# It's official, bras are bad for you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482 "2013-04-12T08:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/21 "2013-04-12T19:20:54Z")
That article contradicts itself quite a bit. The statement that most makes me :dubious: though is > [@](#): > > “It would be dangerous to advise all women to stop wearing their soutien-gorge as the women involved were not a representative sample of the population,” Rouillon said, _Dangerous_? Really? And how were they not representative? Did he only work with women who started in A cups? Bescause I could totally see this being true in that case. For me? It might well be a danger, and not only to myself! :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/22 "2013-04-12T20:19:54Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Yay! I go without one 99% of the time already and I’m miserable when I’m forced into one. I think my breasts look just fine for a 43 year old woman, especially under clothes, but my oldest daughter acts like I’m shaming the family if I don’t wear one. I couldn’t agree more! Sag… It is what it is. I’ve got too many other problems to worry about. Comfort is a priority. I do hate when my nips show though. That’s the only reason I ever wear one now. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/23 "2013-04-12T22:42:36Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Yeah, that on its surface makes it sketchy but FWIW here’s a link from LiveScience: Since 1997, [Rouillon] has been studying the breasts of 330 volunteers ages 18 to 35 using a slide ruler and a caliper to record the changes in breast position as the women aged. [Bras Make Breasts Sag, Study Suggests | Sagging Breasts | Live Science](http://www.livescience.com/28664-bras-make-breasts-sag.html) > Nice work if you can get it. The Guardian reports that [the Prof concentrated on young women](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/12/pros-and-cons-of-bras), I support the methodology. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/24 "2013-04-13T00:13:46Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Can your boobs do this: > :D:D Boobies don’t have _teeth_, silly! > [@](#): > > Or this? > :smack::smack: I wear bras to discourage this sort of behavior from them. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/25 "2013-04-13T16:07:09Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I’m not setting the girls loose. They’re heavy enough that it hurts. > > I keep saying I’ll treat myself to one of those laser bra operations for my 40th birthday. No, do set them loose. There is, as it tuns out, a sizeable population that is terribly fond of feral boobs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/26 "2013-04-13T17:04:10Z")
captivity is slavery. free range boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/27 "2013-04-13T18:04:31Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Say what you will, study all you want - gravity always wins. Electromagnetism and the Strong Nuclear force would like to have a word with you… ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/28 "2013-04-13T18:30:24Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > “A 7mm lift in their nipples each year they didn’t wear a bra” (..) > > How was this measured? Indeed. This was a 15 year study so that would add up to a 105 mm “lift” for the bra-less participants. In American that’s four and one-eight inches. I suspect there’s some questionable French-to-English translation in that articles. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/29 "2013-04-13T18:33:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > This seems unlikely. I’m sure most of us have seen pictures of third world women who don’t wear bras and “perky” is not the term that comes to mind. But how many elderly first-world women’s breasts have you seen, and are they any better? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482/30 "2013-04-13T18:47:55Z")
Some of us actually find bras comfortable. I only go without when I’m sleeping. Otherwise, I find it uncomfortable. I like the support. (And call me a traitor to feminism: I like pretty bras) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-bras-are-bad-for-you/655482.md?page=1)