The Family Girl Blogs (aka "The New Working Girl Blogs") Blog #54: To Wear A Bra Or Not To Wear A Bra - That is the question... To see all of Bobbie's Family Girl Blogs, click on this link: http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/28818/family-girl-blogs

I read a blog here in BC posted just little while ago, and it caught my eye. I mean, how can it not, with a title like, "Women Better Without Bras." Right? And you don't have to be a boy for a blog like this to pique your interest. Prurient male curiosity aside, women would be interested in the blog, too. (See the post http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/blog/43836/french-study-women-..., by MITTFH)

Seems MITTFH was referring to an article from a site called "The Local," where a Professor Rouillon talked about a study he did that showed bras provide no physiological benefit for women, and that it might actually be the opposite - that it might actually be detrimental...
Hmmm...

Though I haven't been living as a girl for that long, I know that what a girl thinks of herself is based in large part on her looks. And to our current western standards of beauty, a girl's breasts figure largely in her beauty. My sister is so lucky to have large C-cup babies. True, they aren't double-D's or anything, They were, at least, plenty big for them to make her a cheerleader back in high school.

Those who have transitioned MTF, or are going through RLE or something similar, are always concerned about passing, and boobies are, of course, required to pass. But for girls like me who are... mammarily deficient (lol), bras are a godsend. With the right pair, an... under-endowed girl can still look spectacular.

And besides which, they are actually very pretty just for their own sake. That's just my own opinion, of course.

I also subscribe to the notion that a girl who who isn't completely nude is always prettier than when she's in the altogether - with a strategically-positioned scarf or a tiny diaphanous brassiere instead of being completely naked, a girl can use her womanly charms to devastating effect. (And though I don't have much experience compared to other girls, I know that this is true wink-wink)

As to the physical benefits of a bra, all I can say is that wearing a bra helps bring my little babies under control, and stop them from, ummm, shifting around when it's not convenient or appropriate.

More than that, having bras help reduce the irritation on the nipples when one's clothes keep on sliding over them. When my boobies were just coming in, I was really thankful for this protection that my trainers gave me.

I cannot have an opinion, though, on whether bras do help provide support or prevent sagging. My babies aren't exactly hefty, and I haven't been wearing bras long enough to notice the benefit (or lack thereof): with the help of the hormones, I grew to smallish B-size cups. I would have wanted them to have grown bigger, but that's it. And I don't wanna monkey around with my med's dosages just on the off-chance that they'd help me gain a cup size girls my height and build are more susceptible to liver and kidney problems from wrong hormone levels.

The thing I think a study like that of Professor Rouillon has overlooked is the other things a brassiere gives a girl, other than supporting her breasts or preventing them from sagging.

Ancient Greek and Roman women can't all be mistaken, not to mention those from ancient China and those from more modern eras, like the Victorian and Edwardian eras, not to mention those from imperial France, and the girls from the 1920's, thirties, forties, fifties and sixties. For boob-challenged girls like me, one of the greatest inventions of the seventies, the wonderbra, was the best thing since sliced bread (lol).

I cannot claim to think that my point of view regarding women's clothes, women's underwear in particular, is typical but, for me, lingerie in silky, delicate materials an in sexy colors, cuts and patterns are a big turn-on, and I love wearing them, even if I am the only one who knows I am.

But it seems a lot of others think the same way I do: Many women are not too happy with the good professor's conclusion that bras provide no physiological benefit, given the many comments that the article generated. So much so, I think, that The Local, or perhaps Professor Rouillon himself, felt the need to put up another article not even 10 hours after the original was put up. (The same site where MITTFH got the link came out with a new article hours after the first one, this one entitled "Author of breasts study: more research needed." (see http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/women-doubt-controversial-f...)

In the new article, the professor stressed the preliminary nature of his findings, and that more study is needed.

Hmmm...

Well, in any case, the question still remains: to wear a bra or not to wear a bra - that is the question... (apologies to William Shakespeare lol)

For me, however, even if it is indeed proven that bras don't really help physically, I think I will continue wearin' em.

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