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>>I remember very similar concerns expressed way back in >>the 1960s by women who found back suspenders >>difficult. In fact, I discovered from comments made by >>women I knew, many women disliked suspenders generally >>but back ones especially so, not only because they >>were hard to reach but because they could be >>uncomfortable or restrictive. (My wife was happy >>soketimes for me to offer to fasten her back >>suspenders for her - even though she was easily able >>to do it herself). > >I remember that, when I was doing housework I would >hike my skirt and undo the back straps. >> >>I heard a radio broadcast (probably "Woman's Hour") >>and also read women's magazine articles about problems >>women had with girdles. Just as Judith Nubuck said, >>they disliked back suspenders and wanted to know why >>manufacturers continued to fit them. One woman said >>she always cut off the back suspenders. This debate >>was answered by corsetry specialists who explained >>that rear suspenders were very important in keeping >>the back of the girdle down over the buttocks and >>providing tension on the rear of the girdle and this >>was very important in providing the required control >>at the rear. Most girdles in those days had four >>suspenders but very firm ones often had six. I >>remember the specialist saying that all four >>suspenders were essential both to hold the stockings >>and to keep the girdle down and pointing out that >>where a girdle had six suspenders all six were >>necessary and to remove the back ones would prevent >>the girdle from giving the control it was designed >>for. Even the side ones, she said, were important for >>"thigh control". >> >>I think I read (perhaps on the old Girdles and More >>web site) about girls and women sometimes undoing or >>not fastening back suspenders in order to be "more >>comfortable" when sitting or when doing work requiring >>bending, etc. My wife would never do that, even >>though she agreed that she would like to, because it >>would be so difficult to get the back of her girdle >>back in place in order to re-fasten the back >>suspenders.

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