braless

In Western society, there is an increasing trend towards bralessness among a number of women, especially millennials, who have expressed opposition to and are giving up wearing bras. In 2016, Allure magazine fashion director Rachael Wang wrote, "Going braless is as old as feminism but it seems to be bubbling to the surface more recently as a direct response to Third Wave moments like #freethenipple hashtag campaign, increased trans-visibility like Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover ... and Lena Dunham’s show Girls." Going braless, which for many years was considered a political statement, has in recent years become fashionable.Women choose to go braless due to discomfort, health-related issues, their cost, and for social reasons, often having to do with self acceptance and political expression. Women have protested the physical and cultural restrictions imposed by bras over many years. A feminist protest at the 1968 Miss America Contest is often seen as the beginning of the anti-bra movement, prompting manufacturers to market new designs that created a softer, more natural look. Women are rejecting cultural expectations that their breasts should "stay firm and in the right position," or that going braless means the woman is promiscuous.Bras are increasingly an issue for women and girls. Women and school-age girls in China, Malaysia, Canada, England, and the United States have been harassed and prosecuted for not wearing a bra. Women have sued employers for both attempting to require them to go braless, and for harassment and even termination as a result of choosing to be braless. Young women in high school have been disciplined for going braless. The young women often criticize administrators and faculty for failing to educate boys that girls should not be harassed or given undue attention because they are braless. They also complain that the requirement to wear a bra is unequal treatment, given that boys are not required to cover their breasts or nipples.

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