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ELI5:The Victorian prevalence of fainting, such that they needed fainting couches and fainting rooms.
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It was a bit exaggerated, as women were not discouraged from seeming weak. However, a real factor was that women's clothes (notably, corsets) were dangerously tight and actually did limit breathing, circulation, and cooling -- so some women were actually being caused to faint.