I’ve recently had the opposite experience to you, Eileen – occasionally feeling like I have to wear a bra for an interview, digging out some ill-fitting teenage relic from the bottom of my knicker pile, and feeling constrained, badly dressed, irritated, uncomfy and generally like my clothes don’t comfortably fit over them. My wardrobe evolved to not rely on bras, so when I put one on, I’m terrified of stuff gaping or hanging oddly.

I don’t regard bras as lingerie; I regard them as sex toys, as a very light and easy form of bondage. There was a time when I did politicise that feeling, but not any more – now it’s just that they’re not part of my gender presentation, nothing more, so are free to be used as dressing up toys.

Which is not to say that I won’t wear a bra to work tomorrow. But chances are that I’ll discard it the second I get home again!

xx Dee

By the way, you are fully entitled to enjoy a back rub from me to work on that knot of yours if you like *^_~*

I like my tata’s to be free. *Thats* why I go braless. My tits don’t need to be constrained and bound up on a daily basis for no good reason. Will I wear a sports bra when I work out? Yeah. Will I wear a tank top for nipple warmth and to make ‘em slightly less visible? Sometimes, it depends on the shirt and where’s I’ll be.

Do any of this for modesty’s sake? Not so much. When my nipples were pierced, I was still braless. Shit, I paid for those things, I wanted everyone to see ‘em. :) But thats just my personal feelings, unrelated to why I go braless. I go braless because its uncomfortable, unnecessary, and in my opinion, it doesn’t do anything to help the breast.

Though, I do realize some women feel they need a bra/do need a bra. My little sister is G cup. She needs a bra just to keep her back from hurting so much, and to keep from whacking herself in the face with those puppies.

Wendy: Don’t stick-on bras, band-aids and nipple covers defeat the whole purpose of going braless.

I need to invest in bandaids and black tanks, apparently. Wait, I have those things. Who’m I kidding?

I actually do the opposite – I’ve broken down and worn bras in the winter, for the extra layer of nipple warmth. They just get so cold…especially when they were pierced.

Personally, I fucking hate bras. I have small breasts without a whole lot of squish, so corralling them with underwires into perfect, uplifted mounds is a really damned uncomfortable process.

Of course exercise is a different story: you should wear a sports bra for activities that hurt your breasts when they’re free, like running.

I did a lot of hunting around before I stopped wearing bras everyday, and found maaaybe one study. Here’s an interesting website: Why breasts sag, and will bras prevent breasts from sagging?