Is it bad for your breasts to not wear a bra?
“If you don’t wear a bra, your breasts will sag,” says Dr. Ross. “If there’s a lack of proper, long-term support, breast tissue will stretch and become saggy, regardless of breast size.” Aside from the aesthetics, a lack of proper support (i.e. not wearing a bra) can also potentially lead to pain.
Why does wearing a bra feel so uncomfortable?
If you feel uncomfortable in your bras, most likely the problem lies with the bra itself. Perhaps you are not wearing the right size or the quality of your bra is not good enough to provide all the support and comfort you need.
Do children in the home mean you can’t wear a bra?
If the conclusion is that yes, home is different from other places—more laid back, etc.—then feeling that children in the home mean you can no longer relax without a bra there seems counterintuitive to me.
Is it the norm for women to wear bras?
While I would agree that if there’s a norm here, it’s that most women wear bras, plenty of women never do. Have you ever seen a sign that says, “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Bra, No Service?” You haven’t, because we no longer police people’s undergarments (thank goodness).
Should you wear a bra under your pajamas?
Even assuming that the bra-wearers are in the majority, most women do not wear bras under pajamas or sleep in them, and most women with children do periodically move around the comfort of their private homes in their pajamas without worrying about scarring their impressionable children.
Do you wear a bra in public without a corset?
First: there was a time when a woman in public without a corset would’ve been seen as scandalous. Over time we have scaled back on what our society deems to be “necessary” undergarments for women. While I would agree that if there’s a norm here, it’s that most women wear bras, plenty of women never do.