Is wearing a bra compulsory in Singapore? My girlfriend got told off!
Context
So my girlfriend was visiting from Iceland and she normally doesn’t wear a bra (especially when it’s hot). We were in town having coffee and this lady (who’s name I assume was Karen) came up to us and said to her “wear your bra!” in a very strict tone.
But because of her thick Singaporean accent, we couldn’t really discern what she was saying and we thought she said “where did you get your bra from”…which really confused my girlfriend.
To which my girlfriend replied “I usually get them from….” (I forgot the store name)
The lady got so confused and she started scolding her and telling her that she must must must wear a bra or the police will come.
We both laughed as we found it absurd.
SO MY QUESTION IS: why is wearing a bra so important? I feel like women should be free to wear whatever they want or don’t want. Bras can be really uncomfortable.
Here are what netizens think
- Some people just feel disturbed with nipples. Honestly I don’t care if people want to go braless, their body their choice. And yes wearing bra in this hot and humid weather is very uncomfortable.
- as a local female, my friends and I would never go braless.
Besides SG being a conservative country w an aging population, there are SG forums and tele groups where people (usually disgusting men) take pics of women in public places even if they’re just wearing slightly revealing or considered appealing to them. It’s not talked about often but there def is a number which is revolting af. Some women just wear bras to just ‘protect’ ourselves - Just another karen. Same as the Austrian grannies. Every country has these group of people. Possibly it may have been too obvious that she isn’t wearing one? Though the wrong way to go about it.