For tomboys like Hsiao Kuei, the chest binder provides an answer to many difficulties encountered in life. "I used elastic bands in high school, but it took lots of time to wrap them round my body and when I played sport, they tended to come loose and slip down. I had to repeatedly experience the embarrassment of adjusting the rubber bands during exercise and also my mother's questions on why I spent so much time in the restroom every morning. So you can image how excited I was when I discovered the binder in college. It was really a godsend," Hsiao Kuei recalled, adding that the majority of local butch lesbians wear chest binders and similar products.
Whether it's the chest binder or specially designed underpants and swimsuits that help to make the rear appeal smaller, businesses like Love Boat and Double have found niches long overlooked by the mainstream. Given their success in the local and even regional lesbian community, it is more than possible that this could become another well-known Taiwanese international export.
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