Let me preface this by saying I am a man, and smoked a little too much, so I’m sitting here thinking… what is or was the original purpose of a bra? Weight support? Vanity? Covering the nips so people’s eyes met your eyes and you can have a normal conversation? Like what’s it all about?

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Edit: context: a big part of it is weight support.

    I’ve got a childhood friend who got a reduction because she had back problems after she went through puberty, and it basically led to her having chronic pain for a while in college. She’s WAY happier at a C-cup than whatever size she had before.

    Edit: curious what the downvotes are for. This is absolutely a real thing. Downvoting me for sharing a thing that real people actually struggle with isn’t going to make them struggle with it less. And on the hunch that the downvotes are dudes: if you have a female partner, or a female friend who you can ask these sorts of things to, ask them to confirm that it is real, and they will be happy to.

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      4 months ago

      Probably because it does nothing to answer the question and the only relating component is that you’re talking about boobs.

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      People down voting you? Do they not realize this is a serious medical condition and does create back pain?

      Horny porn brain mfers who don’t know how women’s bodies work.