150 years ago, a man named Amelia? Jane Knox's intellectual woman designed a pair of women's trousers to resist corsets, corsets and skirts, but her practice attracted abuse from all walks of life. People think she is immoral, dirty and dissolute, and wearing pants this time can only be in vain.
Of course, society is always progressive, although it will experience some twists and turns. With the advent of World War II, more and more women still wear more convenient pants. What made European and American women afraid to wear pants and skirts before World War II?
In fact, clothing is the cultural imprint of an era, such as? Wear a skirt? To some extent, there is actually a metaphor that suppresses women. /kloc-in the 0/9th century, although the political background of European countries is very different, religious theology occupies a dominant position in European countries. Pants and religion are also inextricably linked.
It has been recorded in the Bible that men and women can't wear each other's clothes, so pants are considered as a symbol of male power. There is also a famous saying circulating in western society. The man in trousers is the head of the family? . In this way, pants have become a symbol of male power, and women in a subordinate position of men are naturally not qualified to wear pants.
19th Century Women's Wear
This thought lasted until the beginning of the 20th century. As mentioned earlier, the panty designed by Jacques 150 years ago was considered obscene and debauched by the society at that time, and even attracted all kinds of abuse. However, the appearance of these trousers also set off the beginning of the feminist movement.
Before the 20th century 10, European aristocrats began to popularize various sports, such as cycling and playing tennis. Obviously, it is more convenient to wear pants in these sports. Bloom's women designed a pair of loose bloomers for these aristocratic women who love sports. Although such clothes suffered a lot of criticism at that time, because they appeared in the upper class of society, the abuse of these women wearing pants could only stop at the aristocratic class.
A woman in trousers
It is precisely because of this kind of masculine pants that appear in women's wear that some women who dare to challenge the male chauvinism in Europe and the United States have entered the stage. The first European and American woman who dared to really wear pants was Mary? Edward? Walker, she was boycotted by the American army many times because she wore pants.
Mary? Edward? The fact that Walker wears pants even reached the US Congress. Because she was the first female military doctor in American history, she saved the lives of many soldiers with her exquisite art and made great contributions to the American Civil War. For this reason, the US Congress gave this lady a privilege, allowing her to wear pants at work, but this is only Mary's personal privilege.
Pants that have become a popular trend.
1932, as a famous American actress, Marilyn? Detrien was walking in the streets of Paris in a pair of jeans, and the police took him away? Very indecent? The actress was arrested because of her great fame in the United States, and was acquitted by the police because of popular resistance.
Until the beginning of World War II, young and middle-aged people went to the battlefield, and those vacant posts in society needed women to replace them. They can't wear skirts to work. Under the realistic situation and social pressure of women's desire for liberation, European and American women spontaneously put on pants to make their work more convenient. Since then, pants have become the normal clothing for women, which is a fashion revolution and a success of the feminist movement.