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The Concept and History of Underwear Culture
This paper mainly talks about the development and related culture of women's use of tight underwear in western countries from16th century to 20th century. For a long time, the thin waist made of tight underwear made of steel bones and whale bones has been regarded as a deformed beauty comparable to China's little feet. However, the book does not criticize tight underwear, but analyzes its historical origin, social influence and harm to the body from a more objective perspective, as well as its suggestibility in eroticism and the wearer's psychology (in my opinion, there are some angles to defend it).

Tight underwear was first patented by aristocrats, which was used to form a funnel-shaped upper body to achieve breast enhancement, bee waist and buttocks. The chest was held up by a hard steel bracket, and the waist was tightened, and the meat from the waist was squeezed to the abdomen or chest. To my surprise, in the eyes of the early upper class, in addition to forming an elegant posture, it also shows that the wearer has a "introverted and noble" temperament. The popularity of aristocrats soon affected all social strata. In Britain, even ordinary professional women wear tight underwear, but this is rare in France and other countries. At the same time, children's tight underwear appeared.

How small is the waist made of tight underwear? It is said that it can reach about 15 and 16 inches. The existing underwear is relatively small, mostly between 20 and 30 inches. However, such beauty is obviously harmful to health, but the book says it is not as terrible as those who oppose underwear claim. Although tight underwear can cause displacement and fracture of ribs and internal organs, as well as dyspnea and other symptoms, there is no evidence that it will cause physical harm to the body.

According to the book, many men are opposed to tight underwear, but women have worn it for more than 400 years despite dissuasion. However, many men also admit that although tight underwear is inhuman, "too thick waist makes people sick." So I think, in the final analysis, "a female man likes himself and looks good" is related to the aesthetic orientation of the whole society. In a patriarchal society, the aesthetic orientation is undoubtedly determined by men. At that time, the respected women were "rigorous, docile and fragile", and tight underwear bound women's movements and postures, making them difficult to breathe, just like weak willows, panting.

The description of tight underwear and eroticism is more interesting. "Men are always ready to catch fainting ladies and tear their underwear", isn't it erotic? Kaka. Good women usually wear white pure and simple underwear, while prostitutes wear colorful lace underwear, such as the soft blue corset in MANET's painting Nana. In addition, because the S-shape of underwear (someone …) will make people think, and the process of girding the waist is very painful, which will cause fetishism, sadomasochism and so on. Another surprising thing is that men also gird their waists. For example, young boys may be forced to wear tight underwear to learn "restraint and discipline", adult men wear tight underwear to show their figure, and so on. But men with waists are always laughed at.