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I mean perhaps this was not the case in every historical culture ever. But at least in more recent history, sounds like womens clothing was much more restrictive like a hundred or more years ago.

I mean there were corsets and layers of clothing and skirts and ridiculous ideas that even showing a bit of ankle was 'sexual'. I mean with the clothing sensitivities I have I cannot imagine having to wear the kind of stuff women wore in like the victorian age seems like it would have been torture in clothing form...IDK how any autistic women got by back then with those horrible clothes that make me cringe every time I watch a youtube video that talks about old female fashion. Like I really care about things like being able to breath freely and having clothes that feel nice rather than just being bound up in various scratchy fabrics and tight fitting underwear. Like how would you even deal with your period with a freaking corset and all that, I certainly feel like I get less pain from my period when I wear looser fitting clothes.

Kind of sucks because currently I only have like two pairs of pants I can wear and they are jeans style(not actual jeans) kind of tightish pants(never liked just regular jeans but I can tolerate the stretchy ones or the imitation jeans that aren't really made of the jean fabric, also easier to find those in black and greyish colors which I prefer to the regular blue jean look. But I would like to find a pair of looser more comfortable pants for work for the days I have my period, just feels a lot better. I cannot imagine living in the victorian age and not even having that option, even having to keep up appearances in your own home. I mean they had fainting couches back then so when a woman takes off her corset if the sudden rush of oxygen(the thing you generally breathe when your're not restricting airflow with a 'make me look skinny' device) made them pass out so they could fall on something nicer than the floor.

This first disturbed me when I was a kid...it was like 'what, I am glad I don't live in that era' but I was also angry that, that was a thing like the idea of being stuck in that kind of restricting clothing pissed me off even though by the time I heard of it.....it wasn't like that anymore like nowadays a woman can wear whatever the hell they want. But still the disturbing clothing of the past does give me chills, the idea of that is almost scarier than any horror movie I've seen.

I cant imagine ever building up a tolerance for the itchy more woollen fabrics next my skin, or not having shoes.
If I go back a hundred years here, that was a reality for many people. Or having only two sets of clothes, one for sunday with ill fitting shoes and the other for the rest of the week.
Or not having waterproof coats and constantly having that difference in partial moisture on the skin... soaking wet or completely dry, its the inbetween bit that sends me over the edge.
I guess when you know no different it might be easier to accept, but I cant imagine ever tolerating woollen fabrics without a mini meltdown.

I agree with everything else, but I'd love to go without shoes!

I mean, would be dangerous in certain places, but I hate shoes...

I would not go without shoes where I live...there is lots of litter and random broken glass a lot of times, I mean the apartment me and my boyfriend found is right next to one of the grossest streets in the city. So yeah shoes are necessary at all times when going outside but I always go for more comfortable shoes I refuse to wear high heels. Recently I got a pair of shoes that look a little bit like slippers but they are shoe string free slip ons, so I don't have to tie the laces and they are super comfortable the initial shoes I had to wear to work were not very good for standing for a long time my feet were getting sore(it was a pair of sketchers tennis shoe style) but with the new ones I have not noticed my feet being sore after work.

The brand of shoe I got was Bzees, kind of weird name but I guess they tend to make comfortable shoes....so may be a brand to look at. Otherwise I have heard of some sorts of shoes that are meant to sort of feel more like going barefoot, but I cannot think of any specific brands at the moment.

Yeah, unfortunately they're necessary here too. :/ In winter it'd be a major health risk to go without them too even if the streets had nothing sharp or otherwise dangerous. It's great to get to use sandals in the summer, though. Those aren't so bad.

The other day I saw a book about bowling for women that was printed in the 1960's and the photos showed the women wearing dresses and what looked like slippers on their feet. I was very amused, it looked more like the 50's than the 60's. My mother has been a bowler for as long as I can remember, and I don't remember her ever wearing a skirt or a dress when bowling.

I get inspiration to paint neighbors ugly boring brick wall I will do it at night so they not see masterpiece as they no taste in art or sense of humor!