id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7393 Corset - Wikipedia .html text/html 5337 668 76 A corset is a garment worn to hold and train the torso into a desired shape, traditionally a smaller waist or larger bottom, for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it or with a more lasting effect), or support the breasts. For dress reformists of the late 19th century, corsets were a dangerous moral evil, promoting promiscuous views of female bodies and superficial dalliance with fashion whims.[citation needed] Health risks, such as damaged or rearranged internal organs, infertility, and inability to perform "womanly" duties, such as caring for children or cleaning house, were said to be caused by tightlacing, and that has been acknowledged by experts.[13] However, tighlacing was very scandalous and was extremely uncommon. Outside the fetish community, living history re-enactors and historic costume enthusiasts still wear stays and corsets according to their original purpose to give the proper shape to the figure when wearing historic fashions. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7393.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7393.txt