stackyFACTSSubtlety was entirely absent when it came to projecting male virility. Men vigorously packed their codpieces with massive handfuls of sawdust and rags to create comically large protrusions, strutting around court looking like they were smuggling small melons to assert total social dominance.
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Skipping leg day has historically always been a massive social crisis. Gentlemen who lacked the muscular lower legs required to fill out tight stockings…
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Men's fashion in the thirties basically attempted to phase out the torso entirely. Trousers were tailored so absurdly high that the waistbands comfortably…
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