This week we are taking a journey behind the dressing screen with material, culture and fashion historian Dr. Sarah Bendall of the Australian Catholic University.

Sarah is coming on to rage that the corsets we see in all the films are not dangerous, not torturous and definitely not oppressive.

You can follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahABendall and see much much more of her work by visiting her blog here:

... and if that is not enough then you can also purchase her book "Shaping Femininity" at the History Rage Bookshop.

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