# Did Women Really Go Bra-less in the 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570 "2008-06-03T02:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/41 "2008-06-03T17:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] . . . You’ve got to remember part of its inherent drama was that it was in direct contrast to a generation raised on The Sound of Music and The Donna Reed Show. . . [/QUOTE] Which translates to what I now think of as cone-head bras. Many had little or no elastic. So the choice in the seventies was torpedo-shaped chests or completely natural ones. And the difference between the two was very obvious. Bra manufacturers responded with ‘the natural look.’ While I don’t doubt that fake nipples could be part of the package, I never saw one like that. Usually ‘natural’ meant no cones, less material around the chest, more elastic, and better comfort. Do they still sell the ‘Cross Your Heart’ bra? I can still hear the commercial slogan. “It lifts and separates.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/42 "2008-06-03T17:26:33Z")
Several years ago there was a site that sold little silicone (I think) fake nipples you could put under your shirt to have that “hard nipple” look all the time. I parodied it on my webcam by putting, um, I think it was little pencil-eraser sized balls of tinfoil under my shirt in one frame (looked quite a lot like hard nipples) and then put a half dozen per breast in the next frame, with the caption, “if two is good, more is better” or something. It was funny at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/43 "2008-06-03T17:41:42Z")
But how can you always tell? My nipples are really, REALLY perky/defined and almost always hard, despite weather or sexual arousal, so it’s not like wearing a bra really makes a difference there. Anyway, I sometimes go braless and it doesn’t really make a difference…if the breasts themselves are perky enough to look good without a bra, then is there really a point to wearing one? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/44 "2008-06-03T17:41:45Z")
[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] What do you mean by the statement “70’s women were whores in general”? [/QUOTE] I think he means that no _one_ woman was a whore—but as a _group_, they were all filthy, wanton, degenerate sluts. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/45 "2008-06-03T17:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Several years ago there was a site that sold little silicone (I think) fake nipples you could put under your shirt to have that “hard nipple” look all the time. [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure they still sell them. In fact, I believe when I worked for an adult webstore (which was not what I signed up to do, but was amusing nonetheless) we sold them. Which means little 20-year-old mean boxed them up and mailed them to me. I think we had them in two colors. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/46 "2008-06-03T17:45:50Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I think he means that no _one_ woman was a whore—but as a _group_, they were all filthy, wanton, degenerate sluts. [/QUOTE] And as a _group in my living room_, they were more than welcome. (Then again, I was 12 when the 70s ended. Almost ready for the Sears catalog.) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/47 "2008-06-03T17:55:36Z")
In whose bra section, sadly, the women did not go braless. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/48 "2008-06-03T17:59:55Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I think he means that no _one_ woman was a whore—but as a _group_, they were all filthy, wanton, degenerate sluts. [/QUOTE] For which those of us who came of age in the 70s are eternally grateful! ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/49 "2008-06-03T18:11:23Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I think he means that no _one_ woman was a whore—but as a _group_, they were all filthy, wanton, degenerate sluts. [/QUOTE] “It used to be that an unmarried woman was immoral if she said Yes; for a while it seemed she was a prude if she said No; nowadays, she is free not only to say yes or no as she intelligently decides, but to do the asking.” --John Barth, **The Friday Book** (1984) ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/50 "2008-06-03T18:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] Yes- they did. They looked sensational. Also catch a picture of Carly Simon on the album “Anticipation”. [/QUOTE] I think you’re thinking of “[No Secrets](http://www.amazon.com/No-Secrets-Carly-Simon/dp/B000002I2V/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1212517363&sr=1-4)”. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/51 "2008-06-03T18:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] But how can you always tell? My nipples are really, REALLY perky/defined and almost always hard, despite weather or sexual arousal, so it’s not like wearing a bra really makes a difference there. . . [/QUOTE] Oh, with the old bras, no nipple showed. You could have diamond hard nipples and the armor would mask it. Think Barbie dolls. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/52 "2008-06-03T18:36:52Z")
Mine do it for no reason at all or because I’m cold. They don’t do it when I’m turned on. However, as I wear stretchy lace bras, if they DO get hard, it shows even with a bra 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/53 "2008-06-03T18:37:11Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Oh, with the old bras, no nipple showed. You could have diamond hard nipples and the armor would mask it. Think Barbie dolls. [/QUOTE] Do we have links to pictures of these old, scary bras? Now that I think of it, everything back in the day was scary. Sanitary pads with the belts, girdles… ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/54 "2008-06-03T20:04:02Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] 70’s women were whores in general or so I have been told. [/QUOTE] ::Smacks **Shagnasty** with a large, wet trout:: Watch your mouth, sonny boy! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FairLadyinSoCal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@FairLadyinSoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairLadyinSoCal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/55 "2011-04-05T17:01:33Z")
Having worn a bra most of my life since I went from a training bra in size 28AAA at the start of seventh grade to a 32B in four months, while my GPA went from A plus to B (just like it’s said…your bra cup size and your GPA are usually in relation to each other) but I DID have fun in school! 😉 I NOW love going BRA-LESS and am soooooo happy that I can! Bras are so uncomfortable, especially those which are designed to support DD cups like mine. As an artist who works from my home studio, I feel so lucky that I don’t have to work in a bank (or heaven forbid, a school) or other conservative workplace. When I was in between marriages ten years ago and living in Beverly Hills, a producer of many successful TV shows whom I was seeing at that time, told me I was crazy to spend money on bras, even the gorgeou$ ones I bought at the boutique lingerie shops in Beverly Hills. (He had dated many beautiful actresses before meeting me so I trusted his judgement). I am a woman who has ALWAYS felt sexy… most of the time. I smile at the admiring attention I receive from classy attractive men my age and younger in stores, etc. My husband loves how I look with my girls boucing under my soft microfibre knit tops and THAT along with seeing my cute little ass cupped in my tight size 6 jeans, he is “ready for love” pretty often (and nothing is healthier than that, you know). I am NOT interested in relations with men other than my own husband, but I can’t help feeling “why not flaunt what the Good Lord blessed me with”? BTW I successfully breast fed my son many years ago and it didn’t hurt how my breasts look at all. I also support breast cancer research in every way I can to help my sisters who are not as lucky as I’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/56 "2011-04-05T17:17:18Z")
But do zombies wear bras? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/57 "2011-04-05T17:32:05Z")
_Braaaaaa ----in ----sss_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/58 "2011-04-05T19:01:43Z")
First draft of a “Dear (Zombie) Penthouse” letter? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/59 "2011-04-05T19:03:16Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > But do zombies wear bras? Of course. They chafe on all that rotting flesh. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570/60 "2011-04-05T19:36:45Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I think you’re thinking of “[No Secrets](http://www.amazon.com/No-Secrets-Carly-Simon/dp/B000002I2V/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1212517363&sr=1-4)”. Zombie or no, I’ll be in my bunk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-really-go-bra-less-in-the-70s/451570.md?page=4)