It is deeply ingrained in our culture that corsets were terrible uncomfortable tools of the patriarchy and that bras are so much better a form of breast support. And yet a lot of modern women who wear them enough to get used to them find them as comfortable as a bra, or even more comfortable. I've said this before, but I just found a Youtube vid that makes the point beautifully. A modern woman who wore a corset for a week and talks about what it was like:
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