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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 166471, member: 301&quot;]<font size="4"><b><i>Health effects of the corset</i></b></font></p><p>European women throughout the Victorian era wore tightly laced corsets that were assuredly uncomfortable and in many cases actually injurious to health. </p><p><br /></p><p>*****Young girls were put in corsets to grow accustomed to the restrictiveness.**</p><p><span style="color: #ff0080"><b>YA,,,,,,,,,like no one forced that upon them !!!!..........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Many illustrations and contemporary references from the turn of the century depict the painful process of tightening the corset. The corset wearer would lie on her stomach on the floor, while someone else put a foot on her back and pulled the laces.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Women who perpetually wore tight corsets suffered from a variety of health problems, including deformed spines and ribcages, difficulty breathing, and compression of the internal organs.****</p><p><br /></p><p>Around the turn of the century, several corset makers introduced new corsets designed by doctors. These aimed to support a woman&#039;s figure without undue compression.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Corset.html#ixzz4GaCaGzbi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Corset.html#ixzz4GaCaGzbi" rel="nofollow">http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Corset.html#ixzz4GaCaGzbi</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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