Sometimes life may seem difficult with financial
burdens and work stress, but the truth of the matter is many women put
themselves in danger to give us the privilege and luxury to have these choices.
Our lives, comparatively, are delightfully luxurious; we are free!
Going back 100 years, things for women were very
different. They were directed, forced and controlled by men on all accounts.
Imagine wearing a corset daily, being told who you were going to marry, being
unable to read or write, being told what hobbies you were allowed to have, not
being allowed to vote, having to obey your husband, not having any of your opinions
valued because you’re not a man.
Although now it very common for a woman to be
single at an older age and not be regarded as a spinster, back in the day un-married
women were shipped out to the Fishing Fleet in India in their hundreds where
British men outnumbered women three to one. Can you imagine? Coming home to be
told by your parents that they didn’t want you as a burden anymore, so you’re
off to India where someone will have a use for you.
I’m sure you’ll find yourselves biting your
tongues when you come to complaining in days following reading this! Another
development we should be more than grateful for is the evolution of clothing
and the acceptance of fashion. Can you
imagine what it must be like to have to wear a corset daily? Even a tight
waist-belt is suffocating enough.
Our ancestors suffered, the medical
repercussions of this most barbaric tradition were a great deal more extensive
than the actual deformation of the body. Now, we are beyond lucky with our
choice of women’s clothes that we should be thanking our ancestors who stood
and protested daily while getting dressed!
Shortly after the First World War, female fashion
begun to take its first turn and great changes begun. It was considered quite
the scandal in the 1920’s when women first started wearing trousers, known as
pantaloons. While showing your ankle was almost a trait solely associated with
street-walkers! Since then, female fashion has come on in leaps and bounds,
with an anything goes attitude.
George at ASDA
is thankful for our female ancestors, so much so that ourrange of women’s clothes is designed in order to celebrate our freedom of
choice! With underwear, swimwear, daywear, nightwear, work-wear, accessories
and shoes that would have left the men of the earlier 20th Century
horrified, and the women liberated and delighted at the closing gap between the
sexes. Express your gratitude and express yourself with the clothes were fought
for you to wear!
