Is wearing a bra compulsory in Singapore? My girlfriend got told off!
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.
Netizens’ comments
- The image of your gf telling her where she gets her bra from to an enraged Karen makes me laugh ngl.
- 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 - No idea why these Karen’s think they own our bodies 🙄 Hope this didn’t ruin her time here!
- Nope, no law against it but conservative people will rant about anything if it doesn’t fit the “norm”. Gender equality.