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H/T: Dr. Kristina Killgrove’s article “Here's How Corsets Deformed The Skeletons Of Victorian Women” on Forbes. For centuries people have deformed their skeletons to mold different parts of their bodies to what is considered an ideal shape in their culture.   Long-term corseting, also called tightlacing, alters the shape of the ribs and vertebrae to produce a tiny…

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