The Body Destroying Effects Of Victorian Beauty | Hidden Killers | Absolute History

Lives in a world full of arsenic, boric acid and asbestos. DIES BY EATING RAW RICE

They hired that dude just to draw on him with markers

How disappointing, corsets aren’t killing machines just get one that fits you properly and don’t tight lace and your fine. And most women in the Victorian era looked down upon tight lacing. Corsets are just like bras today they’ll help with your back support and are needed for specific clothing. Edit: I wrote this as it makes it look like corsets are bad and the media also makes corsets look bad I’m just trying to inform people. In the video they didn’t make corsets look good, I’m not saying I’m a doctor or anything I’m just trying to inform since They got the women a corset and try it. They didn’t even put it on properly, and she got out of breath. There is more misinformation in the video and it just made corsets look bad. (Sorry for writing mistakes and if I worded some things wrong, I wrote this in a hurry)

Guys corsets weren’t deadly nearly every single woman of every class wore them so of course a few women went too far

The organs being distorted only happened during tight lacing. The “normal” wear was no different than wearing a strapless bra and a tight dress today.

Now: Oh my gosh! why would they do that to themselves?! Also now: I'm too pale! Let me slip into this cancerous light coffin to tan my skin.

thumbnail: 'Killer Corsets' Fashion Historians and people with basic common sense of fashion history: Are we a joke to you?

No one: Corner of the newspaper at 5:40: body of a child found

I’m as pale as a ghost, legally considered blind, my hairs a unruly mess, the Edwardian men would be falling over themselves

"she covered her face in poison" - we haven't gone too far from them ...

"Twenty-four inches!" "Twenty-four and three quarters." Dang, lady is brutal

My great-grandmother was born in the 19th century and her youngest child (she had four) was born in 1915. When I asked her if she wore a corset during her pregnancies she exclaimed indignantly "Of cause! I just loosen it up a bit!".

Pregnancy corset? Really? That scares me

Victorians women: we have the smallest waist Barbie: nope I have the smallest waist

Me: * only two minutes into the video * Also me: * cringing at the historical inaccuracy * Corsets were not a form of oppression, they were underwear, a far superior form to what we have now. Why does this video do this, haven't we moved passed such errors?

I actually used to wear a corset when I was young. It was quite comfortable, to the point where I forgot I was wearing it, until it was time to take it off.

Those pesky organs. Always getting in the way.

It’s so nice to see everyone calling bullshit on their statements about corsets.

Are they aware of the fact that the women were drawn thinner in magazines or paintings to appear prettier?

I honestly find it hilarious that these fashion historians are talking about how "CorSEts ARe dEaDLy!" while just ordinary people like my self, with only a small interest and limited knowledge on historical fashion, are just like "But they're not though, are they."