tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post6789818734549882121..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Underwear and OpinionsAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75382101191315031582017-11-27T00:57:21.815-05:002017-11-27T00:57:21.815-05:00I've always hated bras. But after gaining some...I've always hated bras. But after gaining some weight and nursing 4 babies, I have to wear one...especially when I go to work. I work at a high school where girls can flaunt their titties, but not the teachers/subs. And I can't even wear blue jeans at my tutoring job. Black jeans, green jeans, brown jeans, anything but blue jeans. Sigh. <br /><br />But with or without a bra, since I've let my hair go grey (husband calls it silver, and me his "silver fox.") I've become invisible in public. The only time I ever felt this invisible was when I was obviously very pregnant. I feel like a eunuch, who is just now realizing that I'm not sexually attractive to anyone anymore (except for loyal husband.)<br /><br />As a young woman who eschewed bras, I was at first mortified by male attention. Then it got me angry, and I used all of the swear words I'd learned, telling men who cat-called me where to stick their obviously inadequate weenies. Then I kind of enjoyed it, in my free-sex days. I've pretty much grown used to ignoring it. Now there's nothing to ignore anymore. It's eerie.<br /><br />I attribute this to my hair color, because for many years I dyed it red, and I always got attention...even as recently as a couple of years ago. My body shape is pretty much the same. The only difference is the hair color. I think I could go out sans any underwear at all, and be ignored. And if I went out naked, they'd call the cops to come and get "granny", who must be having an "off" day.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80902617104262903042017-11-18T11:39:27.342-05:002017-11-18T11:39:27.342-05:00All those types of judgmental obsessions became le...All those types of judgmental obsessions became less baffling to me once I came to understand that shaming women for almost anything they might choose to do (or not do) with their bodies was a cardinal rule of the patriarchy—as enforced not only by men but sometimes, as in some of your accounts here, also by women. In that context, I stop looking for reasons for the specific judgments, because I think it's so much more a matter not of <i>reasons</i> but of <i>rationales</i>, however illogical or inconsistent. [Disclaimers: (1) I'm speaking from the outside as a man, of course. (2) Naturally, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.]Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-5680873137331482142017-11-17T16:14:19.362-05:002017-11-17T16:14:19.362-05:00As I got older (and after nursing two kids) it got...As I got older (and after nursing two kids) it got so I was uncomfortable running or jogging without a bra, but I've always worn the stretchable kind, or at least stretchable shoulder straps. Come to think of it, though, I very seldom run or jog these days (I do walk at a pretty brisk pace) so maybe I could do without.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-4779359161234625892017-11-17T11:38:35.788-05:002017-11-17T11:38:35.788-05:00I always liked the braless look. Probably for all ...I always liked the braless look. Probably for all the wrong reasons. ;>)<br /><br />I think it's the illusion of accessibility that's the turn-on. Mini-skirts too. Yum.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-76272751835272454362017-11-17T07:30:41.945-05:002017-11-17T07:30:41.945-05:00Even underwear has meaning, doesn't it?
I'...Even underwear has meaning, doesn't it?<br /><br />I've been badgered, too, for not wearing a bra. Very uncomfortable...but perhaps not as uncomfortable as the brassiere itself.<br /><br />People sometimes tell me, a bit smugly, that if your bra is uncomfortable that just means it doesn't fit correctly Bull. Bras are uncomfortable, period. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com