# Bra Technology degree. (no, really) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231 "2016-02-26T18:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/1 "2016-02-26T18:18:11Z")
Chinese University Offers Degree In **Bra Studies**. I have a couple of questions. 1. Is there a lot of homework? 2. Does prior experience help at all? 3. Are internships available? A few clips from the article. \* It offers a degree course with the title ‘Intimate Textiles and Accessories’. It is a course about lingerie. Part of the course includes visiting a factory and the bra surgery.\* Lingerie too. It just gets better. _They have tried air, but like tires it was prone to flats. Oil-filled pads were too expensive and heavy._ Flats? Like that’s a new thing? There’s really nothing NSFW here, but to be safe I’ll 2 click it anyway. [link](https://citizentv.co.ke/news/chinese-university-offers-degree-in-bra-studies-83311/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/2 "2016-02-26T18:27:15Z")
Is the grading scale reversed? ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/3 "2016-02-26T19:11:44Z")
I’ve only been familiar with 34 DDDs in the last 30 some odd years. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/4 "2016-02-26T19:17:57Z")
I actually just read the article. > [@](#): > > Published on 1 April 2015 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/5 "2016-02-26T19:22:39Z")
Why not? Seems to me there’d be a lot of engineering involved in designing an effective bra. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/6 "2016-02-26T19:23:22Z")
Actually, it’s been an uplifting major for several years now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/7 "2016-02-26T19:56:06Z")
Hopefully, the curriculum includes extensive hands-on experience. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/8 "2016-02-26T20:02:44Z")
I hope it’s graded on a curve. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/9 "2016-02-26T20:03:35Z")
What do I look like, some kind of bra surgeon? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/10 "2016-02-26T20:06:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I actually just read the article. > > > [@](#): > > > > Published on 1 April 2015 In other words, not really. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/11 "2016-02-26T20:34:42Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Why not? Seems to me there’d be a lot of engineering involved in designing an effective bra. Of course. Have a look at the famous paper _Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Bra_: > **[A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown](https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/31/A-Stress-Analysis-of-a-Strapless-Evening-Gown/)** > > The following article is from The Annals of Improbable Research.by Charles SeimBerkeley, California\[Editor’s note: Charles Seim wrote this article in 1956. We are republishing it here with his permission. Seim went on to become one of the world’s... [http://scicurious.scientopia.org/2012/09/14/friday-weird-science-the-physics-of-the-strapless-evening-gown/](http://scicurious.scientopia.org/2012/09/14/friday-weird-science-the-physics-of-the-strapless-evening-gown/) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/12 "2016-02-26T20:44:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > In other words, not really. There’s always someone who wants to disbelieve! [http://www.polyu.edu.hk/obe/viewExperience.php?exp\_id=13](http://www.polyu.edu.hk/obe/viewExperience.php?exp_id=13) Now, go keep abreast of the truth! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/13 "2016-02-26T21:11:46Z")
How will graduates support themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/14 "2016-02-26T21:16:21Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > How will graduates support themselves? Hopefully, they’ll have a feel for the market before they graduate. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/15 "2016-02-26T21:30:36Z")
Is there a requirement for boob-lean alge-bra? Who knew a lifetime of drawing NAND gates would be useful? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/16 "2016-02-26T22:50:23Z")
I keep thinking of Midge in _Vertigo_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/17 "2016-02-26T23:07:55Z")
Well, I was 14 years old. I was in my friend’s bathroom. His mother’s brassieres were hanging on the shower rod. I picked it up, studied it. I thought, I like this. I didn’t know what way or what level, but I knew: I wanted to be around brassieres. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/18 "2016-02-28T03:07:50Z")
Darn, I was hoping someone would make a comment about the TAs assisting in the class… Especially if two teaching assistants are required. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/19 "2016-02-28T14:51:00Z")
Actually in this specialty they’re just call T’s, not TA’s. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231/20 "2016-02-28T15:04:08Z")
Intimate Textiles has just been signed to be the opening act on the Reverend Horton Heat tour. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-technology-degree-no-really/747231.md?page=2)