I generally don’t buy bras with lace and ornamentation to “please” suitors. I buy them because I think they’re pretty and because I like them. I’m not saying that the women 600 years ago felt like me, however, quite frankly, we don’t know if they didn’t. I find it interesting, that when faced with a lack of clear evidence to the reason behind the decoration, instead of choosing a woman centered explanation about a woman issue, they’ve choosen a man centered explanation of a woman issue. A woman could not independently decide she like lace, in this explanation, she has to be consumed with what a man thought of her undergarment and choose it accordingly. Essentially, the explanation given in this paragraph is extremely disempowering to women.