The Victorian Guide to Women

[MurasakiFujiwara]

I laughed. and admit, I very nearly vomited at some of the corset pictures, just because of what it does to the body. But absolutely brilliant!

[vermilliongrrl]

This video is purely satire. I am not being entirely serious, nor am I suggesting that it was like this for all women. Personally I love the Victorian era. I love the art, literature, and architecture. Just put this together for entertainment. Take it as it is, nobody has to like it, but at least it gets some criticism. I'm used to it, I went to fine arts college, and thats as brutal as it can get.

[mochachiigurl]

Brilliant Satire! Should have shown that to my English teacher my senior year of high school! Although, even though what was said in the video is true, the Victorian era is my favorite. I just wish the manners and elegance were passed down to us women. You take a handful of girls now, 3 out of 5 have the dignity and class of a Snooki :( Sorry, I'm a bit old fashioned >.< I wish I could walk around in a beautiful Victorian dress without being called a weirdo.

[DIMEND812]

lol that was funny!

[pzzn]

Gee, I wonder if they were called Victorian times because you change the shape of your upper body into a V. ;-p



[SpiceberryRose]

@vermilliongrrl Great video, where did you get the music?

[SuperLoli101]

Lol. Nice use of sattire xD

[mage116]

The comments on this video are silly.

[GREYBAT]

A useful Guide to aspiring Matrons, although the lack of drapery may prove shocking to delicate Souls. This viewer recommends that the Parents of young women view the Magic Lanterns themselves, and relay the insights contained verbally to their Dear Daughters, who may themselves partake of these particular insights after they have obtained the Mantle of Married Respectability, and are preparing their own Offspring for the Road to womanhood.

[Shadders2010]

Do a search for the "Lumiere Factory" footage on You Tube. Give it a look.

Viola. Victorian Era women, live. They don't look particularly miserable, abused, sickly or warped - no more than today. They seem as diverse as today: Big, small, burly, slim, confident, mousey, practical, each one a different personality - probably living 100 different lifestyles. What do they have in common? Work? That and a lot of hats, aprons and boots, heh. Just people being... people. Just like always.

[Shadders2010]

Eh, this is just the dull old Victorian stereotype. This is like saying every woman of the early 21st Century was 115 pounds and looked like something off of Sex In the City. That is: Fashion does not equal universal, or even common.

I suspect that if you actually went back in time to the real 1900s, you wouldn't see row after row of corseted, fainting, bonnet-wearing wives. Few would look like that, really. Look up some old film footage from the times. The times weren't all that alien...

[valericool]

lol. yeah, it was just like that. marriage? no, you don't need love or self-respect. you just need to be married. if your husband cheats on you, beats you up, treats you like dirt? who cares? at least you're married!

oh, boy... thank God nowadays it's all so different. at least the majority has some self-respect nowadays.

[StanierBlack5LMS]

Corsets are beautiful on women. You don't have to do extreme tight lacing to wear one and they are comfortable. They are great for helping return a womens figure after childbirth. They help prevent lung diseases. As far as Victorian & Edwardian women are concerned; I'd take one in a second over any woman of today. They truely were women to the highest meaning of the word, and I'll always admire and respect them above others.

[TachieBillano]

@StanierBlack5LMS: I've never worn a corset before. So what was your experience of wearing a corset like? Was it really that comfortable?

[TachieBillano]

@StanierBlack5LMS: Oh, wait. Sorry, are...are you biologically male? (If you are, then yes, wearing a corset would be easier for you.) It's harder for us biological females to wear them, even when the lacing is loose. (I've never worn one, but my grandmother tried to occasionally.) These things crush breasts and top-hip curves (which male bodies don't have). And no, they didn't prevent my grandmother from having lung diseases (or return her girlish figure). Surgery did. (Dark LOL).

[stmarymead58]

Omg thanks for this. Some things we forget, because we have only what we want to see, it is better for us that way.

[KageMinowara]

I don't understand why everyone thinks that men want thier women to distort thier bodies and make themselves so weak.

Cause if they did that they would be unable to make us delicious sammiches :(

[CheranCHii]

the only reason i continue to watch this is cuz i like the music.... video was funny tho!

[joazim]

Distorting one's body for the sake of beauty has been around since the dawn of man, and still very much alive and well today. This wasn't unique to the Victorians.

The Indipendant Woman is a relatively new idea, however. But I think its curious how today's women, dispite the general distaste for "Victorian ways", crave Victorian romance and sensuality.

[gfurtu]

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[MsDenise85]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO! This was soooooo funny.

[LittleImpaler]

All I got to say is screw that. Breathing is important!

[JayboCertifiedMuzic]

thanks!!!!this video helped alot!!!

[16reynoso]

this is great :D

[hcmontessori]

Sounds a lot like the 1950s!

[hcmontessori]

OMG. The woman at :14 has got to have so many broken ribs. So sad.

[16reynoso]

Great video lol totally shows how we are in love with the fantasy of the victorian era not the reality lol

[ravenwindsong]

What a bunch of mindless sheep,removing body parts to fit an Ideal.maybe i'm certifiable but aren't curves sexier .Thank all good that women are rebellious ! I couldn't imagine meeting a lady that could think for her self.

[LittleImpaler]

@ravenwindsong I asked my father if women had to have their corset that tight, and he said no. Having it so tight when you hurt yourself is overboard.

[doctorw2]

victorian women are my favorite type of women chaste,dainty,well mannered, and well dressed they dont make women like this any more.

[LittleImpaler]

@doctorw2 Saying all women were like that back then, is wrong, that like saying all men back then could beat their wives. Just because a woman lived in the 19th century, they didn't act all the same. they were their own person too.

[alejandraacr]

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[Tinyoak2]

Pfft if i were alive back then I would be more like that Ruby character in Cold Mountain.

[mynameisnterin]

Not only Victorian women did what we think now as ridiculous...women in China bound their feet at the age of 5 so their feet didn't get longer than 3 inches...women in Africa stretched their lips as big as plates,women in the 1920's started smoking for the fact that it was"glamorous" and even now teens wear 5 inch high heels and think its "uncool" if you wear anything else...

[chelzeydarling]

today all we have are a bunch of ankle showing hoochies if only we had class lol

[vermilliongrrl]

@chelzeydarling Haha, yeah totally.

[TachieBillano]

@vermilliongrrl:  Well made video! Thanks for putting this up. It reminded me of how all the women in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories seemed to constantly sigh, grow pale or faint a lot at the least amount of stress (except for Irene Adler). Looking at these darn corsets, now I know! LOL :-p

[LeadFloryDoryGirl]

:) Funny true but still funny

[BrionyCoote]

Corsets are back today but are safe to wear because they are not the heavy steel and whalebone contraptions designed to squeeze them unable to bend at the waist or breathe properly.

[Hatrevivalist]

I love this I post a lot about Victorian Women in Hats in my blog Many Hatty Returns.

Check out my You Tube Channel slide show Victorians for great pics

[LtOfArsenicKisses]

I thought 'hey, Emilie!' when I saw the phrase xD like your movie :P

[7izanami2]

I love corsets!! They don't hurt one bit.... if you don't overexaggerate with the tightening of the laces like back then XXXDD, I love your little playful joke on sarcastic views on women back then!!! And P.S. Emilie Autumn is the Goddess of Modern Victorian!!! And I don't think even she tightens it so much as those disturbing pictures XXXDDD

[lullulyn]

fantastic video, love it. what´s the song please? thank you.

[chigaloo2]

Unless you had money it was harder to start a family, although many did.

[Persphonefallen]

Contrary to popular belief doctors in those days spoke loudly against the "tight laces" which is pulling in the strings to a breathless fit. How ever wearing a corset isn't dangerous.

It's like how dieting is seen today, parents and doctors frown on too skinny while media glamors it. It's all relative...really.

[MultiGreat1]

victorian woman were so ugly why is that

[tmarpe]

families were more tide on those times

[MartyredxMaiden]

I love how satirical it is as well

[MartyredxMaiden]

Very silly, victorian women were very beautiful indeed, but I love how Emilie Autumn tears the rules to bits and does it her own twisted, dark way. Today, your corset is your armor, and showing your ankles is unecessary, since your big chunky platform boots reach up to your knees.

[TasteOfTorment]

Breathing is unimportant, Emilie Autumn's rule! :D

Corsets are amazing though.

I love Victorian women. They were beautiful. I dress up like that for fun.

[vermilliongrrl]

Yes! Someone recognized that bit from Emilie Autumn :) Yes, corsets are beautiful. And surprisingly comfortable if you aren't using them for "waist training".

[loyalqueen]

@vermilliongrrl they are just as comfortable for wasit trainging. ive got one on now actually.

[muttonchoppedbastard]

ah yes, those were the days....

[mengmaus]

rule number one is what I told my boyfriend always smile

[VVPirategeishaVV]

*Claps hands* It was portrayed very well!!! Fantastic!!! I quite enjoyed that. I did a research paper on this subject. Great work!!!

[ginsushark]

a bit obvious. i would suggest a satirical narrative. ibsen doll house parody or somehting like that.

[PrincessPower111]

Haha.

[BadKIDoO]

What please? Victorian? o.O

[archangelofskullz]

hhaha 5 stars

[GeonRevolution]

jesus! O_O

[kittytv]

Alot of ppl belive that this is how women acted or belived but realisticly it was very diffrent just look at women like jane austen she had a carear never married but was thought of as inteligent like alot of other women

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[antipodkayne]

Misogynists are rabid scum. To the video - these women were actually very privileged, unlike working-class men and women. Be at home, let servants do all the work... pampered, privileged "haves" of the society.

[vermilliongrrl]

Very true. But their ability as women to maintain that privilege and publicly break from the restriction of societies expectations was difficult. It was a different world back then, but women are still the same, and Victorian women were not always given the chance to reach their full potential. To surpass man in areas of career was unheard of, even if they could attend university, they still were not permitted to get a degree equal to man. There were many ways women were controlled by society.

[RinEdition]

@antipodkayne I don't want to be at home all the time, or have servants do work, or be pampered! It all depends on the individual.

[JimmyDamage82]

aah those were the days when women were still women and not rabid bra burning scum.

[vermilliongrrl]

They didn't exactly get the chance to be women, considering societies expectations were a little more than constricting. As far as your conception of women today, I'm assuming you prefer your women to think and act like docile man-obeying baby-making machines. If that's who you are, then great, more power to you. Just don't expect a lot of respect from women when you refer to us as "Rabid bra burning scum."

[Liua]

AHAHAH