There are as many myths about bras as there are styles. One of the most prevalent bra myths is that feminists in the late 1960s and 70’s burnt their bras in public demonstrations.
Although this myth has been repeated for decades, no documented proof has ever surfaced that women actually set fire to their bras. They did, however toss undergarments into trash cans. This was done during demonstrations to critique how modern beauty culture paid far more attention to a woman’s appearance than to her intellectual and spiritual being.
It is widely assumed that this myth actually originated because of the timing of two unrelated events – young Americans who were protesting the Vietnam War were publicly burning their draft cards at about the same time that women were protesting the Miss America Pageant by tossing their bras and girdles into the trash (the first recorded instance was the 1968 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City).
It appears some enterprising reporter decided to amalgamate the two newsworthy events into one identifying act and the myth caught on. Unfortunately, it is still embedded in the minds of many as an actual fact.
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