Why wear a bra?

Answer 1

Women wear Bras for a number of reasons.

First of all, a bra holds the breasts up. Women wear them so their breasts will appear higher and fuller. Many bras also push the breasts even higher, or closer together, creating a nice, curvy, feminine look, particularly advantageous for low-cut clothes.

Secondly, women wear bras to prevent nipples from showing through tops. Over the course of the day, women's nipples tend to harden for various reasons, or for no reason at all. (Think, Felicity, or the opening credits to the Sex and the City series). This can be embarrassing for the woman, and distracting to those around her. Bras come with padding to prevent this.

Thirdly, during sports, excercising, or even just when keeping a brisk pace throughout the day, the laws of physics may require significant jiggling. This can be highly uncomfortable and embarrassing, especially for those with larger breasts. A bra supports and restrains them so that the bouncing and jiggling is kept to a minimum. For medium to high impact activity, women wear more restrictive bras -- called sports bras. Sports bras hold the breasts tight against the chest, to allow free movement of the body, and not the breasts.

Fourthly, women wear bras for size reasons. Women with particularly large breasts, often experience mild to chronic back problems. Restrictive bras help to restrain them, and reduce pain. They may also complain that their large breasts distract others, and detract from the way other perceive them. They may wear a tighter bra to diminish this problem.

Women with smaller breasts, many times, feel their femininity is compromised, and will wear padded bras to create a fuller, sexier look. This is a particular problem with highly fit, athletic women. Also, some women have uneven breasts, and may find a bra evens them out. Women who have had illnesses requiring breast removal, may still wear a padded bra for appearances. Nursing women wear special nursing bras to help with embarrassing, "leakage."

Finally, women who do not wear bras, will find in their older years, their breasts may hang lower, this is called "sagging," and it is very unattractive. Sometimes you see it with older women: their breasts hang so low, they practically touch their belly buttons. That usually happens to women who never wore bras when they were younger. So, women wear bras so that their breasts will still be relatively high and perky when they get older.