2007-03-05 09:26:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Ok Baba Yaga I have a total of 60 best answers, which makes for 19%.
60 best answersx15points(averaged with thumbs up)=900 points
Maybe if you actually answered the question you would have a lot of points from best answers. Now I know you are going to say it doesn't add up since I only have over 1,050 points, but that is because I asked a lot of questions and I received 10 violations total so... yeah
Nice new avatar by the way Deidre O! (I'm sorry if you though I was a jerk, I was just playing around)
2007-03-05 12:08:41 · update #1
"The symbolic act of tossing those clothes into the trash can was meant as a serious critique of the modern beauty culture, of valuing women for their looks instead of their whole self. (Older feminists may remember that romantic line savvy men began to use, "I love you for your mind?") "Going braless" felt like a revolutionary act - being comfortable above meeting social expectations."
2007-03-05 09:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jason R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as any serious scholar has been able to determine, NO EARLY FEMINIST DEMONSTRATION BURNED BRAS!
The best guess is that images of draft card burning and images of women tossing bras into trash cans merged in many minds, and thus was created a vivid memory that just wasn't so.
Media commentators, the same ones who renamed the women's liberation movement with the condescending term "Women's Lib," took up the term and promoted it. Perhaps there were some bra-burnings in imitation of the supposed leading-edge demonstrations that didn't really happen, though so far there's been no documentation of those, either.
The infamous demonstration that gave birth to this rumor was the 1968 protest of the Miss America contest. Bras, girdles, nylons and other articles of constricting clothing were tossed in a trash can.
One report has the New York Times quoting Robin Morgan saying that bras would be burned; I have been unable to find such an article (and would love a verifiable copy, if one exists).
The symbolic act of tossing those clothes into the trash can was meant as a serious critique of the modern beauty culture, of valuing women for their looks instead of their whole self. (Older feminists may remember that romantic line savvy men began to use, "I love you for your mind?") "Going braless" felt like a revolutionary act - being comfortable above meeting social expectations.
www.h-net.msu.edu/~women/threads/disc-braburn.html
2007-03-05 18:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a myth. Bras were never burned.
At a protest against a beauty pageant in the 1960s, some bras were thrown into trash cans, along with panties, false eyelashes, and other symbols of the pageant.
But the "bra-burning feminist" is entirely a product of the media.
2007-03-05 22:08:32 · answer #3 · answered by stormsinger1 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"When did you last see this phenomena? Case closed.
My goodness, only been here since Feb 7th and already at level 3: you sure do spend alot of time cranking!"
Oh now, Baba Yaga, you're just upset because your account got deleted. Besides, you had thousands of points too- and you started on Christmas! So exactly WHO was doing the cranking, now?
Eh, better answer the question so I don't get flagged; it was a symbolic gesture that critiqued the modern standards of beauty. If I'm not mistaken, some of them also saw it as some sort of a remnant of mutilation (corsets and the like); furthermore, the bra was invented by a man, so that might have had something to do with it.
2007-03-05 19:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by Robinson0120 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
My, MY, Questions like these do bring out the Feminists!!!
Don't know. Some say the feminists didn't have a Bra Burning.
Someone did though, back in the sixties.
If I remember, the feminist movement got started in the sixties.
And, I would not be a bit surprised that the Bra Burners did join the Feminist Movement.
I only hope they took their bra's off before they burned them. If they didn't there would be no points to talk about. LOL!!!
2007-03-05 18:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by smially 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The bra burning was symbolic of the feminists disavowal of the constrictive gender roles/moral codes in which they'd been raised. It was also a statement about physical autonomy - women wanted to control their own bodies and didn't want to contort themselves (via bras, makeup, etc) into slaves to male lust. The bra burning symbolized (and made literal :) ) physical/moral/intellectual freedom for women.
2007-03-05 17:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by Cristy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No bra burning (feminist or non-feminist) occurred. Urban legend. Next media myth you'd like to spread further?
2007-03-06 03:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by edith clarke 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe the symbolism is equivalent to "slaves" shedding their "shackles". Never really understood why they thought like that, unsupported breasts hurt and generally get in the way, so I'm told.
2007-03-05 17:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It draws attention to the whole thing and is better than explaining what it is all about they are signing up for there.
2007-03-05 18:02:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i must say i do not agree with nor understand this. i think that the attitude towards women needs to change, but i don't see how burning our bras will help. i think they're trying to say if men don't need bras then we don't, but this doesn't make sense because men don't have boobs. i don't know, but i'd never do it myself.
2007-03-05 20:36:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋