Was just reminded of a discussion I had with an instructor (and second-wave feminist) for a gender studies class who was baffled by women who chose to wear corsets. When I told her that if they are choosing to wear them, what’s the difference.
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She refused to accept that women might choose to wear clothes that were or still are imposed by a male dominated society, and that they were oppressing themselves by doing this.
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It was a colossally bad take and even three years later I still think about it.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Super bad take. If I'd ever been told "choose: feminism or corsetry"....lemme get back to you on that????
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Replying to @msmyers17
Yeah it was weird. I think there was something about a woman who could lace her waist very small that she saw on TV and was shocked and upset at a woman altering her body like that. I made the point that body modification is practiced in various ways and isn’t inherently bad.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @msmyers17
But then she just couldn’t fathom a woman wearing an uncomfortable piece of clothing that used to be forced on women to wear. But like...people said that about bras. No one says that about bras anymore though. People can reclaim stuff. She refused to accept that.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
The binding and compression IS the appeal for me, I have SPD and that's one of the only ways i can simulate body-blindness, plus the materials themselves FEEL good--satin, leather, it's sensual in a way that makes no demands on you
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Replying to @msmyers17
Yeah, she could not deal with the concept that many women enjoy wearing them. I didn't even mention there are plenty of men and nb people who wear them too. I also mentioned that I enjoy the aesthetic of a corset and have worn one too (I made one once, wasn't great though).
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Im modifying one so my breasts dont fall out QUITE so much, it's harder than i expected. More engineering goes into them than is readily apparant
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yeah they are complicated garments
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