This.. is kinda why I was leaning to the marriage
night theory. I recall at some point in history that
women were often confined to their chambers if not bed
during their periods. And seeing maternity fashions in
Renaissance Venice- or lack thereof, I can see that
they did not tend to put a great deal of effort into
private clothing that was meant to take a serious
beating.
Another thought that came to mind and it's one that we
rely upon when thinking about whether or not to use
underwear today-
Would it be generally agreed that based on available
portraiture from England and Venice (using two that we
are familiar with for now) that Venetian women were
more ruebenesque than English women? Perhaps it's a
matter of friction, just like today. I remember those
long lost days of thin-hood, and wearing itty bitty
undies under a skirt was normal. Now, I'm hauling out
knickers to my knees so that I am not dreadfully
uncomfortable. Given the relative warm humidity of
Venice versus the cooler dampness of England, a
heavier woman would be wanting something to ease the
friction under all those layers. Heck, I do now, and
I live in Canada!
Kathy
> In any case, since this was raised in the context of
> discussing
> underwear, it is worth explicitly reminding
> ourselves that while
> currently in the US and similar cultures we often
> deal with
> menstruation by attaching something to underwear,
> this solution is in
> fact extremely modern. <snip>
> That is, sanitary protection tells us nothing about
> underwear, and
> underwear tells us nothing about sanitary
> protection <snip>
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