Do you feel it is appropriate not to wear a bra in public?

Contributor: Kitten has left the site Kitten has left the site
i actually walk around sometimes without a bra. wearing one for a entire week from teh time i get dressed to take a shower hurts so much on me. im overweight slightly and it doesn't help that im large breasted.
going without one, like now, feels like heaven to me due to no restrictions around my body that leaves red lines.
04/12/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
Guess what????

I HAVE BOOBS!!!!

And so does every single man in the whole freaking world. Does that mean all those men out there that have man-boobs (think Meatloaf in Fight Club) should be wearing bra's too? No. To imply that would be incorrect and just mean. Yet it is perfectly acceptable to have backward thinking men and women out there actually ask such a moronic question like, "sweetie, did you forget to put on a bra this morning?"

How on earth can a person "forget" to put on a bra? WHOOPS!! I forgot to put on a pair of pants this morning!!

I wear a bra in public in China because the ground is not even. All that bouncing from pot holes, stair climbing hurts. I do get tisked at when I wear an unpadded bra (and holy cripes want to know??? I actually found unpadded bra's to be more comfortable than padded!!! I was shocked!). Even if I just walk from my apartment to the store on the first floor with no bra on I get tisked.

Yet the women who tisk me usually are not wearing a bra.

Double standard.

When I am at home, I flat out refuse to wear a bra. They are so uncomfortable to wear, like a cage. After a day of teaching, my shoulders hurt and it is quite literally a mini orgasm to free my breasts.

In Canada, I grew up in a family with five women and my dad. We all hated wearing a bra, but did "out of respect" for my father. By the time I was fifteen I thought screw it. If he cannot respect us and clean up after himself then why the heck can't I be comfortable too?

From that point on? Bra's were hardly ever worn at home.

Western society for all our notions about sexual freedoms and sexual rights and "modern" thoughts.... we are such prudes when it comes to our bodies. What a backwards world!
04/12/2012
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
I think it's quite hot if the breasts are firm. If someone who has tits hanging down around their waist and they just wear a t-shirt that offers them no support, that to me is trashy.
My tits aren't firm any more, but if I go braless I make sure I wear a top that offers me support. I just can't go with no support.
If I was firm, I sure would!!!

And depending on the bra, ya can still see hard nipples.
04/12/2012
Contributor: Ms. N Ms. N
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Originally posted by Ansley
Theory has it that it doesn't matter if a woman wears a bra or not, the elastic tissues that make breasts perky and pretty when we're young break down after our childbearing prime is over. Some studies suggest that wearing a bra that keeps ... more
Amen, sister!

I wear one in public (most of the time), but as soon as I get home (or sometimes in the car on the way home), that thing is coming off!
04/12/2012
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
i hate a bra but would not go with out unless the top had a built in bra
but each to there own
05/08/2012
Contributor: VelvetDragon VelvetDragon
I absolutely will not wear a bra. Anyone who cares should re-evaluate their OWN issues and priorities. My breasts are not here for others' judgement.

I absolutely can't wear a bra. It hurts too much. It's either go out without a bra, or stay home all the time.
05/08/2012
Contributor: SaraW0512 SaraW0512
If they dont like it, they can look the other way! You should have asked them why they were looking at your breast to begin with! lol
05/08/2012
Contributor: Vegan Silk Vegan Silk
Everyone should be allowed to be comfortable without being pre-victim blamed for inviting harassment.
05/09/2012
Contributor: nanamondoute nanamondoute
I think if society wasn't so into "OMG! It's boobs!" We wouldn't be having this discussion. I think going without a bra is fine. I do it from time to time.
05/09/2012
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
I need a bra ... like others have said, mine are just too big to not have torque. If you can go without it, great for you. Frankly, I don't really notice the absence on anyone under a C. Over that, it becomes a little strange seeing someone's breasts hanging about their waist, but nothing worth drawing more attention to.
05/09/2012
Contributor: TameTemptress TameTemptress
Often at home, I go without. I'm more comfortable wearing one when I'm out and about, but to each her own if you're more comfortable not wearing one. Doesn't bother me!
05/09/2012
Contributor: CollegeFun2014 CollegeFun2014
I think as long as you're wearing a shirt that won't expose you every five minutes that it's your choice.
05/09/2012
Contributor: Miss Anonymous Miss Anonymous
I don't think women with really LARGE breast should go without bras... Some women don't have the best looking breast, and I personally don't wanna see boobs that almost touch your knees... It's not sexy!
05/09/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
I have no problem with women that don't want to wear a bra. Hell, I'm not wearing one right now!

As long as they aren't hanging out the bottom of your shirt or your nipples are so hard that you're endangering those around you by not covering them... Who cares?
05/09/2012
Contributor: SubmissiveFeminist SubmissiveFeminist
Women's breasts and nipples are oversexualized a lot. I think it's really up to what you're comfortable with and shouldn't be up to anyone else, really.
05/09/2012
Contributor: richsam richsam
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Originally posted by SecretToyLover2
A lot of women I know, including myself, find that bras are actually hurting us and not helping us. For the longest time I was told that they were necessary to support breasts and improve the posture of the spine and shoulders. My chiropractor said ... more
i have 2 young boys 9 and 11 and i get so grossed out seing a girl walking around in the store with a white see through shirt on and hard nipples.its just wrong in so many ways
05/12/2012
Contributor: chuckthompson453 chuckthompson453
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Originally posted by SecretToyLover2
A lot of women I know, including myself, find that bras are actually hurting us and not helping us. For the longest time I was told that they were necessary to support breasts and improve the posture of the spine and shoulders. My chiropractor said ... more
I think it depends greatly on bra size and shirt type, small breasts are pretty much always fine, larger ones would have to be in the right shirt
06/01/2012
Contributor: pixxie87 pixxie87
if I had small breast I would not wear a bra ever.
06/01/2012
Contributor: KrissyNovacaine KrissyNovacaine
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Originally posted by calliope
If you have small breast and with the right shirt sure. No way with my DDD's. They would be all over the place. To bad I find bras way uncomfortable since I became a DDD. First thing that comes off when I get home is the bra them shoes lol.
Story of my life too! I hate wearing a bra, but if I want to look halfway presentable, which I do, I feel like I have to wear one.

I don't knock anyone's choices though. In the end, a bra is just a bra. It's supposed to be helpful and it really shouldn't be mandatory.
06/01/2012
Contributor: PDXlady PDXlady
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Good grief they are tittys not guided, heat seeking sex missiles. EVERY woman, and some men, have them why are we so damn prudish as a country? We would not lose our damn minds or go sexually insane if every woman in America took off her bra and ... more
Agreed! I have extremely asymmetrical breasts so bras are very uncomfortable for me because they always pull to one side, so I stopped wearing them all together. I'll wear a tight shirt with no bra if I want to. I'm not going to choose between limiting the clothes that I wear to strictly baggy clothes, or being extremely uncomfortable all day. If people want to be offended by my body than that's their issue not mine. Last time I checked every single person has a naked body under their clothes so why are we so uncomfortable and offended by them?
06/01/2012
Contributor: PDXlady PDXlady
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Originally posted by Miss Anonymous
I don't think women with really LARGE breast should go without bras... Some women don't have the best looking breast, and I personally don't wanna see boobs that almost touch your knees... It's not sexy!
Why do women always have to be sexy for everyone else? Women shouldn't have to compromise their own comfort just so that others don't get upset that they aren't being sexy enough. My breasts are not hear for anyone other than me (and possibly a baby in the future) so I'm not going to be in pain all day so that other people can stare at a chest that they think is more sexy. Women shouldn't be punished for having large or "not the best looking" breasts.
My breasts are asymmetrical and not particularly perky and if anyone has an issue with seeing them they can deal with it, because my body does not exist for their viewing pleasure.
06/01/2012
Contributor: SimpleTeaser SimpleTeaser
I voted it depends on what type of shirt you are wearing.
06/01/2012
Contributor: DustBunny DustBunny
When I'm out of the house, I wear a bra. When I'm at home I barely wear anything. I know I have younger coworkers who go braless and in one case it's because she wants attention and she's said it. That's on her really, it's not what I'm comfortable with. I know working in a kitchen I feel more comfortable wearing a bra with a little padding to it because it keeps everything covered even when doing inventory in the subzero freezer.
06/02/2012