2/ If you quit wearing a bra during your period, your breasts may ache more.
According to the Mayo Clinic, women who suffer from PMS have a variety of aches, pains, and illnesses, ranging from severe cramps and diarrhea to tiredness and acne. However, if you’ve jumped on the no-bra bandwagon, you can probably add additional breast soreness to your list of premenstrual woes.
Changes in hormones can cause “additional water retention in the breast and abdomen area, which can make your boobs seem swollen and bulging out of your bra,” according to Health.
If you’ve chosen to forgo wearing bras, you might want to have a spare one on hand for that unpleasant time of the month. Tight-fitting sports bras are helpful in keeping the breasts close to your body, which will keep their movement in check and thus reduce the pain associated with unrestricted movement, said Dr. Kecia Gaither, an obstetrician-gynecologist and maternal-fetal medicine specialist in New York City, told the publication. As such, when Aunt Flow comes thumping, embrace the bra and set your own knockers aside, if by some stroke of good luck for a tad.
1/ If you quit wearing a bra every day, you could feel more empowered.
You don’t have to burn your bra to feel liberated; simply remove it. According to Allure, director Lina Esco started the Free the Nipple campaign, which was backed by celebrities such as Kendall Jenner and Chrissy Teigen. The goal of the movement is to encourage women to go topless on their own terms. Women’s breasts are frequently sexualized, yet there are lots of practical reasons to expose your décolletage in public, like nursing or sunbathing, as the newspaper points out.
While not wearing a bra at home is a no-brainer, many forward-thinking women feel strong enough to do so at work as well. In an interview with the New York Post, career counselor Judith Gerberg stated, “Millennial women are considerably more self-confident than women used to be.” “Just as males aren’t wearing ties as part of their uniform, some women are foregoing bras,” she added.
In an essay for Byrdie, one braless warrior characterized her choice as “a symbolic middle finger to a culture that says women’s breasts should always be trapped in a bra and that we should be prim, proper, and lovely at all times.”