9th Class Social Science Clothing: A Social History Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science Clothing: A Social History

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      Why did women wear corsets?

    Answer:

                      (i) From childhood, they grew up to believe that having a small waist was a womanly duty. (ii) Bearing pain was essential to being a woman. (iii) To be seen as attractive, to be womanly, they had to wear corsets. The torture and pains inflicted on the body was to be accepted as normal.


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