Meaning of anticorset | Babel Free

Definitions

Opposing the wearing of corsets.

Examples

“From the Reverend Saltzmann, who offered a prize for the best anticorset essay in 1788, via Soemmerring's winning the award, via the burning of the corset by pan-Germanic student fraternities in 1817 […]”

“Alcott, quite possibly influenced by his female colleagues, embraced a women's issue when he urged the founding of anticorset societies, whose members "signed the pledge" not to wear them.”

“The S-curve blunted the athleticism and mobility of the Gibson girl, and the obvious manipulation of the body necessary to create the S-curve silhouette was an easy target for anticorset agitation which defended the "natural" body.”

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