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Let me preface this by saying I am a man, and smoked a little too much, so I'm sitting here thinking... what is or was the original purpose of a bra? Weight support? Vanity? Covering the nips so people's eyes met your eyes and you can have a normal conversation? Like what's it all about?

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[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Advantages of bras:

  • Look nice (if you're into that look, which many people are)

  • Keep your nipples from chafing

  • Support/containment for larger boobs

  • Keep prudish people from being mad at your nipples

  • Can be worn without a shirt for sports if they cover enough real estate

  • When breastfeeding, help catch/absorb leaks

Disadvantages of bras:

  • Uncomfortable if not fitted right
  • Sweaty as fuck on hot days
  • Expensive
  • Many have to be hand washed if they are fancy

I would say I wear bras about 30-50% of the time and it's usually for either support/chafing prevention or looks. The rest of the time I can't be bothered. I'm also lucky to not have super large breasts. I know women who do may find a good fitted bra to be more comfortable than no bra.

When I was breastfeeding I wore them all the time though because it is super awkward to leak through your shirt in public.

Edited to add bullet points bc I suck at lemmy formatting

[–] AplasticAenima@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just wondering, but why did you use punctuation in the last half of your comment, but not the first?

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think she wrote the pros and cons as a vertically stacked list, but formatting forces it into a paragraph, unless you add a double space at the end of the line.

So this:

Advantages of bras: Look nice (if you're into that look, which many people are) Keep your nipples from chafing Support/containment for larger boobs Keep prudish people from being mad at your nipples Can be worn without a shirt for sports if they cover enough real estate When breastfeeding, help catch/absorb leaks

Becomes this:

Advantages of bras:
Look nice (if you're into that look, which many people are)
Keep your nipples from chafing
Support/containment for larger boobs
Keep prudish people from being mad at your nipples
Can be worn without a shirt for sports if they cover enough real estate
When breastfeeding, help catch/absorb leaks

Or, with the addition of bullet points:

Advantages of bras:

  • Look nice (if you're into that look, which many people are)
  • Keep your nipples from chafing
  • Support/containment for larger boobs
  • Keep prudish people from being mad at your nipples
  • Can be worn without a shirt for sports if they cover enough real estate
  • When breastfeeding, help catch/absorb leaks
[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Aw damn thanks for fixing that! Yes I wrote it as a list and yes I forgot the double space. Still haven't figured out bullet points in lemmy

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

No problem at all - and bullets are just a star and a space, then your text and then the two spaces at the end, and then repeat :-)