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Quotation from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
“The corset is, in economic theory, substantially a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitality and rendering her permanently and obviously unfit for work.”
The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Seven, Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture (Project Gutenberg text)
Veblen explains features of women's dress as evidence that the wearer is exempt from labour.
Citation: "The corset is, in economic theory, substantially a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitality and rendering her permanently and obviously unfit for work." — Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Seven, Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture (Project Gutenberg text). (id veblen-theory-of-the-leisure-class-q6)
Portrait: Veblen3a, Unknown, Public domain.
