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athena

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5. That thread was demoralizing.
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:26 AM
Sep 2019

For the past year or two, I've been avoiding padded bras because they're uncomfortable, difficult to wash, difficult to store and bad for the environment. I also don't want to have to hide my nipples because a bunch of misogynists deem it offensive. And yet, every time I go out in one of my cotton bras, I'm worried that my nipples will show and people will make sexist assumptions about me (like some of the things that were said on that thread about Ivanka).

I wish more women would throw away those padded bras. The way to get society to accept women's bodies as natural and inoffensive is not by going out of our way to hide our nipples.

ETA: After numerous posts by women who objected to the sexism, the OP deleted the thread, and I am grateful.

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