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  2. Petticoating - Wikipedia

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    Petticoating or pinaforing is a type of forced feminization that involves dressing a man or boy in girls' clothing as a form of humiliation or punishment, or as a fetish. While the practice has come to be a rare, socially unacceptable form of humiliating punishment, it has risen up as both a subgenre of erotic literature or other expression of ...

  3. Pinafore - Wikipedia

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    Girl wearing pinafore, Denver, Colorado, circa 1910 Two girls wearing pinafores, Ireland, circa 1903 Candy stripers in training in Tallahassee, 1957.. A pinafore / ˈ p ɪ n ə f ɔːr / (colloquially a pinny / ˈ p ɪ n i / in British English) is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron.

  4. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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    Priddy, a central figure in the legalization of forced sterilization of the mentally feeble was the first superintendent of the colony. [1] Priddy had long been a proponent of sterilization as a potential method for controlling the harm the feeble minded could have on a society.

  5. Petticoat - Wikipedia

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    Petticoat is also sometimes spelled "petty coat". [7] The original petticoat was meant to be seen and was worn with an open gown. [3] The practice of wearing petticoats as undergarments was well established in England by 1585. [8] In French, petticoats were called jupe. [9] The basquina, worn in Spain, was considered a type of petticoat. [10]

  6. History of cross-dressing - Wikipedia

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    Kristi Upson-Saia discusses how the early church reacted and dealt with the accusations and proof of saints cross-dressing. According to Upson-Saia, the church's response to these incidents varied depending on the social and political backdrop of the period.

  7. Bedgown - Wikipedia

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    Woman's Bed Gown and Petticoat, France or England 1750–1775. A bedgown (sometimes bed gown, bedjacket or shortgown) is an article of women's clothing for the upper body, usually thigh-length and wrapping or tying in front. Bedgowns of lightweight printed cotton fabric were fashionable at-home morning wear in the 18th century.

  8. Gymslip - Wikipedia

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    The Hyde Grammar School netball team, 1949, wearing gymslips (Manchester, England). Navy woolen pinafore dress with velvet yoke, worn by students of Dunfermline College of Physical Education c. 1910–1920.

  9. Maurice Richlin - Wikipedia

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    Shapiro, Grant, Richlin, Curtis. Maurice Richlin (February 23, 1920 – November 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter. He received two Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Pillow Talk and Operation Petticoat in the same year.