Why Women Are More Depressed Than Men

[jimmy olsen]

These days, it would be odd for someone to faint from surprise or shock - man or woman. In those stories, it is considered a perfectly normal occurrence.

Corseting may explain why women fainted more, but it can't explain why men fainted more.

My guess: it was at least in part merely a literary convention.

Culture-bound syndrome.  For reasons completely unknown to science and medicine, people in certain cultures get unique illnesses.  For instance, if I were to turn a fan on in my room and go to sleep, I'd be fine.  But if Yi did it, he'd die.  Fan death only seems to affect Koreans.

[Valmy]

This is a great book on stays and corsets from the time they were invented through to the early 1800s:
https://www.amazon.com/Stays-Body-Image-London-Staymaking/dp/1848930895/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367864&sr=1-7&keywords=Victorian+corset

This is a freebie on Amazon right now:
https://www.amazon.com/Health-clothing-constructed-accordance-physiological-ebook/dp/B00S6KZ33U/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367991&sr=1-7&keywords=corsets+and+health

Sweet! Thanks.

[CountDeMoney]

Or writing his own.

Lol, I would'ved loved to have been a pulp novelist, churning out that magnificent crap. 
Alas, the freelance writing market is not what it used to be in the 1950s. 

Honestly, you know what unsolicited fiction oftentimes pays the highest per word these days?  Gay fetish porn.

 

[Malthus]

Or writing his own.

Lol, I would'ved loved to have been a pulp novelist, churning out that magnificent crap. 
Alas, the freelance writing market is not what it used to be in the 1950s. 

Honestly, you know what unsolicited fiction oftentimes pays the highest per word these days?  Gay fetish porn.

 

I had a babysitter as a kid who wrote Harlequin Romances for a while for cash.

He was a 6'7" dude whose other occupation was working as a carny. 

We got him because my uncle recommended him. They were army buddies. My parents needed a live-in on short notice while they travelled.

He was great, but not what you'd call typical for a babysitter ...

[CountDeMoney]

"What are those, matches?  Don't burn yourself.  And is that how I taught you how to throw a knife?"

[Valmy]

This is a great book on stays and corsets from the time they were invented through to the early 1800s:
https://www.amazon.com/Stays-Body-Image-London-Staymaking/dp/1848930895/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367864&sr=1-7&keywords=Victorian+corset

This is a freebie on Amazon right now:
https://www.amazon.com/Health-clothing-constructed-accordance-physiological-ebook/dp/B00S6KZ33U/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367991&sr=1-7&keywords=corsets+and+health

Sweet! Thanks.

Wait that freebie book is from 1864? I thought its writing style was a little weird

[Malthus]

"What are those, matches?  Don't burn yourself.  And is that how I taught you how to throw a knife?"

Pretty much. 

He loved his role as a sort of tattooed biker version of Marry Poppins.

One scene I can remember: his stay coincided with parent-teacher night, so he showed up with me (I think I was in grade 5). The teacher, naturally, wanted to know who this gigantic, rough looking dude was. He announced grandly, "I am in loco parentis!" Then, he held me out at full arm's length by my belt, off the ground, and said "has this kid been bad?"

It's a wonder we didn't get a visit from child services. 

[merithyn]

This is a great book on stays and corsets from the time they were invented through to the early 1800s:
https://www.amazon.com/Stays-Body-Image-London-Staymaking/dp/1848930895/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367864&sr=1-7&keywords=Victorian+corset

This is a freebie on Amazon right now:
https://www.amazon.com/Health-clothing-constructed-accordance-physiological-ebook/dp/B00S6KZ33U/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468367991&sr=1-7&keywords=corsets+and+health

Sweet! Thanks.

Wait that freebie book is from 1864? I thought its writing style was a little weird

Dude, you wanted it straight from the source, right?