Okay, I've been trying NOT to post about this, but ...

[notwavingbutdrowning1]

... surely the nipple prominence on this website is totally ridiculous? I'm not being prudish, but would anyone feel comfortable going out like that? There are multiple examples on this site.
ninetypercent.com/collections/womens-sale/products/tyro-tank-in-chalk-white

I wear one for comfort. It makes moving quickly more comfortable even if not particularly large. I can't imagine feeling comfortable with the movement of jogging without one like a PP mentioned.

That sounds a really good attitude. Wish we had that here.

Yes, we would.

I am autistic, have sensory issues around bras and H cup tits. Would bin them in a heartbeat if there was no negative social consequence for doing so.

I've been off work ill for a while and have got used to not wearing a bra at home. I popped in yesterday and being hormonal and roasting even in the depths of winter I was annoyed to realise I'd not put a bra on, so whilst wearing my teddy fleece it was fine, but it definitely was not when taking it off and wearing a t-shirt as thin as paper so I didn't 😂
I am extremely self critical, and don't have a positive body image but I feel my boobs are still in quite good shape. However I don't want the whole world seeing my nipples! Its funny as I'm quite happy to go without a bra but my mum and sister view it like going out the house naked! I've grown up wearing t-shirt bras and can't see that preference changing but each to their own.

There's a Ghanian proverb about this...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIcDZPntp0&pp=ygUMRmVmZSBOYWEgRWZl

It doesn't matter who does the fitting, the bra either hurts or it rides up at the back and hurts. There isn't a pain-free option.

She'd have your eye out!

Another body shaming thread? It's very disheartening on a women's forum.

@Sherararara ok I'll bear that in mind. I don't even wear a bra. But I should get out more and would if it wasn't for my disabilities. I was trying to be a bit light-hearted...

Meh, I hate bras.

I'm a 30E and I hate how uncomfortable bras are. I never wear one and my nipples are often sticking out because that's just how God made me.

I'm thin and curvy and have been sexualised most of my life. Wearing a bra doesn't make a difference and it's not my responsibility to make everyone else comfortable around my body.

I'm a former model and frankly people staring at me or thinking I want attention for my boobs doesn't faze me. Perhaps the benefits of being in that industry is I have thick skin. I'm sure people have said and thought worse behind my back and that's none of my business.

They are just nipples. It's not that serious unless you let it be.

They're definitely intentionally styling large parts of the catalog to highlight nipples, which is kind of creepy. On the plus side, it does clearly show that that merch is pretty flimsy/se-through, so that people who want something more substantial can avoid a mistake. (It's especially obvious in your first example if you switch the color of the shirt to black - still totally transparent.)

My theory is that, in many cases, it's possibly about perception... I.e. similar size nipples look smaller on big breasts and larger on small breasts, simply due to the contrast of sizes.

I have what I'd consider fairly small to average nipples and I hover around 32B/C these days (largest I've ever been is 34C/D). Friends who are similar sizes have similar nipples too (we've done a lot of breastfeeding around each other, so a few of us have seen each others breasts). My friend with large breasts has the same size nipples as the rest of us, but at first glance they seem "small" even though they're the same...
Pure "anecdata", but food for thought... 🤔

Nipples come in all shapes and sizes though, from the soft even spread of the 'pancake' to the rubbery pertness of the 'licorice allsort'

😂 this has tickled me!

WarmthAndDepth
I do like the way you write about the female body and you make very good points.

According to 19yo dd flat boobs with prominent nips are very on trend. We went to see Nosferatu recently and Lily Rose Depp has a nude scene, I was a little shocked as she is completely flat with sticky out nips and I realised I don't think I've ever seen boobs like that on the big screen before! Dd said the French look is de rigeur and and big boobs are out! So I think this website is just achingly hip and we are all old farts.

I don’t like these attempts to make women’s bodies less private. It only seems to be focused on girls and women, men and boys seem to be allowed to keep their dignity. And I don’t like the bizarre comments trying to normalise it, like ‘tribes in the Amazon have nipples on display all the time…’

It's crafted from cheap thin material, not made

This. I’m in my 40s and tend to wear a bra unless the weather is very hot. My slightly elder sister rarely does. It’s not a case of right or wrong.

To add:

1. Men have nipples too. Ours happen to be on a mound.
2. Advertising sells. It has certainly had results in this case with the appearance of this thread.

I'm not convinced it's a woman. Looks like a man who's started taking hormones to enlarge the breasts.

It's a thing. "Free the nip" according to my youngster. It'll pass.

I’m not so sure. I see male models sans shirts all the time in ads. Maybe I have a different perspective….as part of my training in anatomy, I dissected human cadavers. Once I went through that, I never was squeamish or all that concerned about bodily privacy again. I rather wish when it was super hot outside, that it was permissable for people to walk around naked. The human body inherently is dignified and beautiful. Maybe if people learned to see it this way, women wouldn’t be sexually objectified as much. A lot of titillation is leaving things to the imagination. Remove that, and it is just human beings going about their business.

Completely agree with this.

Haven’t worn a bra for years. Ive also never worn a padded bra before that so my nipples would have been visible sometimes anyway. I didn’t realise women cared so much about other women’s nipples occasionally being seen through a shirt!

Also, to the poster who said that women’s nipples go hard when sexually aroused and that why they are seen sexually, I’m not sure this is true for everyone, it’s not for me. Being cold yes though!

Not all cultures do sexualise women's nipples, but the UK does and it's hard for me to get away from that baked-in conditioning fifty-odd years in. For me it's a distraction but I am glad that others are able to overcome it and I approve in principle of "free the nip".

@TeenLifeMum
"They are sexual apart from feeding a baby. It’s not okay for a man to walk around with an erect penis but woman’s nipples are fine? There’s some off double standards. Would you really be okay with a teacher having prominent nipples when working?"

So do you assume that those of us who have naturally large, prominent nipples (mine are definitely of the aforementioned rubbery licorice allsort kind on a fairly small breast) are perpetually aroused if you happen to catch the contour of our nipples through our garments? That my nipples are reminiscent of erect penises? Oh dear. My nipples look exactly the same whether aroused or not.

I am a teacher and, while I'm sensitive to cultural norms and wear a bra to work as I live in the UK, when I have periodically worked in my country of origin, I can assure you that female colleagues have ‐consistent with the cultural norm of that context‐ been able to execute their professional role to an excellent standard without wearing bras under their workclothes if they wish, and nobody has batted an eyelid. Because, whether prominent or not, those unaroused nipples are not perceived in a sexualised way and probably not even noticed.

When I went to secondary school and the boys my age were starting to notice girls -and were not shy about expressing their appreciation, as loudly and raucously as in any UK secondary school‐ a girl's nipples (or a female teacher's for that matter) was never in the repertoire of things to comment on. The size of someone's breasts -definitely. A pretty face -sure. But the nipples? Nope. Never. And our nipples must definitely have been visible through our clothing as we didn't wear school uniform and only girls with larger breasts tended to wear soft unpadded sports bra tops, the rest of us went without. Nipples were definitely not a thing.

@Happyinarcon
"I don’t like these attempts to make women’s bodies less private. It only seems to be focused on girls and women, men and boys seem to be allowed to keep their dignity. And I don’t like the bizarre comments trying to normalise it, like ‘tribes in the Amazon have nipples on display all the time…’"

But how is it undignified or lacking in privacy if a hint of your nipples is visible through your clothing? The male gaze makes it so. The sexualisation of women's bodies is on them. If we internalise the misogyny of this objectification, we find ourselves policing other women's bodies as well as our own, doling out shame and ridicule. @BeAzureAnt puts it well: "The human body inherently is dignified and beautiful."

This! ❤️

Why should my nipple be any more sexualised than a male nipple.