# Do I HAVE to wear a bra? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 2, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785 "2000-09-02T16:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/41 "2000-09-05T23:40:36Z")
Hard to tell. Maybe you could post a picture of them Vanilla? ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/42 "2000-09-06T00:04:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Personally, I advocate the freedom of "bounce"age…Stability is a small price to pay for the comfort of letting them hang out - and it’s quite fun to name them as well. Everyone, meet Sparky (left) and Fifi (right). (Fifi’s the family favorite…) My boyfriend named mine “Ooo” and “Aaaah”…hehe ;^P I’m a 34B also, and though that’s not very big, I get stares. That’s probably because I was wearing a skin-tight white tank top though…but who knows. _shrugs_ Just do it, Vanilla! I don’t consider it slutty. Just remember that some clothes can majorly chafe. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/43 "2000-09-06T15:10:27Z")
Some teenage girls have boobs that point to the floor & some women in their 50’s have them that point to the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/44 "2000-09-06T15:26:28Z")
I’m an ex-hippie, too. I went braless much of the time in my younger days, and regret it. I’m a 42 DD, and I find going braless in public a tad embarassing. (They sag a lot.) \) I do **not** wear one at home or in the yard, though! Too damn hot. Who was complaining of 80 degrees being too hot? Shut the hell up! It’s been over 105 for a week here in Houston! You open your car and any jewelry you’re wearing immediately fuses to your skin… please, please, can’t we have a little rain? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/45 "2000-09-06T15:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Bras in general hurt me Have you ever been professionally sized? That really shouldn’t be the case, you know. I’m a DD, and as long as I’m wearing the right size bra, I can hardly feel it. The wrong size, though, is really uncomfortable. As is going without. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/46 "2000-09-06T17:04:27Z")
Oh my gosh Drain! Maybe YOU should post a picture of Yours! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/47 "2000-09-06T17:38:48Z")
I hearby declare that any female who ever decides to come to my place may go braless without penalty or punishment. I also promise to keep my glances to a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/48 "2000-09-07T04:34:58Z")
Hi vanilla- Have you tried wearing one of those cotton/lycra sport bras? They support you enough for comfort, but the cotton makes them far more comfortable in heat. I wear them alot in the summer. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/49 "2000-09-07T21:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > ? If not, liberate those boobies! That’s it, everyone, it’s Boobie Liberation Day! Someone want to come up with a patriotic song? Think Congress would declare a national holiday? Me, I’m all for the whole braless thing. I’m not huge (34A) but not tiny either. I agree with everyone - if it’s opaque and nothing falls out, go for it! ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/50 "2000-09-08T09:40:50Z")
I say, no big deal. if you don’t whant or need one, be without a bra if that’s what you want to. I’m only an A and I usually never where one, don’t like it. More comfortable without one. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/51 "2000-09-08T14:57:32Z")
Yeah, what Anniz said. 🙂 😉 🆒 😃 ;j 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/52 "2000-09-09T07:02:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*This ties in with a thought I had yesterday. As > I was walking around in our 80 degree very humid > day with a bra and T-shirt over my 32AA’s, I saw > a topless GUY who was about a 36CC. WHY CAN GUYS > WHO ARE BIGGER THAN ME GO TOPLESS???:mad: > /B] I’ve often wondered the same thing. Why do our laws, usually gender-neutral, differentiate between male chests and female chests when it comes to “indecent exposure”? I’f long believed a female could fight such a charge and win because it is gender biased. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/53 "2000-09-09T07:16:24Z")
**Why do our laws, usually gender-neutral, differentiate between male chests and female chests when it comes to “indecent exposure”?** It’s my fault. I need it this way. I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/54 "2000-09-09T12:14:41Z")
i wear a bra when i go out, but when i get in the doorr it comes off. i hate to wear bras in the summer, but that could be because i do not have central air. if i am only in a tshirt and pants i will wear a sport bra. but if i want to look nice i wear an underwire bra. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/55 "2000-09-09T13:03:17Z")
If I wear one or not depends on what I’m wearing a little, but mostly on my mood. Nobody has ever commented to me about it. My girlfriend wears a sports bra if any. My best friend wears a J-cup, and doesn’t wear one except for special occations. With me it’s kind of like makeup. I don’t wear it every day, just when I feel like it. K. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/56 "2000-09-09T15:41:01Z")
Gravity is no friend of breasts. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/57 "2000-09-09T18:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gravity \* > **My best friend wears a J-cup** :eek: Has your friend been contacted yet by _Ripley’s Believe it or Not_? ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/58 "2000-09-10T14:05:27Z")
“do you _have_ to wear a bra?” Absolutely not. …here, let me help you with that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/59 "2000-12-18T20:06:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Absolutely not. I’ve never understood why women still feel compelled to wear a bra when it obviously isn’t needed for support or comfort. I thought the bra burning in the 60’s and 70’s freed you from all that. **(((((((Badge))))))** > [@](#): > > Women should not feel obligated to wear uncomfortable clothes in order to turn men on, nor > should they feel obligated to wear uncomfortable clothes in order to avoid turning men on. **(((((((AHunter3)))))))** _ **AMEN!** Can I get a witness!_ I’m just a crunchy organic natural type at heart. How I miss the Age of Aquarius . . . _ **\** _ Keep hoping a new bra-free era is about to dawn. Women ought to be able to feel free to discard bras any time they want. More power to you, sisters! In several States (and provinces?), it is now legal for women to go topfree in public. They include Ohio, New York, and Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785/60 "2000-12-19T04:34:52Z")
I am a 38C, and I frequently go sans bra. It’s just not a big deal like it was a few years ago, and most of the time my DH doesn’t even notice. And he talks to my boobs alot! I say go for it. I do have a little t-shirty thing that is extremely comfortable and supports well, try one of those. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-wear-a-bra/31785.md?page=4)