"Bra Storm"

[Skwim]

Came across this rather amusing concern while paging through The Sun.

" Mum slams Marks and Spencer for ‘encouraging boob jobs’ by selling padded bras for kids as young as NINE

AN outraged mum has slammed Marks & Spencer for selling padded bras for girls as young as NINE , claiming it is encouraging kids to want a boob job.

Laura Milatos, 40, spotted the white cushioned bras in her local store in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and shared a picture on social media.

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[Evidently this is suppose to make the reader gag with disgust]

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The mum-of-two claims the star-patterned padded bras could lead to young girls wanting bigger boobs and think about getting a boob job.

She has called on the high street chain to move them to a more appropriate section of the store.

But M&S defended the lingerie and said they were "extremely common" and selling them is "normal practice".

Laura said: "I was just browsing the children's clothes section before coming across the bras.

"I was shocked when I saw it and just thought 'Oh my God!' what is it doing there?

"If my ten-year-old daughter put it on it would definitely look as though she had breasts.

"I don't want to give my daughter the idea that bigger boobs are better.

"I want her to grow up knowing having a flatter chest is fine.
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Gives one a pretty good idea what kind of chest mommy Laura has.

Anyway . . . . being a male I have little idea if she has a reasonable point here or not; although, it does seem she has rather misguided suspicions about childhood development.


Added question. Is that how bras are sold, by age?

"Mum slams Marks and Spencer for ‘encouraging boob jobs’
by selling padded bras for kids as young as NINE"

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Thoughts?

 

[Flame]

I feel she's overreacting.

Some kids develop younger and its smart to have products on the market for them.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

well, I've seen some 9-year-old boys who should probably be wearing these...

 

[Ellen Brown]

Bras are surely the tools of the satan.

 

[icehorse]

Bras are surely the tools of the satan.

How about for women with fuller figures who want to pursue athletics?

 

[PureX]

Isn't this something that could be solved by moms simply having a conversation with their daughters?

Also, this is yet another example of how hyperbolic the media has become, and we are fools to be paying so much attention to this nonsense.

 

[Rival]

Her problem is the sexualisation of young girls by having them believe that bigger boobs are better. The whole point of a padded bra is the illusion of a bigger bust. Nine year old girls shouldn't be thinking like that. They don't need padded bras for any reason; just buy normal ones.

 

[Ellen Brown]

How about for women with fuller figures who want to pursue athletics?

THEY must do as they wish.

 

[SomeRandom]

Okay mini bras for children who er develop quickly is one thing. Peddling padded bras to children is quite another. Padded bras are not usually the "standard" bra, guys.
I for one am sickened by what I see sold in the girls section of clothes stores. I think the mum has a valid point. Too often sexualised clothes are pushed on children who should instead be worrying about how to get mud off their clothing before getting busted.
And clearly the guys here don't seem to understand women's clothing. I mean fair enough, you're guys. But still.

 

[SomeRandom]

I feel she's overreacting.

Some kids develop younger and its smart to have products on the market for them.

Padded bras are not really standard bras though.
If the store wished to make smaller sized bras for young children who are already, let's say, too big for their crop tops. I'd support them. They aren't really doing that though. Unless they are under the impression that women wear padded bras for added softness?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Came across this rather amusing concern while paging through The Sun.

" Mum slams Marks and Spencer for ‘encouraging boob jobs’ by selling padded bras for kids as young as NINE

AN outraged mum has slammed Marks & Spencer for selling padded bras for girls as young as NINE , claiming it is encouraging kids to want a boob job.

Laura Milatos, 40, spotted the white cushioned bras in her local store in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and shared a picture on social media.

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[Evidently this is suppose to make the reader gag with disgust]

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The mum-of-two claims the star-patterned padded bras could lead to young girls wanting bigger boobs and think about getting a boob job.

She has called on the high street chain to move them to a more appropriate section of the store.

But M&S defended the lingerie and said they were "extremely common" and selling them is "normal practice".

Laura said: "I was just browsing the children's clothes section before coming across the bras.

"I was shocked when I saw it and just thought 'Oh my God!' what is it doing there?

"If my ten-year-old daughter put it on it would definitely look as though she had breasts.

"I don't want to give my daughter the idea that bigger boobs are better.

"I want her to grow up knowing having a flatter chest is fine.
source
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Gives one a pretty good idea what kind of chest mommy Laura has.

Anyway . . . . being a male I have little idea if she has a reasonable point here or not; although, it does seem she has rather misguided suspicions about childhood development.


Added question. Is that how bras are sold, by age?

"Mum slams Marks and Spencer for ‘encouraging boob jobs’
by selling padded bras for kids as young as NINE"

​

Thoughts?

... if her daughter doesn't have breasts, why put a bra on her?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Okay mini bras for children who er develop quickly is one thing. Peddling padded bras to children is quite another. Padded bras are not usually the "standard" bra, guys.
I for one am sickened by what I see sold in the girls section of clothes stores. I think the mum has a valid point. Too often sexualised clothes are pushed on children who should instead be worrying about how to get mud off their clothing before getting busted.
And clearly the guys here don't seem to understand women's clothing. I mean fair enough, you're guys. But still.

I agree girls' clothes are over sexualised. There's a clear cutoff between size 10 and size 12 here. On one side you have cute, nice little kids' clothes, on the other you have revealing, sexualised clothes or dowdy grandmother stuff. As the parent of a taller than average 12 year old who was a size 14 in height by age 9, it's a real issue.

I don't think padded bras are that much of an issue, personally, so long as non padded options are available. As it is, we've dressed our daughter basically in all boys' clothes since she was 9. Boys clothes don't have nearly the same disparity.

 

[Subduction Zone]

... if her daughter doesn't have breasts, why put a bra on her?

That is a good question and the point of the concerned mother. These are not just bras. These are padded bras designed to make little girls with no breasts look as if they do have them. It is the sexualization of prepubescent girls.

To me that is not a good thing.

 

[Flame]

Unless they are under the impression that women wear padded bras for added softness?

They might for all we know or they could be just shrinking sizes similar how they do for men's underwear.

EDIT: Also I know jack all about bras as my daughter is still too young for them yet. Forgive my lack of knowledge.

 

[Mindmaster]

I feel she's overreacting.

Some kids develop younger and its smart to have products on the market for them.

Some women start growing breasts at age eight, it's rare, but it happens. (My wife was already showing by nine...)

Anyway, padded bras are just a style -- some women wear them not to add extra cleavage but because they support differently or they have sensitive breasts.

 

[SomeRandom]

They might for all we know or they could be just shrinking sizes similar how they do for men's underwear.

EDIT: Also I know jack all about bras as my daughter is still too young for them yet. Forgive my lack of knowledge.

That was sarcastic. Trust me it's not so much the softness women are after as much as something to wear to a hot date, if you catch my drift.
And I sincerely doubt the makers of bras are so naive as to think otherwise.
I suppose it could be softness for some though.
I dunno, padded bras in the little girls section will inevitably cause me to do a double take either way.

 

[SomeRandom]

Some women start growing breasts at age eight, it's rare, but it happens. (My wife was already showing by nine...)

Anyway, padded bras are just a style -- some women wear them not to add extra cleavage but because they support differently or they have sensitive breasts.

Well if they have a variety in the children's section, then I'll happily give said store the benefit of the doubt.

 

[SomeRandom]

I agree girls' clothes are over sexualised. There's a clear cutoff between size 10 and size 12 here. On one side you have cute, nice little kids' clothes, on the other you have revealing, sexualised clothes or dowdy grandmother stuff. As the parent of a taller than average 12 year old who was a size 14 in height by age 9, it's a real issue.

I don't think padded bras are that much of an issue, personally, so long as non padded options are available. As it is, we've dressed our daughter basically in all boys' clothes since she was 9. Boys clothes don't have nearly the same disparity.

I agree. I mostly wear boys clothes even now, mainly because the geek stuff has much better designs on the front lol.

 

[Skwim]

Her problem is the sexualisation of young girls by having them believe that bigger boobs are better. The whole point of a padded bra is the illusion of a bigger bust. Nine year old girls shouldn't be thinking like that. They don't need padded bras for any reason; just buy normal ones.

My S.O. says that growing boobs can sometimes be painful and that the padding cuts down on the pain, and also hides swelling nipples.

As it is, we've dressed our daughter basically in all boys' clothes since she was 9. Boys clothes don't have nearly the same disparity.

Ouch!


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[Subduction Zone]

My S.O. says that growing boobs can sometimes be painful and that the padding cuts down on the pain, and also hides swelling nipples.



Ouch!


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I should have read the entire article. Also I could not properly see the first image. I do agree that the padding appears to be functional and not designed to project a maturity beyond one's years. Mea culpa