Although it has been nearly forty years since the Supreme Court banned sex segregation in "Help Wanted" ads, there might still be a very few jobs that one could consider to be the provenance of only one gender or, at least, performed better by a particular gender. Up until today, I would have thought that list included the employment of women as bra models.

However, thanks to the always-enlightening Yahoo! "Lifestyle news" section, I now know that this is not the case.  When I read the headline about the first male bra model, I thought it would be something humorous, along the lines of the "Manzier" or "Bro" from that old Seinfeld episode. Or maybe a story about the obesity epidemic and those marvelous man boobs.

But no!  What I found was a pretty darn convincing ad for the Hema Mega Push-Up Bra, featuring Andrej Pejic, an individual who seems to have been born with an XY chromosome pattern, but nonetheless sports some pretty realistic (although underwhelming, in my opinion) bosoms. 

Dude Sure Looks Like a Lady!

I would guess the gimmick here is something along the lines of, "If our bra can do this for a guy, imagine what it can do for you!" Well, all I can say is that I don't need no stinkin' "mega push-up" bra! Mine are pretty awesome all by themselves, thank you very much.

I tried to find another photo of Mr. Pejic, looking a little more, er, manly, and this is about as close as I could get. (I'll give him a pass, though. He's very young, he grew up in a refugee camp in Bosnia, and he's awfully cute.)

Stop being prettier than us! 

Now, I don't have a problem with androgyny. Anyone who lived through Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" and "Ziggy Stardust" eras recognizes the look. I actually find it quite sexy. I've never been a fan of the overly hairy and muscular male body anyway, and this is pretty close to the physique my husband had when I met him, although he didn't wear eyeliner. (Sorry, hon, was that too much information?)

But, come on guys!  Do you really have to horn in on this last frontier of female exclusivity?  You already lord it over us with your penises. You get to be football players and rock stars and serial killers. Do you need to have breasts too? And although I am well aware of the phenomenon of "chicks with dicks" (no I'm not providing a link), I doubt that you are going to see any of them in a sexy ad for jock straps.

So please, please, pretty please, can't we just leave the bra modeling to the pros? The ones born with real breasts?

Wait, are those really real? Hard to tell these days!

Oh heck, you know what I mean, don't you?