The Charm-School Legacy: A 200-Year Habit Still Running
For centuries, the way a woman sat wasn’t just posture. It was social signaling.
In Victorian-era etiquette, “ladylike” often meant compact: small movements, closed posture, controlled space.
Why It Was Practical Back Then
- Modesty: long skirts and layers meant keeping legs together reduced accidental exposure.
- Social rules: women were taught to minimize their physical footprint in public settings.
- Status signals: “composed” posture was treated like evidence of refinement.
Fast forward to today: many women still feel a subtle “itch” to sit compactly in formal situations—even in jeans—because the habit got coded as normal.
It’s basically old etiquette disguised as comfort.
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