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Better bras please, women soldiers tell Swedish military

Swedish female soldiers are demanding the military provide them with combat-tested bras, amid complaints that the sports bras they must buy themselves unhook too easily, officials said. Unlike their male counterparts who are provided with military-issue underwear, Sweden’s 500-odd women conscripts must buy bras themselves since there are no military-issue brassieres, according to the Council of Conscripts, a union-like organisation. “The women have had to buy sports bras instead. But they are not tested for combat situations nor for fire safety, and they are not functional. They unhook too easily,” Council spokeswoman Paulina Rehbinder told AFP. She criticised the military for its lack of gender equality, in a country widely considered a pioneer in the field. With between 800 and 1,000 women expected to become conscripts next year, the military is now developing a bra that is undergoing testing. afp

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