By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson
22nd January, 2022
I was inspired by the following post. I think it is very good.
Bras. They can go. Or can they?
By atribeofwomen on December 28, 2020
By Europe & Me‘s MythBuster
I note that the article was written by a Myth Buster. I thuppose she had a listhp!! And a very appropriate name with Bust-er!!!
Tho, sorry, so I thought I had better have a look as it were at the issue. Purely for research mind. I do like to keep a breast of things.
I doubt my wife will need my advice, but I would hate to make a myth-take or boob. And I don’t want to be a complete tit.
Anyway, here are the 4 main points in the article which I will use as my template. I quote from the text in italics, but do check the article anyway.
#Myth 1: Life was better off before the invention of bras
First off, bras were invented relatively recently. A certain French lady called Herminie Cadolle got sick of wearing stifling corsets — as all women must have been — and invented a two-part corset in 1889. Her invention was much more functional and (crucially) allowed breathing. She actually called her invention bien-être, which means wellbeing! In comparison to corsets which served the primary purpose of tightening the waist as much as possible to valorise hips and boobs, I’m sure the name was well deserved.
Well actually bras were invented a lot longer ago than 1889. Perhaps you didn’t realise?
Yes, you see in the book of Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1 it says in the Hebrew בְּרֵא א. Now, bear in mind they read right to left.
In the English this is equivalent to A bra!!! The first letter is ignored in translations because it is the Aleph used as the number 1, but it does count in this case (you can count numbers obviously!).
בָּרָ֣א is used again in the same verse so you have two bras!! One spare one I suppose.
So it is very reasonable to say that God, the angels, invented bras!!!
And don’t forget that in French, the word for arm is ‘bras’. Herminie Cadolle who invented the two-part corset as the article states was French.
Fascinatingly, her name has an anagram of ‘Eh moi Cinderella’. This makes sense, as Cinderella could now go to the ball in comfort!!! (you couldn’t make this up, could you??!).
And don’t forget that at a ball there may well be candela-bras to provide light to the event!
I have to say, I don’t know how any woman could stand wearing the corset which the bra replaced. The corset was I understand stiffened by whale bones. I really don’t think women would have a ‘whale’ of a time in them!!
I note that escort is an anagram of corset. Perhaps prostitutes use them as ‘Escorts’.
And also note the following part anagrams:
Eros – they were used for seduction
Sore – they could be uncomfortable
Rose –they could enhance your beauty.
A few years later, the New Yorker Mary Phelps patented the first bra as we know it. She made it by sewing two handkerchiefs and some ribbons together. And why you ask? She wanted to dance and be able to move comfortably in her ball gown without the pain inflicted by corsets. Fair enough.
The above proves my point re Cinderella. And again, anagramming Mary Phelps produces the following among others.
Ply hampers – well modern bras are made of layers I believe, so this makes sense (hampers contain delicious things to eat!!). Honestly, you couldn’t make this up!
Hyper psalm – meaning ‘beyond a song of praise’. Women have no doubt been singing their praises (on the whole I imagine).
A helps my PR – and of course this means helps your Public Relations. A good bra does that.
In fact there are specific girls it can help including:
helps Amy PR
helps May PR
helps yr Pam
They might even help gentlemen pay, but pay what I don’t know.
helps Mr pay
#Myth 2: Everyone understands bra sizes
Consultations with a non-representative sample of all my friends show that many do not know their bra size (including yours truly).
I’ll just check. Mmm, nope don’t know. Hang on, silly me I’m a man so I don’t need a bra (unless you are speaking in French, in which case I have two strong arms, let me help).
A little bit of research also shows that bra sizes have fluctuated over the course of history. Beyond tailor-made bras, the original two sizes of the first bra slowly evolved towards Small to Large sizes until the introduction of cup sizes in the 1930s. These were far from today’s supposedly accurate sizes. Interestingly, cup sizes, as they are today, were officially introduced in 1975 in the European Common Market. Apparently, some British women were very confused by their introduction, “handed down from the antiseptic Common Market headquarters in Brussels”. Brushing aside the fact that priorities in the British public discourse remain straight at all times, it is worth pointing that bra sizes are not the same across the board. Like with any other clothes design, each brand has their own fitting system.
This goes to show how faceless bureaucrats in Brussels can make a boob of boob support. You really can’t legislate or regulate boobs, it just isn’t on, you know. And faceless bureaucrats in Brussels are a load of boobies, and we have no control over them.
But in the UK we are out of the EU are now trying to disentangle ourselves from the mess.
This is the article link re Common Market. I haven’t found anything of direct reference to any original regulations.
More seriously, though, have you always had the same bra size? If so, it is probably wrong. Unsurprisingly bodies change and evolve over time – and so do boobs (I mean they can literally evolve on a weekly to daily basis but that’s another topic). It is important to consider because wearing the wrong bra size may potentially lead to muscle pains, back tensions and other things far from the essential wellbeing Herminie thought a bra should bring. So, when buying a bra, take your time, try it on if you can, don’t hesitate to return it if it doesn’t fit and ask for advice. There’s no shame in not knowing your size.
It should be pointed out that even individual boobs vary sometimes, the left from the right and vice versa. My wife’s do somewhat and from time to time I check just to make sure. That’s my excuse anyway.
Some bra size sites.
https://www.sugarcandybra.com/blog/bra-sizing
https://hauteflair.com/blogs/lingerie/bra-sizes
https://www.evasintimates.com/blog/uk-bra-sizes/
Useful Wikipedia site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra
#Myth 3: Bras cause breast cancer
I won’t venture into medical advice here; as my speciality is myth busting not medical care. However, I will point out that this myth dates back to 1995 when a book called dressed to Kill made that claim.
Personally I doubt very much that bras would do this, although they might affect your lymphatic system to a degree if poorly fitting.
But what is of much greater concern and this makes me really, really angry, is that cancers have by and large arisen out of the increasing toxins in the environment.
And therefore the cancer issue and treatment is basically a scam to promote the nasty (and Nazi) chemo drugs from big pharma.
I became aware of this because of my own (false) diagnosis by the NHS of a cancer in my neck. I now know this to be down to sodium nitrite in processed meat (bacon primarily) which leads to nitrosamines, a far more toxic product.
In my research I spoke to and had a session with a herbalist. She said that the mastectomy industry was merely licensed butchery which I knew by then was true. Utterly evil.
Angela Jolie apparently had her breasts removed due to an apparent risk of a so called inherited disease, but I am deeply suspicious about this as regards inherited diseases. It may well be down to toxic poisons but without further research it is difficult to tell.
However, I don’t suppose the medical industry which profits from this will want to look at this. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
On a somewhat lighter note, when I heard Angela Jolie had had her mastectomy, I said to my wife ‘Well, if she doesn’t want them perhaps I could have them!’ After all they would make something comfortable to rest my head against in the bath!
#Myth 4: Bras are an embodiment of the patriarchal control over women’s bodies
Well, that is a tough one and I’m still making up my mind on it really.
They are in reality, or perhaps I should say real-a-titty, an embodiment or embodicement as bodice was an early form of support for women, of how women want to present themselves to men.
I rather doubt that is men who are trying to control women with bras etc. They would however, if they are like me, be quite happy to wrap their arms (or bras in French), round women to provide the necessary support.
And of course many men do like round women as they can be comfortable to be with.
As with all of us experiencing with fashion, bras have had ups and downs: periods they’d rather forget, rebellious periods and periods threading the line of sexiness obsession. But in all of these evolutions and throughout the bra history, I see women creating, designing, innovating and putting themselves first.
Indeed, bras have their ups and downs. Or as I like to put it, there are times when things go tits up, and times when they go tits down.
The 1920s flapper trend saw the emergence of bras used to flatten the breasts’ curves at a time when looking boyish was all the craze. On the other hand, the 1950s cone bras, solely designed with aesthetics in mind, allowed boobs to appear larger and pointier to fit to the glamour style of the times. If you don’t know what I mean, I’m sure Madonna will refresh your mind. And that’s an excellent example of re-appropriating a design and infusing it with a high dose of feminine power.
Which is perhaps the point in pointy bras, to make the point that women want to try and point out to men that they, women, want power. But women have always known how to use that power if they want to. Fluttering of the eyelids can be used to devastating effect I understand.
As regards ‘…the emergence of bras used to flatten the breasts’ curves…’ this reminds me of today and the flattening of the coronavirus Covid 19 curve. This I observe is part of the flapper trend of 2020’s when many people got in a flap over the ‘flu (honestly, you really, really couldn’t make this up!).
As mentioned before, the first bras were invented by women for women and with comfort and freedom of movement in mind. Interestingly, this is also the case of the sports bra, invented in 1975 because running with bras was so damn uncomfortable. Yet, it was then was seen as a feminist step towards getting rid of the torture devices that were bras.
I am not quite sure why it was a feminist step. It just seems plain common sense. But women will torture themselves unnecessarily to please the menfolk, even if they haven’t asked the said menfolk whether it is actually what the said menfolk want a female to do.
I certainly don’t want women to torture themselves, there is enough pain in the world thank you very much, without you adding more pain to your lives. Be kind to yourselves ladies, be kind.
And when you think about it, who in their right mind would invent conic bras for pleasure? And who thought push-ups would be an excellent idea, really just what I was missing this whole time? It is probably fair to say that, while women may have been more prominent in the bra industry compared to other industries, we’ve come a long way since the first bra design and I doubt comfort, practicality and self-care have always been a priority since… Displaying and sexualising a body part that men tend to be obsessed with on the other hand likely came into the picture. Shocking.
Again, I really do think women must share a part in the blame for this. You really don’t have to follow fashion. I don’t but then I’m a MAN, so what do I know? Quite a lot actually.
Whether we’re only slowly opening the carcan of boob oppression or reinventing ways of empowering women, the jury is still out. Either way, I think this is heading towards positive change. And the rising number of brands launching with the sole purpose of creating comfortable, practical, pretty and all-round satisfying underwear is making me hopeful about those remerging bra days. I won’t lie though, the real change will come about when pointy nipples are allowed into the meeting room.
The reference to carcan means the bra as an instrument of torture. Well, I hardly think it is that. However, if it is ill-fitting then of course it is torture. But are you self-inflicting pain on yourselves?
Cancra anagram is singular of cancrum meaning crab in Latin. Which means ‘cancer’ as in the star symbol. And cancer is a torture inflicted on us by toxins in the environment made worse by big pharma and its wretched so-called treatments.
Anyway, have a heart women; men need to be considered in the equation. Pointy nipples are great but men like me do get distracted by them, perhaps women do to. It is like another pair of eyes, and women’s eyes are beautiful.
Unless the women are bad as the eyes are the lamp of the soul as Jesus said.
‘But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!’
So going back to Genesis (which means in essence ‘origins’) we had בְּרֵא א A bra. This can be broken down into
א = a =God
בְּ = b = son
רֵ = r = father
א = a = God.
The whole is ‘God son, father God’. Jesus said I and the Father are one.
And it is written ‘The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.’
I say to all you beautiful ladies, great and small, your breasts are in your hands as it were, as regards bras or no bras. But you are in the arms or bras of God.
So in the beginning God bras…
P.S. If you would like, why not listen to this by Billy Swan, ‘I can help’
Here are the lyrics, they say it all.
If you got a problem, don’t care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I got two strong arms
I can help
It would sure do me good, to do you good
Let me help
It’s a fact that people get lonely, ain’t nothing new
But a woman like you, baby should never have the blues
Let me help, I got two for me
It would sure do me good, to do you good
Let me help
When I go to sleep at night you’re always a part of my dream
Holding me tight and telling me everything I wanna hear
Don’t forget me baby, all you gotta do is call
You know how I feel about ya, if I can do anything at all
Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help
[Musical Interlude]
When I go to sleep at night you’re always a part of my dream
Holding me tight and telling me everything I wanna hear
Don’t forget me baby, all you gotta do is call
You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all
Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help
The Tree of Life 