bras do not in any way, shape or form cause cancer. uncomfortable they certainly are. i gave them up in 1971. if i were a runner, i might feel differently and wear a stretchy sports bra just to keep from hurting myself. i'm not a runner. a nurse has answered below with two good reasons why she wears a bra. one has to do with practicality (not teat-smacking the patients) and one is personal preference (not wanting her nipples to show; some mind and some don't mind; i myself don't wear thin white blouses so i'm fine). not everyone has the same size or density of breast either. what is uncomfortable for some of us may provide comfort for someone with a different build. i am against bras for myself but i am not going to criticize other women for making a different decision.

i feel differently, though, about makeup and about high heels. high heels are designed to make a woman's legs look unnatural in a way that men apparently find attractive; we've been trained to find that attractive in ourselves too, but the real purpose of high heels is the same as the real purpose of foot-binding in china: to keep a woman from being able to run away from men. of course that is by no means the conscious purpose anymore; shoe manufacturers probably don't say "ah HA, this will make her more rapable!" nonetheless, that's where they come from and that's their real purpose. as for makeup, we must exaggerate our features to attract men. no matter that we look like clowns and hide whatever real beauty we might actually have. we're trained to see ourselves as ugly, unkempt and unavailable, even, with bare faces. we think we're doing it for ourselves. we don't necessarily think "oh i'd better put on my face or no man will ever love me." we think "oh i look terrible, let me put on my face."

bras? i can't stand them but i'm not going to attribute bad motivations to whoever invented them. it was probably a woman who was trying to keep her heavy teats from hurting as gravity tugged at them.

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I am a D . I work as a nurse in a emergency / trauma response . I need my boobs tghtr and not on anybody's face when over patients and / or running around like a chicken w it's head off . Bra provides support and also I have no desire for the whole world to look at my nipples . I have no clue where u got your facts that bras cause cancer ? Are u trying to educate women about bras or do u think u ve been forced to wear one ? I am not sure I understand your post / problem .

Oh honey...i was a big DD or more for 69 years, had to wear a bra or wobble all over plus back pain! Now a bitty B and So Happy without a bra! But believe me, they were needed!

Life is pretty painful for me without one. These heavy-ass things need to be supported other they'll pull my spine out of place.

Some of us want/need the support . Kind of depends on your size . Gravity exists .

Bras do NOT cause cancer:
[cancercouncil.com.au]

Bras create shape and structure under clothing. Wearing a bra protects me from staring and ridicule.

In my 20s, I was having a glass of wine with the YMCA Camp director when he called me "Nipples."

"What did you call me?" I ask suspiciously. "Did you just call me Nipples?"

Mike shamefacedly admitted that was my joke name among (so-called) professional men in the Seattle YMCA.

I have been wearing a lightly padded bra ever since.

Who is forcing you (or anyone else) to wear one?

Bras prevent sagging, I like them.