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POP CULTURE FROM A SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
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BY Anonymous
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Page 1 What's Wrong With Me?
Page 2 The Steel
Engraved Lady
Page 3 The Corset
YOU ARE HERE>Page 4 Illness as Fashion
Page 5 The Voluptuous Woman 1
Page 6 The Voluptuous Woman 2
Page 7 The Gibson Girl, The Flapper, and Today
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ILLNESS
AS FASHION
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FRAIL WAS POPULAR
The frail, pale, and reclusive popular image of woman totally influenced the way woman perceived herself. To fulfill this weak and pale image of beauty, women were never seen eating in public because it was medically believed that their frail physiology could not take much sustenance. Physicians believed that women did not have the physical constitution for meat and potatoes. Women's d diets often consisted of tea and toast. It was considered coarse behavior for young women to appear to enjoy eating in public. |
DOCTORS PROMOTED THE MYTH
Physician's belief that women were susceptible to maladies due to their weak constitutions reinforced the popular notion of women's physical delicacy. Even their "small" brains were susceptible to the harshness of the world. In the early 18th century there was a disease called "neurasthenia." It was considered to be a by-product of the new urban environment in which people were now forced to live to find employment. The symptoms were numerous sensitivity to weather changes, insomnia, depression, feelings of hopelessness, pulse palpitations, headaches, chills, heat flashes, dilated pupils, and sweaty hands.
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Page 1 What's Wrong
With Me?
Page 2 The Steel Engraved Lady
Page 3 The Corset
YOU ARE HERE>Page 4 Illness
as Fashion
Page 5 The Voluptuous Woman
Page 6 The Voluptuous Woman
Page 7 The Gibson Girl, The Flapper, and Today
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