[flamesabers]

well, keeping with the spirits of random thoughts, I found an interesting article here http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4852/20130411/bras-make-breasts-saggier-15-year-french-study-reveals.htm

The condenced version of this small article is, bra's degrade supporting breast tissue, causing them to sag when exposed to gravity. Also its not even 100% certain that it does help alleviate back pains, and some cases make it worse. anybody care to discuss? also sorry about the advertisements on the link.

I think this makes a lot of sense considering how it's typical that the body's muscles and such will deteriorate from a lack of use. For example, astronauts who live in space for extended periods of time lose bone strength and such because their bodies aren't working against Earth's gravity anymore. I think there's a saying if bras really keep breasts firm, older women who have been wearing bras for most of their life would have firm and not sagging breasts.

There are other reasons though why women wear bras that aren't mentioned in the article such as modesty, conforming to social expectations and physical support when exercising. With the latter, I'm far from having fully developed breasts and I can personally understand why women would prefer to wear a sports bra than to go without when exercising. At my stage of development, the bouncing isn't uncomfortable, but it isn't a pleasant feeling either.

I suppose if breasts were desexulaized and going braless wasn't so stigmatized, more women might be willing to see if going braless or not might be in their best interest.