Flames would spontaneously combust from their eyes and their...whatever.
Red headed women most affected.
Longfellow’s wife died in a fire similar to the ones described here.
http://www.hwlongfellow.org/life_elder.shtml
Hot. I the 1800’s. More proof needed.
....Giving a Whole New Meaning to the expression,
... ...... “She must have been a Flaming Liberal”.
Women still burst into flames. Ask anyone who has to work around them.
Wow! I thought grandma only worried about being ran over by a reindeer. I had no idea she worried about catching fire. /s
Merry Christmas...
Trumps fault
So long modest flowing petticoats are hotter than miniskirts and daisy dukes.
Everyone knows women were susceptible to fire due to fashion up until the what, the 20th century? So is the author saying this is due to bigotry and misogyny? iMO, it’s due more to ignorance and vanity.
Get rid of those dresses!
True story from my yute:
It was the 1950s; girl neighbor was trick-or-treating with her older brother; they were on the front porch of a house down the street, and the edge of her long, flowing costume touched the edge of a pumpkin; as you probably can imagine by now, the carved pumpkin had a candle lit in it.
Sadly, she burned to death on the porch. Traumatic event for the family and those who knew her as well. IIRC it was the first funeral I went to, as a kid. Sorry to be such a downer on such a Wonderful Day. God rest her immortal soul.
What if they had to go #2?
She entered the room aglow............
Muslins are always combusting then and now
Rayon , Rayoff...
Most of them still managed to outlive the men though, didn’t they?
I think it still could happen with some nylon, polyesters or similar fabrics, burns and fuses to the skin.
All horrible. What was the saying, "Stop Drop and Roll?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop,_drop_and_roll
I believe it was a Christmas Eve dinner, and my mother had candles lit on the server. My one daughter who was about 7 or 8 who was directly across the table from me near the hostess seat and had medium-long straight hair that caught fire.
It happened so quickly most of us at the table didn't notice to react, but thanks to my Uncle Charles and before my daughter could panic, he immediately smothered the fire with his bare hands. Everyone registered shock after that. And awe at the actions of my uncle. And gratitude.
Something to warn girls (and anyone with long hair) about, haven't heard of an incident since the one with my daughter.
Ed
There’s a lot to be said for buckskin dresses...
Ferengi had the right idea: they don’t let their women wear clothes, so they never catch on fire.