(i) Long skirts swept the ground and collected filth and dirt. This caused illness. (ii) The skirts were voluminous and difficult Io handle. (iii) They hampered movement and prevented woman from working and earning. Reform of the dress, it was said, would changed the position of woman
(i) Long skirts swept the ground and collected filth and dirt. This caused illness.
(ii) The skirts were voluminous and difficult Io handle.
(iii) They hampered movement and prevented woman from working and earning. Reform of the dress, it was said, would changed the position of woman
(i) Women's magazines described how tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls. (ii) Such clothing restricted body growth and hampered blood circulation. (iii) Muscles remained underdeveloped and the spines got bent. (iv) Doctors reported that many women were regularlRead more
(i) Women’s magazines described how tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls.
(ii) Such clothing restricted body growth and hampered blood circulation.
(iii) Muscles remained underdeveloped and the spines got bent.
(iv) Doctors reported that many women were regularly complaining of acute weakness and fainted frequently.
Corsets then became necessary to hold up the wakened spine.
(i) From childhood, they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty. (ii) Bearing pain was essential to being a woman. (iii) To be seen as attractive, to be womanly, they had to wear corsets. The torture and pains inflicted on the body was to be accepted as normal.
(i) From childhood, they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty.
(ii) Bearing pain was essential to being a woman.
(iii) To be seen as attractive, to be womanly, they had to wear corsets. The torture and pains inflicted on the body was to be accepted as normal.
(i) From childhood, girls were tightly laced up and dressed in stays. (ii) The effort was to restrict the growth of their bodies and contain them within small moulds. (iii) When slightly, older, girls had to wear tight-fitting corsets. (iv) Tightly laced, small-waisted women were admired as attractiRead more
(i) From childhood, girls were tightly laced up and dressed in stays.
(ii) The effort was to restrict the growth of their bodies and contain them within small moulds.
(iii) When slightly, older, girls had to wear tight-fitting corsets.
(iv) Tightly laced, small-waisted women were admired as attractive, elegant and graceful.
(i) Women in Victorian England were groomed from childhood to be docile and dutiful. submissive and obedient. (ii) The ideal woman was one who could bear pain and suffering. (iii) While men were expected to be serious, strong, independent and aggressive, women were seen as frivolous, delicate, passiRead more
(i) Women in Victorian England were groomed from childhood to be docile and dutiful. submissive and obedient.
(ii) The ideal woman was one who could bear pain and suffering.
(iii) While men were expected to be serious, strong, independent and aggressive, women were seen as frivolous, delicate, passive and docile. Norms of clothing reflected these ideals.
Why were the traditional clothes of women criticised in America?
(i) Long skirts swept the ground and collected filth and dirt. This caused illness. (ii) The skirts were voluminous and difficult Io handle. (iii) They hampered movement and prevented woman from working and earning. Reform of the dress, it was said, would changed the position of woman
(i) Long skirts swept the ground and collected filth and dirt. This caused illness.
See less(ii) The skirts were voluminous and difficult Io handle.
(iii) They hampered movement and prevented woman from working and earning. Reform of the dress, it was said, would changed the position of woman
How did women suffer by wearing tight dresses and corsets?
(i) Women's magazines described how tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls. (ii) Such clothing restricted body growth and hampered blood circulation. (iii) Muscles remained underdeveloped and the spines got bent. (iv) Doctors reported that many women were regularlRead more
(i) Women’s magazines described how tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls.
See less(ii) Such clothing restricted body growth and hampered blood circulation.
(iii) Muscles remained underdeveloped and the spines got bent.
(iv) Doctors reported that many women were regularly complaining of acute weakness and fainted frequently.
Corsets then became necessary to hold up the wakened spine.
Why did women wear corsets?
(i) From childhood, they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty. (ii) Bearing pain was essential to being a woman. (iii) To be seen as attractive, to be womanly, they had to wear corsets. The torture and pains inflicted on the body was to be accepted as normal.
(i) From childhood, they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty.
See less(ii) Bearing pain was essential to being a woman.
(iii) To be seen as attractive, to be womanly, they had to wear corsets. The torture and pains inflicted on the body was to be accepted as normal.
How did norms of clothing reflect the status of women?
(i) From childhood, girls were tightly laced up and dressed in stays. (ii) The effort was to restrict the growth of their bodies and contain them within small moulds. (iii) When slightly, older, girls had to wear tight-fitting corsets. (iv) Tightly laced, small-waisted women were admired as attractiRead more
(i) From childhood, girls were tightly laced up and dressed in stays.
See less(ii) The effort was to restrict the growth of their bodies and contain them within small moulds.
(iii) When slightly, older, girls had to wear tight-fitting corsets.
(iv) Tightly laced, small-waisted women were admired as attractive, elegant and graceful.
How did the styles of clothing emphasise differences between men and women?
(i) Women in Victorian England were groomed from childhood to be docile and dutiful. submissive and obedient. (ii) The ideal woman was one who could bear pain and suffering. (iii) While men were expected to be serious, strong, independent and aggressive, women were seen as frivolous, delicate, passiRead more
(i) Women in Victorian England were groomed from childhood to be docile and dutiful. submissive and obedient.
See less(ii) The ideal woman was one who could bear pain and suffering.
(iii) While men were expected to be serious, strong, independent and aggressive, women were seen as frivolous, delicate, passive and docile. Norms of clothing reflected these ideals.