My friend brought up an extremely good question today at lunch:
Why is it that girls with no breasts at all wear bras, while men with fairly large breasts do not?
-K
2007-02-27 17:16:44 · 7 answers · asked by x7_lostandconfused_7x 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
thats a good question...it really is...like, ive seen completly flat chested girls with bra's and its like...whats the point? they dont look any bigger, or i wouldnt have said flat chested. meanwhile, bra's tend to jack boobs up, and kinda squish them together so unless the dude wants cleavage...he prolly isnt gonna wear one.
2007-02-27 17:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Ashley M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, a girl or woman with very small or no breasts probably doesn't need to wear a bra. It is there to support the breast. However, that's all very technical. Depite the bra-burning statement of the feminist movement, a bra remains somewhat of a symbol of a mature woman and one of femininity. A mature woman wears it. It is not a coincidence that the buying and wearing the first bra is a big deal in a girl's life. To suggest a grown woman that she shouldn't wear one because she does not technically need one is a hurtful thing. It makes her feel less of a woman. You can rationalize it all you want technically, but there's a large emotional part of this that you can't rationalize away.
On the other hand, a flabby man with lots of fat on his chest probably could use some form of support. I'm guessing the exaggerated movement of the fat parts get annoying and may even hurt. However, society generally frown upon a man who wears woman's clothing. The flip side of a bra being a symbol of femininity is that society has deemed it and anything resembling it off-limits to men. That's why men, except for fetishists and cross-dressers, don't wear it.
2007-02-27 18:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Elisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt men with breasts -- whether due to unnatural development of the male breast (gynocomastia), excessive flab, or hormone treatment -- should wear bras. We expect women with breats to adopt bras as part of their wardrobes out of a sense of decency, and so we should men. It's irrelevant that bras are traditionally feminine attire. That's only because women have the majority of breasts in our world.
2007-03-02 07:04:44 · answer #3 · answered by Viki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all bra is made exclusively for women. its a women's wear.
secondly, the shape of women's breast and men's chest is quite different. size of breast does nt make any difference it is the shape which makes women to wear bra.
thirdly, u wrote in ur question-"men's breast". let me tell u that men dont have breast, they hav chest.
2007-02-27 17:26:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wear bra to make their breasts look bigger!
2007-02-27 17:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by Star M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True that. I guess it's just not "accepted" for dudes to hook themselves up with a bra haha. And some of the smaller chested ladies *duh not like me* can't accept the fact that they don't NEED the bras. maybe they're just stupid. Yeah, that'd be MY guess. lol
2007-02-27 19:06:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because sometime your skin rubs against the material of your cloth and it's causes horrible chafing
2007-02-28 04:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋