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ProudLib72

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20. Or foot binding!

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #19)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 10:03 PM

Mar 2019

I've been watching Marco Polo on Netflix, and there are some scenes of binding a young girl's feet (and what it will take to undo the damage).

So I will agree with you about making women helpless to one extreme or another.

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Does anyone wear a muff anymore? Know what one is? [View all] bobbieinok Mar 2019 OP

I remember girls using them in the '50s. I will bravely search the word on Amazon. rzemanfl Mar 2019 #1

What is the difference between a scarf and a muffler? still_one Mar 2019 #2

Not muffLER, but MUFF. elleng Mar 2019 #9

Thanks still_one Mar 2019 #10

OK!!! elleng Mar 2019 #11

I actually did mix it up, so thanks for the correction and heads up still_one Mar 2019 #12

I don't know if anyone wears them anymore.. whathehell Mar 2019 #3

They are still for sale- rzemanfl Mar 2019 #4

I always had s muff from late 40s thru the 50s. I haven't seen sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #5

Just searching on Amazon for muff yields at least a dozen... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #6

I had one as a little girl too. shraby Mar 2019 #7

Yes, had one in the 40s. elleng Mar 2019 #8

I don't wear them but I dive into them occasionally Itchinjim Mar 2019 #13

Most pullover sweatshirts have a front pocket zone that acts as a muff Arazi Mar 2019 #14

I remember having one as a little girl. The only place I've seen them lately is Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #15

I had one or two as a little girl in the 1950s. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #16

That's what I think too ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #18

It's really more connected to women PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #19

Or foot binding! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #20

Read somewhere high heels started with male French aristocrats in17th ? century bobbieinok Mar 2019 #23

Before even that, Mongol warriors wore "high heels" to anchor their feet as tblue37 Mar 2019 #26

Louie 14 was on the short size, so high heels sarge43 Mar 2019 #29

tried to make a fur one KT2000 Mar 2019 #17

I had one in the early 60s Leith Mar 2019 #21

Lots more comfy than gloves! akraven Mar 2019 #22

I had one as a kid in the 70s. n/t Coventina Mar 2019 #24

No, because women need their hands to actually do things like open doors and tblue37 Mar 2019 #25

Yeah I wear/use one Runningdawg Mar 2019 #27

You mean these????? ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2019 #28

I has one in the 60s MFM008 Mar 2019 #30

I had one as a child - late 60s/early 70s Iris Mar 2019 #31

With the advent of the smartphone customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #32

Oh yes! deek Apr 2019 #33