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You are correct. They were indeed to give discomfort. But it is also true that it is exaggerated to a point they say that your ribs and organs will rearrange inside, which is untrue. So yeah, true to the discomfort part due to the muscles being compact in a long duration of time and also true to being exaggerated.
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Stays had a wooden rod inserted down the front which gave a flat shape to the front panned. Corsets were basically bras/shape ware of the day, while some women did tight-lace to have a dramatic figure, the majority of women did not seem to follow this trend.
There’ll several historical sewing you tubers who have videos on the subject if you are interested— I would really recommend the most recent video by Bernadette Banner who includes Costuming Drama (a plus-size YouTube) and talks about the history, function, and who would have benefitted most from the corset.
Banner also have several videos on like in corsets including one comparing her personally made and mostly historically accurate corset to the medical brace she wore as a child.
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Here is the video like that I was talking about for those interested.
https://youtu.be/eWr_GtqsvFA
The author should’ve done more research into corsets before writing this, corsets being uncomfortable is a myth that was spread by men who didn’t like the fact that the corset industry was successful and dominated by women. Corsets are actually incredibly comfortable and are like olden day bras, there’s nothing wrong with them unless you tight lace, which was an uncommon thing to do