Petticoat

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Petticoat

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A petticoat or underskirt (picture at left) is an article of clothing for women; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt, dress, or sari. The petticoat is a separate garment hanging from the waist (unlike the chemise at the right).

In historical contexts (sixteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries), petticoat refers to any separate skirt worn with a gown, bedgown, bodice or jacket; these petticoats are not strictly speaking underwear as they were made to be seen.

in both historical and modern contexts, petticoat refers to skirt-like undergarments worn for warmth or to give the skirt or dress the desired fashionable shape. In this context, a petticoat may be called a waist slip or underskirt (UK) or half slip (US), with petticoat restricted to extremely full garments. Petticoat can also refer to a full-length slip in the UK, although this usage is somewhat old-fashioned.

Petticoat is the standard name in English for any underskirt worn as part of non-Western clothing, as with the sari.

Petticoat punishment, also known as forced feminization, petticoating or pinaforing and sometimes abbreviated PP, is a kind of roleplay or fantasy that revolves around a male being dressed as a girl in front of his mother, sisters, or in some cases, girls of his own age whom he had offended by his boorish behavior. It is a kind of forced cross-dressing for punishment, a form of psychological punishment.

Petticoat punishment is sometimes combined with other humiliating punishments such as forced nudity and spanking. It is related to femdom, BDSM and fetishism.

A male subjected to petticoat punishment is sometimes referred to as a "Sissy".

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