Category: undergarments

HSM 2016 Challenge #4: Gender Bender

~ Cassidy Percoco ~ 3 Comments

The Challenge: #4, Gender Bender. I know what you're thinking, but if we go back a few decades drawers were really controversial for women - they simply didn't wear bifurcated garments. So even though I'm not aware of the attitude that drawers were inherently gender-bending still existing in the middle of the nineteenth century, I'm counting … Continue reading HSM 2016 Challenge #4: Gender Bender

It's My Body: Corsetry and Feminism, Part Three

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A Modern Health Perspective Historical views on corsetry cannot be divorced from the world their creators lived in. When dress reformers wrote about the practice of wearing corsets, they were referring to a context in which women were not sanctioned to be seen without them in public. Is it even possible to infer how they … Continue reading It's My Body: Corsetry and Feminism, Part Three

Fact and Fiction: Corsetry and Feminism, Part Two

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Suffrage vs. Dress Reform Given that the members of the women's rights movement lived at a time when there was no scientific evidence against the intensely negative health claims, it is no wonder that they might regard the corset as a death-trap. However, early feminist opposition to the corset is vastly overstated today. To illustrate, … Continue reading Fact and Fiction: Corsetry and Feminism, Part Two