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A 14 page discussion of the contention that gender differentiation in both the public and private spheres became increasing exaggerated during the Industrial Revolution. The author describes the clothing of the time by decade and concludes that gender distinctions in terms of fashion were indeed exaggerated. Women's fashions would be more accurately described as flamboyant than practical, a distinction which in itself served to clearly distinguish them from the male gender. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: AM2_PPfashio.rtf
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One of these changes was the sometimes dramatic evolution of clothing. These changes occurred more for women (where the changes seemed visibly definable by decade) than for men
yet there were notable changes on both sides of the gender gap. For the most part, however, womens clothing choices were the most radical during this time period.
Womens fashions would be more accurately described as flamboyant than practical, a distinction which in itself served to clearly distinguish them from the male gender. Male clothing, in comparison,
was much more functional and reserved. While male fashion choices during the Industrial Revolution did experience some oddities, for the most part everything was "business as usual". Womens
clothing was designed to strike the eye as unique and male clothing was essentially designed to blend in. While male fashions did evolve somewhat in step with womens clothing,
evidencing various twists along the way, it was much more utilitarian. The point that fashion of the time clearly differentiated the genders is quite valid. In fact, clothing
of the time became increasing exaggerated in terms of gender distinctions! Entwistle (2000, pg. 155) is just one author that contends that
gender differentiation in both the public and private spheres became increasing exaggerated during the Industrial Revolution. The reason for this exaggeration were many. Not only did men and
women have a greater choice in regard to what they could wear, they experienced the economic and cultural latitude that allowed them to devote more attention to what Entwistle (2000)
would describe as the decoration of their bodies. Entwistle (2000) contends that all cultures in fact decorate their bodies in one form or another. This decoration can consist
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