Why was it invented?
It seems to me after dealing with a lifetime of carry breasts around that the bra has done a disservice to women.
Breasts are made of ligaments and fat, if you put them in to a sling they no longer have to work they get lazy and sag. Another product misleading women.
Robert Mansell, a professor of surgery at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, reported that, "Bras don't prevent breasts from sagging, with regard to stretching of the breast ligaments and drooping in later life, that occurs very regularly anyway, and that's a function of the weight, often of heavy breasts, and these women are wearing bras and it doesn't prevent it." John Dixey, at the time CEO of Playtex, agreed with Mansell. "We have no medical evidence that wearing a bra could prevent sagging, because the breast itself is not muscle so keeping it toned up is an impossibility."[53] John Dixey told interviewers. "There's no permanent effect on the breast from wearing a particular bra. The bra will give you the shape the bra's been designed to give while you're wearing it."[54] Bras only affect the shape of breasts while they are being worn.[54]
There various arguments as to whom created the bra. Why was it created? Was it to hide the breasts? How did we get here? When young girls start to develop, we have to put a Training bra on them, training for what, a lifetime of shoulder pain and indentations later in life, a remembrance of oppression? To hide the fact that they are becoming women, why?
We will not even get in to the horrific attocities committed in many countries by placing a hot press on littles girls breasts to stunt their growth causing all kinds of medical issues.
After many years of carrying them around, I now have permanent indentations on my shoulder from years of bra straps leaving their mark on my body.
This is a very small issue but one of many that even my family and friends critize me on the day I want to take a break from being strapped in, because my headlights are on and they are not where they used to be 32 years ago! Really? If you see me bra less, don't judge me, you carry these things around all your life and see how it feels. And men, you only have two walnuts to deal and you do not have to harness them in straps, so don't even go there!
Stand with me in removing all the barriers!
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Issues small and large need to be tackled one woman at a time, locally and globally.
Which piece of the puzzle are you? Are you the missing link? Or the one that will put all the pieces together.
It is very liberating to shed that physical restraint.
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