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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 ...
Justice Weekly was a popular Canadian tabloid magazine that was published weekly from 1946 until 1973. [1] It was based in Toronto, Ontario. [1] It featured news about Canadian and international criminal justice cases and issues concerned with punishment (especially corporal punishment) in institutional and domestic environments.
The word "petticoat" came from Middle English pety cote [4] or pety coote, [5] meaning "a small coat/cote". [6] 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]
The technique was used by prisons in the Southern United States until late in the 19th century and as punishment during times of slavery. [1] The technique, then known as the "sweat box", was used in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [2] The North Vietnamese Army used the technique at the infamous Hanoi Hilton. [3]
The term 'petticoat punishment' does not appear. In regards 'going out of fashion in the early 20th', - this appears, from reading the 'petticoat' article, to refer to petticoats themselves rather than this purportedly historical method of discipline.
The Petticoat affair (also known as the Eaton affair) was a political scandal involving members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet and their wives, from 1829 to 1831.
Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom starring Ann Sheridan that ran on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967.
Arley was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Ukrainian Jewish parents, who had emigrated to the United States in 1910. Her parents, Morris and Charlotte Hunter, had four children: three daughters and one son. [3]