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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 09:57 PM
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Did any DUers burn their bras in the 70s?
:shrug:
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 09:59 PM
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1. Isn't that just a metaphor?
I don't remember anyone burning their bras back then.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 09:59 PM
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2. Bras were burned, and not just metaphorically N/T
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:00 PM
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3. Accidentally
dropped a J down my blouse and the tissue paper was set ablaze.

:silly:
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:01 PM
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4. ***snarf***
yet ANOTHER reason to be thankful for vaporizer technology!

;-)
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Mrs_Beastman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:02 PM
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6. .
:spray:

Thank gawd they have those silicon chicken cutlets that are fire resistant now!
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:02 PM
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my ex wife's mom supposedly did
I'm not 100% sure, though.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:02 PM
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5. my ex wife's mom supposedly did
I'm not 100% sure, though.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:13 PM
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7. Only metaphorically
but in answer to an above poster, they did really do it. I believe I remember a picture in Life magazine. It was the rallying cry for all of us. I stopped wearing one the very next day.
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:15 PM
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8. That's a myth.
There was a demonstration, I think in Atlantic City, and a bunch of women protested gender stereotyping, and the stupid stuff women are supposed to wear -- chucked them into a can. High heels, bras, girdles, etc.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:16 PM
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10. no shit?
off to snopes I go...

;-)
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:19 PM
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11. well I'll be dipped in shit... yer absolutely right!
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/burnbra.htm
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:24 PM
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13. Yup
I just looked it up too but I could swear I remember seeing a picture of that. Oh well, it certainly freed a bunch of us up anyway.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:16 PM
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9. Not really...just stopped
wearing one. But then in the late 70's, I got pregnant with #1 son and then in early 80's with daughter.....boobs got larger with each one and had to start wearing one again.

But, when I step inside the door...it's the 1st thing I take off.
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MidwestMomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:20 PM
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12. Didn't burn one but I did quit wearing one
Now that was 'liberation' :)
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 10:33 PM
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14. me
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-05 11:43 PM
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15. I was still waiting to need one in the 70s.
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