A training corset in a BDSM context is a corset used for discipline. Also, the term training corset may simply refer to a corset which is used to acclimate the body prior to wearing a full corset as an everyday undergarment, or to any corset worn by somebody undertaking training achieving a desired body shape , often called a redresseur corset. Waist training, or waist reduction, generally uses an hourglass corset. Waist reduction is most often used by women who are post-pregnancy or by tightlacers.
In practically every century, other than our present one, women have been subjected to bondage ranging from the mildest to the most severe of restraints, all under the guise of training and discipline. The common denominator of it all was the practice of tight-lacing. It was customary, regarded as vitally necessary, for girls to be indoctrinated to the most severe and restrictive of corsets, which they referred to as stays. As a corollary to complete figure-training, the girls were forced to accept and undergo virtually all types of personal restraints, bound arms, shoulder-braces, stocks for sleeping, masks that muted them, deafened them, and even blinded them. Backboards to hold them rigidly erect, and collars to hold their heads up high and to anchor the backboards, also tether them. The system was self-perpetuating because the women came to accept all the restraints as necessary to achieve status, consequently to be imposed on their own daughters. Moreover, there was the prevalent notion that the more restraint, the more ladylike status resulted, and the girls were subjected to a systematic and progressive bondage that, in some casts sic , reached extreme that today are hard to believe.
A training corset is generally a corset used in body modification. A training corset may be used for orthopedic reasons such as to correct a crooked spine or for cosmetic reasons to achieve a smaller waistline , commonly called waist training or in more extreme cases tightlacing. The term "training corset" is also sometimes used for BDSM corsets used for discipline. In addition, the term "training corset" may simply refer to a corset which is used to acclimate the body prior to wearing a full corset as an everyday undergarment , or to any corset worn by somebody undertaking training achieving a desired body shape. The redresseur corset was a form of training corset used from the midth century into the early 20th century, designed specifically for young adolescent girls who had not worn stays from an early stage.
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