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[–]jet199 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think it's any surprise that women get obsessed with victoriana. It's the moment women begin really making a difference in gaining their rights and freedoms. I mean the obvious character is Mina Harker in Dracula who is considered a New Woman merely because she has a typewriter and can earn her own living. And, of course, in the history of the anglosphere forced marriage was very rarely a threat, you don't get stuff like Austen written on mainland Europe where women usually had no choice in husband.

If you are a woman looking for a piece of the past you can use in your larping time then periods where you can do what you like and have a tiny bit of respect are pretty scarce so you will end up with a narrower range of interests than if you were involved in a group which had a more hands off approach to history.

The corsets are just a vanity thing.

[–]Camberian 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And, of course, in the history of the anglosphere forced marriage was very rarely a threat, you don't get stuff like Austen written on mainland Europe where women usually had no choice in husband.

Huh? Just a few pointers, the "Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne" is 18th century and French. Finnland had the female vote by 1903. Bertha von Suttner not just received the Nobel Peace Prize, she engaged herself in the International Council of Women, which certainly wasn't just comprised of Anglosaxon women. Or in other words, you need to up your knowledge about continental European feminism, something which definitely also includes Russia.