Reactions of Women to the Norms of Clothing


 
 
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Reactions of Women to the Norms of Clothing

REACTION OF WOMEN TO THE NORMS OF THE NORMS OF CLOTHING: 

  • The ideals of womanhood were believed by many women. They got the ideals from society, literature and education institutions.
  • From childhood they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty.
  • Being a woman was essential to suffer pain. They had to wear the corset to be seen as attractive and to be womanly. But not everyone accepted these ideals
  • Agitation in England: 

  • Over the 19th century, ideas of women changed.
  • By the 1830s, women in England began agitating for democratic rights.
  • As the suffrage movement developed, many women began agitating for democratic rights and campaigning dress reform.
  • Women's magazines described that tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls. Such clothing restricted body growth and affected blood circulation.
  • Their muscles remain underdeveloped and spines got bent. Doctors reported that many complaining of acute weakness and fainted frequently. Thus, corset became necessary to hold up their weakened spine.
  • Agitation in America:

  • In America, a similar movement developed amongst the white settlers on the East coast.
  • Traditional feminine clothes were criticized for various reasons. Long skirts swept the grounds and collected dirt which caused illness. They were large in volume and difficult to handle.
  • In the 1870s, Mrs Stanton of the National Woman Suffrage Association and Lucy Stone of the American Woman Suffrage Association campaigned for dress reform. The argument was:
  • simplify dress
  • shorten skirts
  • abandon corsets
  • Everywhere conservatives opposed change. Thu But by the end of the 19th century changes started with the new times and new values came. People began accepting the ideas of reformers.
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