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Kardasians selling nipples

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AmusedAzureZebra · 15/01/2025 23:59

Aibu in thinking this is gross. You don't need a bra to produce fake nipples. For what, so men look at you?

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Heronwatcher · 16/01/2025 15:25

SunshineSky81 · 16/01/2025 14:11

Show the Nipple or don't show the Nipple. The thing that annoys me more is that women just as they are , are never enough... Oh you already have nipples.. well they are not the right kind of firm, plastic perfectly placed nipples so they are less than these.
Honestly, how have we got to a point where we can convince women that nipples need to be monetized, and this family is the worst for it.

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Yes if you’re going to show nipples then please can they at least be real? Are people already paying good money for “nipple lifts” in turkey etc because theirs point down a bit, aren’t big enough (obviously I don’t include surgical reconstruction). Have we had the first “nipple lift” death?

And whatever the rights and wrongs, I have spent bloody years trying to STOP people (yes, men) talking to my tits instead of my face, I can’t help see this as a step backwards for my daughter, when I really hoped that things might be better. It’s not empowering to make other women’s lives more difficult in the name of attention seeking.

SunshineSky81 · 16/01/2025 14:11

Show the Nipple or don't show the Nipple. The thing that annoys me more is that women just as they are , are never enough... Oh you already have nipples.. well they are not the right kind of firm, plastic perfectly placed nipples so they are less than these.
Honestly, how have we got to a point where we can convince women that nipples need to be monetized, and this family is the worst for it.

Amybelle88 · 16/01/2025 14:00

@MinnieCauldwell I have no idea, I haven't had one. I'm just repeating what some women who have had a mastectomy have told me, if you read my previous posts you'd see where/why it was said to me.

MinnieCauldwell · 16/01/2025 13:59

Amybelle88 · 16/01/2025 09:35

@MinnieCauldwell trust me, I've spoken to women who wear them.

As someone who has had mastectomy where does the prosthesis go?

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 16/01/2025 13:52

CaptainNoBeardButAParrot · 16/01/2025 12:13

This is gross and whats the point.

Attract a man. Go to bed. He takes of your bra. "Oh".

You'll feel so good about yourself.

Samantha showed us how to do it on sex and the City

While he's distracted, you discreetly remove the bra

Characterbuilding · 16/01/2025 13:46

@Lyn348
The point originally made was that this bra encourages sexual assault, groping etc.. the existence of nipples, real or fake does not justify this. I don't wear a bra, you sometimes don't wear a bra, if you were assaulted would that be more "understandable" because predatory men and judgemental women believed you wanted to attract sex merely because your nipples were visible through clothing? No.
Men who assault don't care, burka, bikini, nappy it doesn't matter to the wide variety of sexual predators that exist. Blaming victims takes responsibility away from perpetrators. If you don't like the bra fine but don't conflate that with asking for assault or looking for sex.

Riapia · 16/01/2025 13:42

FutureFry · 16/01/2025 00:34

Meh, fashion is weird and I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

I think it's trashy, would never wear it, and would hate if DD wore something like this.

Those are almost exactly the words my DM used about the mini skirt.
I still wore one.
You’ll have fake nipples prodding you in the back as you walk through M&S before long FutureFry. They are the next big thing.
😉😁😁.

ThoroughlyModernNotMillie · 16/01/2025 13:42

Looking at the pictures on the skims website of the models wearing t shirts over this bra, there's no way this bra was designed for anyone else other than women who deliberately want men( or lesbians) to look right at their tits and view them solely as someone up for sex with anyone who wants it.

Lyn348 · 16/01/2025 13:26

Characterbuilding · 16/01/2025 13:12

@squirrelnutcartel Why do so many women think we exist to pander to men? Why is it our burden to not "sexualise ourselves" or "encourage men to think of us as fuck toys?"
I don’t wear a bra at all. Unless I’m exercising and need a sports bra I don’t see the benefits of a tight chest constricting garment that interferes with natural respiration.
The effect is probably the same as wearing this bra, so technically are you saying all women should be forced to wear regular bras? Women can wear bras, not wear bras, have evident nipples or not have evident nipples. What does it have to do with you or anyone else? It’s actually people like you who over sexualise women. Nipples are not the problem, stop blaming women.

Because if you're purposely sexualising yourself it's to have sex - and unless you're a lesbian that involves men.
I often can't be assed to wear a bra either. It is nowhere near the same thing as having fake nipples purposely stuck onto your bra. I'm sorry if you can't see the difference.

kalokagathos · 16/01/2025 13:14

This was a topic in some episode of Sex in the City. Samantha wore it,I think 😀

Characterbuilding · 16/01/2025 13:12

@squirrelnutcartel Why do so many women think we exist to pander to men? Why is it our burden to not "sexualise ourselves" or "encourage men to think of us as fuck toys?"
I don’t wear a bra at all. Unless I’m exercising and need a sports bra I don’t see the benefits of a tight chest constricting garment that interferes with natural respiration.
The effect is probably the same as wearing this bra, so technically are you saying all women should be forced to wear regular bras? Women can wear bras, not wear bras, have evident nipples or not have evident nipples. What does it have to do with you or anyone else? It’s actually people like you who over sexualise women. Nipples are not the problem, stop blaming women.

Ohlawdnotagain · 16/01/2025 12:48

Grim.

squirrelnutcartel · 16/01/2025 12:41

I think it's cheap and nasty. Things like this just encourage men to think of us as fuck toys. Feeling sexy? Yeah, save it for the nightclub or the bedroom. The 'cool girls' will be bending over the freezer section in Tesco inviting anyone in next. It's like something out of a wildlife documentary. Just don't forget that whilst they're checking you out, they're also checking out young teenagers too because they expect all females to be up for it. Men don't need encouraging. This public hypersexualisation needs dialing back because it's dragging all girls and women into it's nasty net. Sure, men should have self control and not assault, attack or grope, but if they get the message it's okay to be constantly sexually aroused then any female is game.

MumblesParty · 16/01/2025 12:40

As someone mentioned earlier, erect nipples are a sign of arousal, so this bra is designed to get attention by making people (mostly men) think you’re sexual aroused . It’s basically a low level equivalent of the famous When Harry Met Sally scene. If women want to walk around Tesco looking like they’re turned on, why not go the whole way and starting gasping in fake ecstasy too?!!

MumblesParty · 16/01/2025 12:35

Rollse · 16/01/2025 06:53

Nipples aren’t sexual. They are for feeding babies.

Why are topless pictures seen as erotic if breasts are purely functional?

CaptainNoBeardButAParrot · 16/01/2025 12:13

This is gross and whats the point.

Attract a man. Go to bed. He takes of your bra. "Oh".

You'll feel so good about yourself.

Heronwatcher · 16/01/2025 11:57

ItGhoul · 16/01/2025 11:06

Ironically, the way you talk about women is really misogynistic. You're talking about women in the same way incels do.

Women are allowed to enjoy feeling sexy. Women are allowed to do whatever makes them feel sexy. What's wrong with a woman, or a man for that matter, enjoying attention? We don't have to be invisible.

You might not get a kick out of being looked at. That's fine. But some women do. And that's also fine. It's certainly not something they're doing because they think they have to please men. They're doing it because they like it.

I wouldn't wear a bra with fake nipples, personally. It's not my thing. But I definitely dress in a way that makes me personally feel sexy and I know that there are men (and women) who are attracted to the kind of look I tend to favour - my DP, for one! (There are also plenty who hate it, just like there are plenty of men who hate the Kardashian style.) If I look in the mirror and feel attractive, I feel more confident and happy. If that also means some men might look at me and think 'She's sexy', that's fine. I don't mind at all. I don't need their attention; I'm not looking for a partner. But provided I don't get catcalled or harassed I'm perfectly fine with men looking at me and thinking 'She looks sexy'. I certainly pass men in the street sometimes and think 'Blimey, he's hot' so I don't see what's wrong with a man passing me and thinking something similar.

There’s a difference though between dressing in a way which makes you feel confident and sexy, and looking like you’re constantly aroused.

Plus surely it’s not just a personal choice you have to consider other people. My boss might feel completely confident and sexy walking around the office wearing a fake dildo shoved in his pants, or having his real penis on show but I wouldn’t like it.

And in the real world if you wear this for a meeting or even out for drinks, how many people (men or women) would be thinking, that’s a good point, or she’s got a nice face. They are designed for effect- to pinpoint the one area I for one have had to pull men up for staring at on multiple occasions.

I can just see the incel crowd “well if women don’t want us to stare at their tits why has this bra been made. They love it”. It’s just sexualising daily life and, especially since it’s the Kardashians, giving women and girls another reason to think that they are no more than the sum of their tits/ arse/ vagina.

Devilsmommy · 16/01/2025 11:36

Never found stipples to be a good look but obviously I must be wrong if the Kardashian's say otherwise 😂

MyNamesGaryAndImAddictedToChips · 16/01/2025 11:17

I was expecting more Trekkies on this thread.

ThatMerryReader · 16/01/2025 11:12

It's the Kardashians, what do you expect?

nam3c4ang3 · 16/01/2025 11:07

They will sell their souls for money won’t they 😂😂

ItGhoul · 16/01/2025 11:06

Ironically, the way you talk about women is really misogynistic. You're talking about women in the same way incels do.

Women are allowed to enjoy feeling sexy. Women are allowed to do whatever makes them feel sexy. What's wrong with a woman, or a man for that matter, enjoying attention? We don't have to be invisible.

You might not get a kick out of being looked at. That's fine. But some women do. And that's also fine. It's certainly not something they're doing because they think they have to please men. They're doing it because they like it.

I wouldn't wear a bra with fake nipples, personally. It's not my thing. But I definitely dress in a way that makes me personally feel sexy and I know that there are men (and women) who are attracted to the kind of look I tend to favour - my DP, for one! (There are also plenty who hate it, just like there are plenty of men who hate the Kardashian style.) If I look in the mirror and feel attractive, I feel more confident and happy. If that also means some men might look at me and think 'She's sexy', that's fine. I don't mind at all. I don't need their attention; I'm not looking for a partner. But provided I don't get catcalled or harassed I'm perfectly fine with men looking at me and thinking 'She looks sexy'. I certainly pass men in the street sometimes and think 'Blimey, he's hot' so I don't see what's wrong with a man passing me and thinking something similar.

Rivett · 16/01/2025 11:04

Dandylione · 16/01/2025 10:52

Isn't that also the point (lol) of blusher?

🤣 I can’t imagine many men would be nudging their mates saying “Deek the blusher on her”

hamsandyams · 16/01/2025 10:54

I actually find this trend quite liberating. I have spent years wearing a bra or layers just so that my nipples are not on show through my clothes.

Now it is fashionable/sexy, I’m saving myself the time and effort and my nipples are often visible through my clothes (I prefer not to wear a bra most days) and just not worrying about it. I can guarantee it’s nothing to do with appeasing men and everything to do with not spending undue time and effort on my appearance.

It’s also just part of the 90s fashion resurgence - nipples are very 90s if you watch TV or films from that time. What’s sad is that girls think their own nipples are not good enough and so need to buy this bra to have ‘perfect’ nipples.

TheTruthHurtsDontIt · 16/01/2025 10:52

This isn't new man, we had stick on nips in the 90's. Who cares. If men can walk around with their guts and moobs hanging out for all to see, let a woman flash a nip.