cannibalkitteh, We really let them down on fashion.
Tiltinyall, I blame the Amazons and their secretive ways
t_berium, Death by Snu Snu
TotallynotJessica, They weren’t as far off as one might think. If everyone had a standard of living growing up that scaled with trends at the time, women would probably be taller than they actually are.
When I was 5’ 11" and starting college as an honors student, I was shocked that most women in the program were around my height or taller, while the men were all taller than me. I think it was mostly because the other honors students came from well off families that pushed them to have high GPAs, made them eat healthy as they grew, and gave them every other possible advantage. Honestly, they didn’t seem much smarter than many other students I later met. They mostly had privileged upbringings.
Electric_Druid, 1900 woman’s waistline is an optical illusion
shit_of_ass, the future the left wants 😣
Rubanski, Interesting how it says “authorities” not “experts”
trolololol, Reeeesssspect ma authorotyyyy
BearGun, Well it’s likely short for “authorities on the subject”, i.e. experts.
Rubanski, Probably, I just found the change of wording curious
name_NULL111653, It’s the evolution of the language. One would appeal to an “authority” for an educated opinion. For example the standard fallacy name “faulty appeal to authority,” where information is posed as authoritative but is, in actuality, from a layperson.
AlbertSpangler, “authority” = “person who over-extrapolated from limited data to slap together something that will fill a bit of a newspaper page”
captainlezbian, I’m so close to the prophesied one. But really it’s my mom that was the leap. Grandma is tiny, mom was nearly my size.
MNByChoice, Wait, Grandma didn’t shrink a couple feet?
WeLoveCastingSpellz, Less gooo! that’s what I have been waiting for that’s what it’s allabout !!!
GluWu, …am I a 2000s gal?
meleethecat, They were on to something though.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a739f8d1-11fd-4bb1-aba2-cf71e7d16232.jpeg
Aggravationstation, Yes, that sure is something. Damn.
ReputedlyDeplorable, My mom is apparently the prophesied one, she is 6’2”.
Harbinger01173430, Those were lies :( where giant women?
SkybreakerEngineer, Up north Tormund
Harbinger01173430, How can I get to that magical land? :(
Rusty, It’s called Latvia
Harbinger01173430, Oh, I, the name was different 😅 one day I’ll go there somehow
BastingChemina, My wife is 6’3, I’ve found my Amazon.
EmilyIsTrans, Go to your local transfem meetup
eestileib, Yuuuuuuuup.
Nikki, hello !!!
Harbinger01173430, Oh hai~
Nikki, :3
Harbinger01173430, This feels magical :3
sicarius, So the 1950’s lass is wearing high heels. Without them she’s probably a similar height to the first lass.
Mouselemming, Women’s shoes in 1900 routinely had high heels as well. Here’s a sample:
vintagedancer.com/1900s/edwardian-shoes-styles/
The difference may be about an inch from the 1950s shoe shown.
sicarius, So, they are both smaller and there’s a giant leap up to amazonian.
Pretzilla, And thanks to sizing inflation, they are all still size zero
Dasnap, The good timeline.
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