When are these manufacturers going to realize that they need to stop putting wires in bras. Who invented this device anyway . the brasserie, (hmmm...I bet it was a man). Seriously a recent study by Harvard University Professor garnered these results.
- Women who wore their bras 24 hours per day had a 3 out of 4 chance of developing breast cancer (in their study, n=2056 for the cancer group and n=2674 for the standard group).
- Women who wore bras more than 12 hour per day but not to bed had a 1 out of 7 risk.
- Women who wore their bras less than 12 hours per day had a 1 out of 152 risk.
- Women who wore bras rarely or never had a 1 out of 168 chance of getting breast cancer. The overall difference between 24 hour wearing and not at all was a 125-fold difference.
Years ago, many people thought that the idea of cigarettes causing lung cancer was funny. Even if further research with highly controlled studies only shows a difference of 5-fold, or even 2-fold, it will be no laughing matter.
This was a wake up call for me. Especially bras that have underwire.
I know many women can relate to their bra strap breaking (at some point in their life) and using some contraption to hold it up. However, when the wire breaks through the material and pokes your sides, leaving some medieval piercing, you wonder why you bother.
You look at some countries where bras are pretty much obsolete, then you notice these countries are on National Geographic and the breasts are sweeping the ground.
I don't give a bleep about Bras, but I guess in today's society you have to keep things underwrap (er..no pun intended).
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Here by way of Regina's shout out.
The comic strip was a trip! :D
Bras are necessary! I noticed a beautiful buxom blonde at the coffee shops sharing with her man friend while her "girls" were at attention.
All I can do is laugh!!
I hate underwires!
You've been linked! :D
I found you by way of Believer 1964 and I had to laugh. I only wear underwire during the day and at night I sleep in a sports bra. I am endowed with an E cup so the discomfort and obvious pull of gravity required that the twins need help to stay in an upright position (lest they sit in my lap)
I was watched a breast reduction surgery on the discovery channel and i discovered that they remove the nipple, then reattach it... Umm Noooooo! Sometimes the nipple becomes necrotic and it would be just my luck that mine would die and fall off. Not attractive.
Anyway, While driving to Pittsburgh I noticed the all too familiar pinch of broken underwire stabbing in my boob. I dealt with it through dinner and once we were in the car on the way home I reached under my shirt and pulled out the offensive piece of metal. When I did it my friend burst out laughing claiming she would see them in the trash at her job at least twice a week, but never knew what it was. Now she that she saw me indecorously pull a weapon of mass Destruction and the subsequent boob slump it made her seeing them all the more funny.
So here I am willing to accept ridicule just so the girls could stay aloft. I wouldn't change a thing, accept ask that they make the fabric surrounding my beloved underwire just a little more sturdy.
If I'm gonna die I want to go with the twins sitting pretty.
that cartoon is priceless. and timeless. and another 'less, I'm sure. keep it up!
The bra was invented by a woman, as an alternative to the corset. Valiant attempt at pinning the blame on men, however. (Though I have a sneaking suspicion they're behind that damned corset, lol.)
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