• 13.14 Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything changed?)

  • Oct 31 2024
  • Length: 25 mins
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13.14 Why Beauty Mattered (and has anything changed?)

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  • Throughout history and around the globe, women have routinely squeezed, bound, crushed, tweezed, poisoned, pricked, and stretched various portions of their anatomy, sometimes with permanent ramifications, sometimes with excruciating agony, all in the name of beauty. Why was beauty so important? There's no perfect answer, but I explain five theories: Darwinian Evolution To Catch a Man (economically) Outer Beauty Meant Inner Beauty Peer Pressure from Other Women For Herself Alone All of those elements were present well before the 20th century, and while economics did shift dramatically for many women in the past 100 years, did anything else really change? Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures. Support the show on my Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=83998235) for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction. Or make a one-time donation on Buy Me a Coffee. Join Into History (intohistory.com/herhalfofhistory/) for a community of ad-free history podcasts plus bonus content. Visit Evergreen Podcasts to listen to more great shows. Follow me on Twitter (X) as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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