Swooning : The Victorian ladies stress release
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 5, 2016 3:30am CST
Just read something that I found interesting. According to an article on listverse.com, women's swooning was not always caused by tight laced / constricting corsets. Women would feign swooning as means of expressing pent up emotions. Women were meant to be dainty and sensitive creatures, so swooning was an acceptable thing.
Now I know a lot of people will argue that women were oppressed at that time (and many others in history) but I am of a different mind on the situation / subject.
While I am thankful for women of past generations who have worked to give us women rights, I can't say I would mind being a woman living in the Eduardian Era, and of a "well to do" family.
I could say a lot more on the subject but I'll leave it at that. Women, do you think you could wear the expected dresswear of women past?
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@Shiva49 (28380)
• Singapore
5 Feb 16
I think it s how we adjust to the reality that matters how happy we are in life. I have seen women in conservative societies quite contented despite the restrictions they had to endure and then are those who are never happy despite all the freedom they enjoy - siva
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Feb 16
I agree. I think what we do not know we are missing does not hurt us.
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@Shiva49 (28380)
• Singapore
5 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum We think we are raising the bar with each passing generation but hopefully that is also reflected on the well being of society in general - siva
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Feb 16
@Shiva49 I hope so as well. Evolving as a people is great but we should not forget about the well being of society as a whole or the Earth we call home.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
5 Feb 16
I could be a woman of the upperclass, but don't think I would enjoy being the servant.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Feb 16
You are right, I couldn't be a servant in times past. I watched a documentary of Eduaridan times. It was a re-enactment of sorts as modern day people played the parts of both the well to do and the servants. It was really fascinating but about three of the maids quit before the documentary was over. They were all scullery maids. Atleast I think that was the name, they were in charge of cleaning the dishes and assisting the chef.
@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
5 Feb 16
I dont mind wearing a corset as long as i have my virgin body. heheheh.Id go for all corsets when im a well to do family in that era.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Feb 16
It took a lot of time for the ladies to get dressed. Not just because of the corset but all of the little pieces that made up the entire outfit. I read that corsets had a lot to do with the ailments women faced back then. Uterine damage to name one thing.
@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
6 Feb 16
I think I would hate it. A day, just to know what it was really like to be a woman then, might be interesting.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Feb 16
It would definitely be interesting to see what it was like. I don't think I could withstand more than a couple of weeks myself. Perhaps if there was a way to visit as a female for a few days and then a man with standing for another few weeks. Of course time travel isn't possible. 
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
8 Feb 16
I wouldn't like wearing those tight clothes back then. But I do love the clothes back then and the fainting coaches.
