Althouse: Drooping breasts and bralessness.

June 5, 2009

Drooping breasts and bralessness.

I talked about breasts on Instapundit. Ha ha.

24 comments:

Bissage said...: I’ve always worn briefs instead of boxers, just in case.; 6/5/09, 9:55 AM
LB-Philadelphia PA said...: For older women, the bra offers one benefit. It holds the sagging organ away from the skin beneath it. This minimizes certain unpleasant side effects from skin touching skin and poor air circulation (think armpits etc).

It also sops up sweat under your breasts when you're exercising so you aren't as likely to have those dark half-moons on your chest.; 6/5/09, 9:56 AM
Elliott A said...: The temptation to stare is too great; 6/5/09, 10:05 AM
Michael Haz said...: FREE THE BOOBIES!!!!1!!; 6/5/09, 10:08 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "It also sops up sweat under your breasts..."

Go braless so you don't develop a place called "under your breasts."; 6/5/09, 10:09 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Go braless so you don't develop a place called "under your breasts."

You say that as if you aren't a DD cup. :-); 6/5/09, 10:12 AM
dbp said...: "Go braless so you don't develop a place called "under your breasts.""

That place will still exist, it just won't have a piece of fabric up against it.

Oh My God! What am I doing taking-up this side of the argument?; 6/5/09, 10:13 AM
rhhardin said...: It sounds like an attack on Trooper's livelihood to me.

What they're selling is shape, not health.

The 50's missle nose cone shape era was my favorite, but I was younger then.; 6/5/09, 10:17 AM
rhhardin said...: The shape you don't want is athletic sock with tennis ball at the bottom.; 6/5/09, 10:19 AM
Meade said...: I dreamed I was blogging as InstaPundit in my Maidenform bra.

And when I woke up, I WAS!; 6/5/09, 10:23 AM
Michael Haz said...: The shape you don't want is athletic sock with tennis ball at the bottom.

A niece who has nursed all five of her kids refers to it as "a fried egg on a nail".; 6/5/09, 10:26 AM
The Dude said...: DBQ wrote: You say that as if you aren't a DD cup. :-)

I am not a bit over C. D'oh!; 6/5/09, 10:33 AM
bearbee said...: rhhardin said...

"The shape you don't want is athletic sock with tennis ball at the bottom"; 6/5/09, 11:04 AM
Fred4Pres said...: I will make a gentle suggestion that if women are worried about their breasts sagging they should have sex whenever their significant partner asks. I am not sure why, but think it will really work. That is my hypothesis and I want to test it.

Science!; 6/5/09, 11:14 AM
TWM said...: If women stop wearing bras there goes the the excitement and pleasure every guy experiences as he unsnaps his first one. It[s a right of passage.; 6/5/09, 11:40 AM
Fred4Pres said...: No bras too, unless of course they are sexy fun bras.; 6/5/09, 12:15 PM
BJM said...: I'm with Althouse on this one, no modern garment is more uncomfortable or unnecessary (unless one has large and/or heavy breasts) than a bra. It's pure contrivance.

I haven't worn a bra, except for sexy lingerie which doesn't stay on long enough to count, since I left home for college and the "girls" are still perky enough that men walk into doors when I choose to flaunt 'em.; 6/5/09, 12:58 PM
AlphaLiberal said...: I'm agnostic on braful vs braless, but very pro-low cut!; 6/5/09, 1:12 PM
AlphaLiberal said...: ....they should have sex whenever their significant partner asks.

In later years, that show is on the other foot.

So I've heard anyway.; 6/5/09, 1:14 PM
Wince said...: Shame on me, I linked to this NSFW video once before.

But the smothering to death during sex seemed to go with the whole Caradine theme as well.

Notice at the start her corsette has the equivalent of "truck chocks" underneath for support.; 6/5/09, 1:37 PM
traditionalguy said...: Every good designer knows that the headlamps draw the attention. So if you have bright ones, beautify the world.; 6/5/09, 3:50 PM
former law student said...: The shape you don't want is athletic sock with tennis ball at the bottom.

One image was burned into my brain indelibly in the 70s: The outline of a college-aged girl's breasts, under her sweatshirt, showed her nipples were at best an inch above her navel.

Women who fail the pencil test should wear bras. (One of my correspondents claimed to fail the Etch-A-Sketch test. Thank god for internet anonymity.); 6/5/09, 7:29 PM
BJM said...: Fred @ 11:14 Oddly your post brings Wile E. Coyote to mind.; 6/6/09, 4:46 AM
Becky P said...: this is sleighbel. i love being braless and i am a natural 44 DD.; 1/20/11, 6:02 PM