Comedian Josh Pray continues his knowledge of the opposite sex with the learning of bras
- Todbileg Otgonbat: The first number is the band size, measured by the circumference of the underbust. To get the cup size via _the most common method_, you measure the loose circumference around the chest at the highest part of the breasts (typically over the nipples but not always) and subtract the underbust measurement, that then conveniently converts to letters in some of the most non-standardized fashion measurements in existence. I'm going to use inches because of convenience, but you can imagine how much worse things get when you have to convert metric measurements as well because fashion doesn't like SI.
In all but Italy and Japan, less than 1 inch difference is AA-cup. Italy doesn't have a size for this because apparently Italians don't think bee stings need bras. Japan calls it A-cup; also Japan is simple because from there for every inch you move the letter up one.
Everywhere but Japan, 1 inch difference is A-cup. 2" is B, 3" is C, 4" is D. At 5 inches we start to see variation. In North America it might be DD or E depending on brand and year, even season. In the UK, Italy, and Oceania, it's DD. Most of Europe calls it E, and Japan is sitting at F now.
6" is either DDD or F in NA; E in the UK, IT, and Oceania; F in Europe; and G in Japan.
7" is DDDD or G in NA; F in the UK, IT, and Oceania; G in Europe; and H in Japan.
Now we get _really_ funky. 8" is H in NA and Europe; FF in the UK and Italy; in Oceania it's G, and I in Japan.
9" is I in NA and Europe; G in the UK and IT; H in Oceania; and J in Japan.
10" is J in NA and Europe; GG in the UK and Italy; I in Oceania; and K in Japan.
They all follow their patterns for anything larger. NA, Europe, Oceania, and Japan all just move to the next letter for every additional inch; though Oceania is a letter behind NA and Europe, and Japan is a letter ahead. The UK and Italy double the letter before moving on to the next one: H, HH, I, II, etc.
All said and done, it's no surprise an overwhelming majority of women are wearing the wrong bra size. And that's not even mentioning the fact that both the underbust and bust can grow and shrink in response to seasons, diet, exercise, medication, sexual activity levels, pregnancy, menopause, hell some women have to have two sets of bras for opposite ends of their menstrual cycles!
Further complicating matters is the fact that metric-focused countries may or may not use 2cm increments for cup sizes instead of 1" increments, and sometimes this is a problem even within the same _brand_. Even worse is that how any particular bra manufacturer does the sizing during manufacture isn't standardized either, so one American manufacturer's 32C might be another's 34C.
And then there's so-called "sister sizes". Basically they're the sizes of bras with the same cup _volume_ but different band measurement, so if your band size isn't quite feeling right you can try them out and still have the boobs fit in the cup properly. Basically go down a cup and up a band size, or up a cup and down a band size. This is a thing because bands are typically manufactured in 2" increments so someone might be a 31B but have to either go 30C or 32B to find a fit that's comfortable and doesn't have "gapping" (where the bra is floating away from the skin in a relaxed but upright posture) or "spillage" (I don't think this needs explanation). Most bras now have multiple clips for adjusting band size within those 2", but sometimes the best solution is using a sister size.
Lastly, left and right breasts are different sizes. In up to 10% of women, this fact is so drastically true that they have no choice but to have custom bras made as no manufacturer makes a "customize your own padding" bra with a drastic enough difference between the two that they can be comfortable.
In short, using bra sizes is a quick shorthand. Nothing more. Good for a quick idea if you understand the system, terrible for the vast majority of both men and women to use for anything accurate. For the record, plastic surgeons use a _much_ better system that's actually somewhat standardized and is far more accurate, plus differentiates between left and right - 34-B-C for example is a 34" underbust with an 8" "swell" over the left breast and a 9" swell over the right breast. Women who have issues finding a comfortable bra based on the under-over method may have better luck using the plastic surgeon method.
NOW ON TO THE TUMBLR POST
It's bullshit from the start. First of all, just from the fact that she goes, in order, DD, DDD, then E when guessing at Pyrrha's sizing; she doesn't actually know how bra sizing works. Just as a reminder, in the USA, DD and E are the same size. Secondly, while she's right that compression is a thing, there's no way Pyrrha's tits jut out 5" from her body. And the compression explanation is also BS. There's no telltale signs of compression where the flesh is visible (spillage is still a thing, compression really only works as a possibility when the whole package is covered by a shirt or something), and her armor actually shows gapping, which indicates that if anything her breasts are quite comfortably not being squished. It's possible that Pyrrha _might_ have pulled them down then bound them, but seeing as how this is both extremely uncomfortable and impressively impractical, plus her armor wouldn't really allow it anyway, I highly doubt that. While I'm out of practice with eyeballing sizes, I'd hesitantly put Pyrrha's rack at 34D on the large side, more likely 34C. 34 and not 36 because she's a teenager and she's really not much wider in the underbust than anyone else. A heavy focus on upper body strength _can_ increase your underbust but comparing her to those around her who have less intense upper body regimens, she's not significantly larger so I can confidently guess she's well within the average range for an athletic 17 year old.
- Crystal Rogers: Josh yes there are a ton of options, but they are all uncomfortable!!!! bras are like stilettos for your boobs!!! give me a high impact sports bra and a pair of my husbands boxer briefs any day!
- Eliska Kohout: Hello keep them cup.
- Bee Snort: My niece boyfriend went to get her a few bras for Xmas and he got a bunch of em up to the register and it was 500.00 😂😂 he had to put some back but he was shocked lol.
- miapdx: There are 13 million types of titties...😜
- Bryon Yoder: Is this from your doctoral thesis on bras?
- Forest Nymph Confessions: +Lady Smith Yep! In that order too!
- JTECH Gaming: Let’s get this guy to 1 mil by the end of 2019
- Baked Jesus: Wanna really impress ya girl learn her bra size brand pantie brand and size dress. But to really impress her know that time of the month man up know her brand and size and buy those pads or tampons snacks and help her deal with those cramps.
- Eva Wambani: +Bryon Yoder 😏
- Emotionally Challenged Subordinate: I'ma buy a bra for my nutz.
- Todbileg Otgonbat: +H Sulka Wait it does? Man I just stole someone else's comment who wrote like 10 minutes worth of information.
- Cheryl Cross-Tucker: The best part of the day, taking off your bra.👍🏽
- FBI: I love your videos so much, you make my day better and you make me laugh. Every time your videos get uploaded I instantly get the urge to click on your videos. Keep this stuff up Josh, love ya.
- Samantha Myers: And if you are over a certain bra size, you have to buy the pricier bras because the cheap ones don't have the support you need.
- Audrey Newsome: *To spoonin and watchin Netflix 😂😂😂😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♀️*
- Kasia: Check out some of the Try Guys' challenges where they try to do or wear stuff that women do.
- Liz Humble: You did not even mention nursing bras. Those are convertible!
- Sav Telly: One boob is Pamela Anderson; one is Brittany Griner. He is a NUT!
- Katie Layton: 😂😂
- H Sulka: +Todbileg Otgonbat lol I'm pretty sure. I only know of one character who wears armour and is named Pyrrha and that's the one from RWBY
- Kat Schrodinger: Carolyn S. Harden.... Truth!! Even the most comfortable bra comes straight off when I get home.
- Caterina Pilj: Things to research : endometriosis, birth control, pregnancy cravings, hair products, makeup, face products......
- H Sulka: I was just reading this and I was like wow this is a whole lot of information that I didn't know. And then it started talking about RWBY?
- Mark Green: Never bought one them shits no sir....but get sent to get tampons and chocolate
- Amanda s.: "We have one option, boxers, OR briefs." Josh your so funny!
- Jessica Dawson' Martin: Josh it's not a privilege to wear a bra. Wear one for 9 hours.
- NuzzleNuzzle: Uniboob is a serious problem!!!! XD
- Forest Nymph Confessions: Finally...someone said it. Bra fit is no joke! He didn't even get into trying to find a sports bra that doesn't create the uniboob. 🤣✌❤
- sststr: Right up there with pewdiepie!
- Lord_Of_The_Flies _: Also, the letter is your cup/boob size and the number is how large your ribs are. So a 40B has larger ribs and smaller boobs while a 34D has smaller ribs with bigger boobs.
- Shawn See: trying to understand women, you sure you want to go down that rabbit hole? Can we talk about the difficulty in finding mens boxers not designed for ladies, gonna need a lot more of a front pouch.
- horsegirl2310: Clothing sizes....Bahahah that’s mind blowing.
- Matthew Michael: Love your vids man. All of em
- Carolyn S. Harden: Doesn't matter how many bra colors/styles we have or like some of us don't have bcs we're "bountifuly blessed"....Nothing feels better than taking that thing OFF when you get 🏡!
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- Lady Smith: Preach!! Bra, & shoes are the first things I take off.
- purple ninja: Prescription bras lol.
- Run Hard: Don't try to understand women. Women understand women and they hate each other. -Al Bundy
- Maati Auset: ...and tossing it across the room.
- beast from the east: Bruh don't know what the hell you are smoking but puff puff pass bruh
- Christiaan Overgaard: After I got married in the '80s, my wife at the time used Bally bras. She was a 34DD. These things cost around 250 dollars back then! Blew my mind!
- Lemon. APE: You are the true woman respecter
- Mike Lakner: Rabbi Josh, I appreciate the wisdom of the Bra but I really need to know how to get my lady to tell me where she wants to eat dinner.
- cavtroopermunoz: Spooning and watching Netflix, I knew this was going to make me lol. I put someone at Victoria's Secret through college.
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