bra burning
Symbolic undergarment destruction
Bra burning is a symbol of feminist protest, associated with the women's liberation movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
The image of women burning bras to reject restrictive gender norms became iconic, though actual bra-burning incidents were rare—the association stems largely from a 1968 protest where demonstrators threw bras into a "freedom trash can" but didn't burn them.
The phrase now evokes radical feminism, often dismissively: She's no bra-burning feminist.
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- women's liberationMovement for female equality
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
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- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- 70s Activismantiwar movement, Black Power, boycotts, Cesar Chavez, consciousness raising
- sexual freedomsexual liberation, sexual revolution, sexual freedom, free love, consent
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism