Imagine you are sitting in a cafe. You look over, and, if you are looking and at all observant, you notice the woman next to you is not wearing a bra. You can’t see her boobs through her shirt or anything, but the shape is definitely different, and maybe you don’t see bra straps where you think you would.
Do you notice? Would you look at some random person’s chest long enough to determine this?
What do you think of this person? Any immediate impressions or biases?
Anything braless and perky is jail bait. Don’t go there!
Ony briefly.
Slovenly or sloppy dresser. Not chic! No class!
I’m a chick, of course I notice. You don’t have to stare for very long at all to determine if someone is braless or not. If the girl has big tits (anything bigger than a small B), you’ll notice right away that they aren’t being held down. If the girl has smaller boobs, you can usually tell from either her nips sticking out or the fact that she’s wearing a revealing shirt that wouldn’t allow for a bra.
I think it is tacky, tacky, tacky. I’ve got D’s and I wouldn’t imagine going out in public without these suckers taped down (or pushed up ;)). When I see a woman with a large chest flopping all over the place, I can’t help but think the display is vulgar and a huge faux pas.
Smaller breasted women can get away with such a display depending on the setting. Even then though, I don’t really want to see her nipples. Men, on the other hand. . . 
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I’ll chime in from the other end of the ballpark. Unless the woman is overweight I find it charming and characteristic of healthy self-esteem. That goes for large-breasted women too. I have a hippie friend with large breasts and she never wears a bra. She’s 43 years old and in good physical shape, doesn’t dress to advertise her bra-lessness (the only reason I know is because she frequently nurses her child in my presence) and she looks great…she moves a bit more than harnessed women her size, but she looks really wonderful and serene.
I lack that level of self-confidence and never let my C cups out without appropriate underwire containment features.
Phil Mickelson and other chubby, breasted men do this all of the time.
I can’t stand it, and would support legislation to stop this immediately.
I think this benefit would far outweigh the occasional woman that looks good going braless.
Thank you for your support. (pun intended)
It doesn’t bother me, as long as it’s not in an inappropriate venue (work, basically), and as long as it doesn’t look gross. To me, not wearing a bra when you clearly need one is a fashion faux pas on the same level as wearing a miniskirt when you’re legs are veiny. I’m not thinking “SLUT!!!”, I’m thinking “Wow, doesn’t she realize that’s perhaps not her best possible look? Does she not own a mirror?”
Small — good, that’s cute and probably more comfortable for her, why harness 'em if they aren’t getting in the way?
Large — wouldn’t that be distracting to her, to have all that weight shifting around?
I don’t associate it with being a slut one way or the other. I have nothing against sluts, by the way — while some can certainly be sexually manipulative and fundamentally hostile towards males, others are just female folks who really like to screw a lot and are fairly matter-of-fact casual about who and when and where, and happen to be rather nice people.
For 1, I would probably notice if she were in my line of sight.
for 2 - if her boobs were at an appropriate level, I would think good for her. If they were slung down at her waist a la Drew Barrymore at the Golden Globes (HA!), I’d wonder why she was trying to make herself look so fat and dumpy.
As a woman who hates bras -
Probably wouldn’t bother me.
I wear a bra at work, and that’s about it. No matter what I do I can’t get one that fits me right; I’m only a B cup but I have a HUGE rib cage, so they’re always either too loose or too tight. I tried getting a bra custom made and even that bothered me. So I don’t wear 'em. And honestly, I don’t give a shit what anyone thinks about it. If being comfortable is tacky, then I’m tacky.
~Tasha
I must admit I’d probably notice. Not that I would look to check, but in some women, bralessness is very immediately apparent. Headlights, on the other hand, I seem to always notice. Even in women I don’t want to notice it in. They sort of… jump out at me, what can I say?
No real biases; I might think she could be more attractive with a bra, or “Wow, she looks good!”. My theory is that people have a right to dress the way they want without being judged for it. Of course, I don’t always manage to put the theory into practice, but I try.
I guess I’m kind of sick of men just saying “buh, I’m in FAVOR of it!!!111!!” Some women with really perky boobs look hot without a bra, but if you have more than a handful, it’s very likely not going to look too great. Most women’s boobs tend downward and outward, and bras push them up and together. THIS is the look most men appreciate when they are staring at a woman’s chest, yet they will all mindlessly proclaim that they loooove braless women. The line of most women’s garments does not look good with untethered breasts.
As for what I think when I see a woman without a bra on, I think, if she looks floppy, “How is that comfortable?” and “you’re going to be sagging bigtime, if you’re not already.” If she looks good, I think she’s lucky, because good bras cost big $$$.
Thank god for modern foundation garment technology, which has kept my DD’s mostly where they should be. Don’t leave home without one.
I am a heavy, fairly large breasted woman and I support the braless look. You should wear one to work and to the theater (and whatever other shmancy places you go) but if I am going to wal-mart at 10:30 pm or taking out my trash or whatever I am certianly not putting on a bra. I have yet to find an underwire bra that doesn’t dig into my sides or a non-underwire bra that provides a noticable amount of support. I’m not saying it is classy, but people should be able to be comfortable, and if it is okay for young, thin girls to wear their daisy dukes so high that their asses hang out the bottom and old men to wear socks with flip flops, I will feel it is okay for me to go without a bra if I feel like it.
Braless women who have the breasts for it (small, perky, high) look free. Sort of extra-casual in a hippie sort of way.
Braless women who don’t… look sort of trashy. I do not have small boobs. I own a whole lot of bras.
I used to never leave the house without a bra. However, that was before I started working from home. My work attire now is my pajamas - a nightie or tank and boxers. No bra or underwear. After a year of telecommuting, I have gotten very used to this, to the point that it becomes a major pain to put on real clothes. I only do so if guests or over or if I am going out.
If I am just going to thr grocery store, I won’t wear a bra. A year ago, I would have never done this. But now, I hate the hassle of putting the bra on just for a run to the grocery store. I am a 34C and have perky breasts, so I think they look OK (my boyfriend agrees). Of course when I am in the freezer section, sometimes my nipples show.
I know I should probably wear a bra when I go out. I admit it - I’m just lazy. (Kind of ironic since I love pretty bras and have scores of beautiful ones, but now they hardly ever leave the drawer.)
And yes, I definitely notice if a woman is not wearing a bra. Most times, I find it unattractive because a lot of women have saggy or unshapely boobs. I am lucky that my boobs look OK without a bra.
It’s highly unlikely that I’d notice. I don’t go around staring at chests.
I wouldn’t care one way or another.
If it’s a male, I’d expect it (silly PC OP)
If they have tiny breasts, why should they wear a bra? If the breasts are any big, are they comfortable? I know I’m not (C-cup)
Being cruel and nasty, myself and several classmates once ran a bet with some of the guys and, of course, won. There was this slut who had many of them crazy; one of her tricks was wearing strapless bras. If someone with moderately-sized breasts, like her, had gone bra-less, they wouldn’t have stayed in place - hers did. The guys didn’t believe us when we explained this, so we made them a bet. For two weeks, some of us would come bra-less or with strapless bras; the guys had to figure out who and on what days.
None of us ever came bra-less. On the day the bet ended, the guys said we’d never been strapless and gave a list of days we’d gone bra-less (it was the days we’d gone strapless); they claimed we were all bra-less and we just lifted our tees on the sides, enough for them to see the sides of our bustiers, strapless and other interesting devices engineered by lingerie experts worldwide.
Apart of having to pay for our mid-morning snacks for a month, some of them had to take fast trips to the bathroom. We are still trying to figure out how is it possible for guys to spend so much time looking at lingerie catalogs and so little seeing the articles, probably something about hormones…
Unfettered breasts seem to have a magnetic effect on my eyes.
Of course I notice (tho I hope I don’t stare.)
It’s just a little surprise present - a glimpse at something that it seems you ought not ordinarily see.
Can’t recall ever thinking bralessness = uncomfortable. And it has to be a pretty exceptional breast for me to consider it unattractive. Bralessness alone does not = slutty, low class, or anything else - tho it can be one element contributing to that impression if combined with the appropriate overall attire, grooming, etc.
If the person were grossly obese or something, and displaying a lot of skin, I probably wouldn’t be looking.
And I have thought extremely large breasts looked uncomfortable, almost to the point of experiencing sympathetic back pain, whether in a bra or not.
But add another male vote heartily endorsing breast liberation.
You wouldn’t be from Ohio by any chance?