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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It truly amazes me that there are women who are so ignorant as to want cosplay the antebellum South.  Not only was it a defining symbol of slavery, it was also a period with a complete lack of women's rights.  Women were legally much like children:

[url]https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory1ay/chapter/womens-rights-in-antebellum-america/#:~:text=Women%20were%20unable%20to%20vote,the%20legal%20status%20of%20children.[/url]

[quote]At the same time, revivalism emphasized women’s unique potential and obligation to cultivate Christian values and spirituality in the “domestic sphere.” There were also real legal limits to what women could do outside of it. Women were unable to vote, men gained legal control over their wives’ property, and women with children had no legal rights over their offspring. Additionally, women could not initiate divorce, make wills, or sign contracts. Women effectively held the legal status of children.[/quote]

You are fantasizing about a period where non-whites were slaves and women were legally children.  And trying to separate the luxuries of the wealthy South from the way of life that gave white men that wealth and power is amazingly naive.  If you can't see what you are symbolizing and revering for what it is, I'm very sorry for you.  It's pretty ignorant.[/quote]
Is it possible that someone could know all that and still just like the dresses?  Does moral abhorrence for their lifestyle mean we have to hate their clothes too?
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Are people just wearing these dresses at any old social gathering anywhere or are they wearing them to plantations? Context matters. You could wear one of those dresses, call yourself Mary Todd Lincoln, and use a venue that isn’t a plantation, but nobody does that.[/quote]

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