No Bra Day 2022

I'll keep this short because, if you have been following me for a few years, this one should already be familiar to you and I don't want to keep going over old ground.

In short, No Bra Day is a special day during Breast Cancer Awareness Month when women can show empathy for and solidarity with women who can no longer wear bras due to having to have mastectomies to combat breast cancer.

No man or woman should have to sacrifice any part of their body to stay health, so the sooner we can do away with terrible diseases like breast cancer and testicular cancer, the better. And I think it is worth saying that, although No Bra Day is specifically themed around breast cancer, that we should still look at the larger picture because it is far from the only cancer that can require this sort of invasive treatment to beat.

As women are encouraged to share pictures of themselves participating in the day on social media, let it serve as a reminder of how prevalent these diseases still are and hopefully it can make us all aware of what the cost of survival can be so that we can use that as inspiration to better look after ourselves and take the necessary steps to protect our wellbeing.

A secondary message that some choose to promote is, not so much women showing themselves going braless to make any sort of statement or to show support for others, but rather encouraging them to do so in a bid to look after their own health by literally taking their bras off in order to get a mammogram.

Finally, some women also choose to use No Bra Day as a chance to make a political statement against gender inequalities. Personally, and this is just my opinion, that is better saved for Go Topless Day so as not to distract from the cancer awareness aspect of the day and to keep the messaging very clear.. However, I wouldn't wish to speak negatively any any way about any women that did chose to make that sort of statement today as well.