Bras

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Bras are an everyday item for around half of the adult population, and for as long as humans have developed breasts they have been faced with the question of how to keep them contained within intricate outfits and during strenuous activity.

But how has the modern day bra developed from strapping and so-called bra bags? When did cups and cup sizings make their debut? What about underwires and padding? And has the pandemic changed our preferences?

Kate is joined by Lorraine Smith, twitter’s Master of Bras, to find out about the technical and stylistic development of bras, and what burning them is all about.

*WARNING There is some fruity language in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Edited & Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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0:00.0	Hello, it's me again, my lovely betwixters, jumping in to give you your fair dues warning.
0:06.4	This is a podcast about sex scandal in society, and as you might expect, we will be straying
0:11.1	into these areas.
0:12.1	It's not particularly shocking this episode, but it is fabulous as always.
0:16.4	But there is some fruity language, and we're talking about browse and all the things that
0:20.7	go in them.
0:21.7	So if you are somebody that will be shocked by this type of conversation, fair dues you
0:25.9	have been warned.
0:26.9	But if you are still with me, my lovelies, then let's get into it.
0:34.8	Lacey playing padded push-up, plunge, boostier, sports bras, bra lets, wired, under-wired.
0:43.5	I could just go on and on and on, there are so many different kinds of contraptions that
0:48.0	we use to hoist the girls up or squish them down, or whatever it is that we're trying
0:53.3	to do to wrestle our testicles into submission.
0:56.2	But how did we get here?
0:58.7	When did the bra arrive?
1:00.4	What's been the fashion has it changed, and particularly now we've come out-ish of the
1:06.2	pandemic and we all spend about a year lolling around when no bra is on the tall, has that
1:10.7	changed things?
1:11.7	Well, we are betwixt the sheets, or in this case betwixt the clothes, to find out more.
1:18.6	What do you look for in a man?
1:20.6	Oh, money of course.
1:21.6	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
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