# How to properly "bare" one's breasts. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429 "2011-08-04T04:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/21 "2011-08-04T20:14:09Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Careful - it’s a slippery slope! Ohhh… Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/22 "2011-08-04T21:00:11Z")
> [@PolycarpeRose](#): > > Pictures would be very helpful. For us men of the male gender to get a clearer perspective. Are you suggesting that men of other genders don’t need a clear perspective? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/23 "2011-08-04T21:09:35Z")
I have big ol titties and they are always hanging out. People seem perpetually amazed that my nipples aren’t flying out because of how much boob I show on the day to day, but as others have mentioned, the key is always a good bra. I know that my tits aren’t going anywhere because I invest in good bras. To me, I think most large chested women look silly wearing super high cut tops. I get it: you don’t want to feel exposed. But to me, nothing takes a large set of breasts into circus large territory faster than an uninterrupted blanket of fabric. Let me explain: when I wear a turtle neck, people fall all over themselves (sometimes literally) to comment on my tits. I get oggles, stares, hoots, hollers, whistles. Why? Because there is a GIANT VISUAL SHELF of breast sticking out. So, when I wear something with a v neck (even a more demure work appropriate one), I really feel like the lines of the fabric and my skin really help to visually break up the giant space. Sure, there’s still the same amount of booby, but your eyes are getting tricked. Long story short: get a good bra and an armload of confidence. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/24 "2011-08-04T21:23:50Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Careful - it’s a slippery slope! My size hasn’t changed much in the last few years (I fluctuate between 15ish pounds or so, like everyone), and now wear tops that would have earlier me blushing and being that uncomfortable gal that feels underdressed. > > But I don’t care for shirts with collars, so I naturally trend to scoops and v-necks anyway. > > Once you start down this path, forever will it dominate your destiny! Okay, so I actually don’t own a single low-cut item of clothing, I’ve discovered. I suppose that will be an adventure for another day. Then there is the bra challenge. I have kind of a heavy duty bra ([Enell](http://www.enell.com/products.php?productID=2).) It’s not really made for low cut tops. Believe it or not, I used to swear by push-up bras, but I don’t know if could see myself going back that direction after experiencing the support of what is essentially a sports bra for everyday wear. **Diosa** makes an interesting point. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/25 "2011-08-04T21:43:30Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > when I wear a turtle neck, people fall all over themselves (sometimes literally) to comment on my tits. Yeppers. I have one turtle neck that I still wear, but it’s patterened, the neck is a different fabric/colour, and it’s drapey. Put on a regular old turtle neck? Oh hell no. I may as well just put on a nametag that says ‘Boobs McGee’. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/26 "2011-08-04T21:48:03Z")
Well . . . a rope harness can be worn under a turtleneck. So they can be bold adventures in their own right. I’m just sayin’ – Technically, the could be worn under anything, but the turtleneck stops society from coming to an abrupt, Road-Warrior-esque end. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/27 "2011-08-04T21:49:15Z")
Well, yes: if the OP is asking how she can wear her bondage gear and show a little cleavage comfortably in public, the rest of our answers aren’t quite appropriate. Perhaps she can come back and clarify. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/28 "2011-08-04T21:56:10Z")
Hey, a thread dosen’t have to be about just ONE thing! Anyone buying that? Anyone? No? . . . Ok, fair point. I apologize. I’m staggeringly sleep deprived, and probably not as entertaining as I think I am at the moment. – I considered leaving out the ‘at the moment’ part, but I’ve got SOME pride. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/29 "2011-08-04T22:19:00Z")
Repeating for the nth time the comment on the good bra. I have bras that go best with some dresses, because of the way they are cut, they don’t show, and they keep everything nicely wrapped and under cover. In fact, sometimes I think I show less of them by showing what would seem to be more, similar to what **Diosa** commented. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/30 "2011-08-04T23:19:37Z")
Hey wear what you want, show what you want. Just don’t get all irritated when guys notice. The awkward starers deserve a good slap, but just noticing? For a few seconds? The bigass titties walking down the road? Yeah, that’s totally normal and damn near evolutionarily required. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/31 "2011-08-04T23:22:12Z")
One of my favorite “editorial” cartoons is of a woman sitting in a plastic surgeon’s office and saying “I want them big enough that I can yell at men for staring at them.” Title of the cartoon: “Why men will never understand women.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/32 "2011-08-05T00:27:59Z")
Pictures. Pii-i–ctures!!! A new nurse at my internists’s office has a habit of wearing low-cut blouses, and she does just fine. (She’s also, IME, a competent medical professional and superbly nice to boot). ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/33 "2011-08-05T02:10:44Z")
You women are talkin about your boobs let us see pictures I wanna see boobs show us your boobs in pictures dur hur hur. The sad thing is that the guys posting this aren’t doing it just to be funny, they’re REALLY hoping that you’ll post pictures of your boobs. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/34 "2011-08-05T02:25:28Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Pictures. Pii-i–ctures!!! [Here’s a pair of boobies for you.](http://www.duskyswondersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blue-footed-booby-two.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/35 "2011-08-05T03:37:12Z")
1. No one is saying they’re going to slap the guys that look, or that they’re doing it purposefully for that. 2. The OP is not even talking about navel-level cleavage, just _any_ cleavage, which, unless it is a turtleneck or t-shirt, for women that have plenty means _almost every single shirt they own_. 3. **alice** ’s boobies are awesome! I hope they’re a long lasting pair. 😉 4. But seriously, the thread was a question: “How do you keep the girls from popping out?” The answer from most of us is: “Appropriate support that keeps everything in place (plus confidence)”. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/36 "2011-08-05T03:48:21Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Careful - it’s a slippery slope! You may want to consider using a mild astringent. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/37 "2011-08-05T04:41:52Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Yep, good bra that you won’t pop out of and a well fitting shirt/blouse/dress. That doesn’t mean too tight, but one that fits correctly. > > And of course, confidence. It’s not sexy to look uncomfortable in your clothes. Good point, since I am no longer fit and slim I tend to think of 9 times too big as “fits”. Which means that anything lowcut is going to fly away from my body much more easily (and revealingly). And I love that there have been over 1200 views of this thread. I wasn’t trying to make this a provocative title! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/38 "2011-08-05T04:44:49Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Maybe it’s just in my head, but I feel like a straight-up hussy when I show any kind of cleavage at all. I’ve got large breasts and I think they’re obvious enough as it is - wearing low-cut tops just seems gratuitous. Yeah, see this is how I feel too. You nailed it exactly. Maybe it’s only for girls with normal sized, not super-sized, breasts? ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/39 "2011-08-05T06:02:52Z")
> [@PetW](#): > > The sad thing is that the guys posting this aren’t doing it just to be funny, they’re REALLY hoping that you’ll post pictures of your boobs. So? And stop calling me a retarded. Maybe I like **CanvasShoes** from a distance and wouldn’t mind seeing more of her. Besides, it’s not like cleavage is a dirty word – everyone has some. ---
**Author:** ![RedBloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429/40 "2011-08-05T16:39:15Z")
I was surgically enhanced a few years ago after toting around a golf-balls-in-tube-socks pair of tits. Now I am moderate about showing them, not too much, not too little. I am MUCH more confident about them now, that’s for damn sure. Before, I wore turtlenecks and very conservative, hi-cut shirts. (and my husband still married me ???) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-properly-bare-ones-breasts/591429.md?page=3)