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Marilyn Monroe's Girdle: Why Modern Ladies Should Embrace Wearing Shapewear
When you think of shapewear, what comes to mind? It’s probably the infamous scene of Scarlett O’Hara being tight-laced into her corset to impress a man.
By Erica Jimenez4 min read
Not exactly the feminist’s daydream. The issue is that scene is incorrect on virtually every count. First, that scene is from a movie made nearly 100 years after its story is set, in a new century that saw corsets as anti-woman torture devices. Second, it incorrectly paints corsets as painful garments created to distort the female body. Finally, it perpetuates the myth that tight-lacing was common.