Tor of Adrift and Awake, snarking about yet another bone-headed “real Olympic events for women” articles (this one by Kate Sikora) raises a lovely point about women, men, and assumptions of mechanical ability…
“Men are bewildered by the mechanics of bra removal. The super-human trickery involved when a woman unfastens her bra and slides it out under her clothes – all without exposing flesh – would be an Olympics must-see.”
Yeah, removing a bra from under one’s clothes must involve some kind of super-human trickery. Because it confuses men! And men with their wonderful mechanical aptitude never get confused unless trickery of some sort is involved.
Well, gee. I must be missing out because when I take off my bra from under my shirt, I don’t feel super-human. I simply follow these simple steps: Unhook bra. Pull one bra strap through sleeve and over arm. Repeat with other strap. Bra is removed. Now where’s my fucking medal?
Yup. It’s sort of supernatural the same way men are able to dress without catching our penises in our pants zippers. In other words not at all.
Still, kind of weird to say that if men aren’t familiar with a routine practice it must be unfathomable.
