The bra, an accessory soon to expire? In our weekly meeting “ Everything is explained “, we talk about the female breast, bras, the contradictory injunctions that weigh on women’s bodies, and individual freedom. Commented on, sexualized, too small or too big, too revealed or too covered, with nipples too visible, female breasts are a source of endless criticism in society.
Among them, breastfeeding babies in public, which, remember, is authorized, and does not constitute sexual exhibition. But also all people who do not wear a bra, leaving their chest free from any movement. And their potentially visible nipples…
According to a Ifop survey of June 2020, 18% of women under 25 say they never, or almost never, wear a bra, compared to 4% before the Covid-19 crisis. A phenomenon which mainly affects younger people: 7% of women aged 18 and over indicated that they never or almost never wear a bra, compared to 3% before the confinements.
Recurring calls on social networks
To talk about the female breast and the bra, the guest on this podcast is Gala Avanzi, editor, host of the Instagram accounts @gala.avz and @sorcieretamere, author of No Bra, what the chest says about me, published by Flammarion. This work evokes the control and sexualization of women’s bodies, and calls for people to free themselves from bras. Gala Avanzi says she abandoned this accessory several years ago, and that she is doing very well with it. This book echoes several others on women’s breasts, including Breasts, looking for liberation (Anamosa editions) by the philosopher Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, that 20 minutes has received.
On social networks, calls to abandon this accessory have multiplied since the health crisis, with the hashtags #FreeTheNipple, #NoBra, #JeKiffeMonDecollete… This interview with Gala Avanzi can be listened to above and on all platforms online listening.
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