what? Do you women not slather your faces in makeup for the sole purpose of 'looking better'? Do men not style, colour,gel their hair, shave, and pick out good clothes in order to 'look better'? Do you not do this so as to seem more attractive than you naturally are? Is this not 'enjoying attention' in the same way that someone who goes braless enjoys attention? Where is the distinction between the two?
Not only this, but every time I walk into a bra shop, all the bras my size are padded to hell. Apparently it's okay (and desirable) to pretend to the world that you have bigger boobs than you really do.. but not okay to go out au naturale. Apparently, when people can see the peaks on your shirt where your nipples lie, it's blasphemy! Sacrilege! Pornography!
So, in summary, I don't need to wear a bra, so I bloody well won't, and fuck you if you have a problem with it.
