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Attention Chinese Ladies of 1936 – Beware Hair Curling!! It’s “immodest”

Posted: May 13th, 2015 | No Comments »

A little known danger – hair curling – according to a campaign launched in Southern China in 1936. Yes hair curling is “immodest” and hair curlers are a “device of the devil”. Sadly no more details on the Shanghai cabaret dancer who burned to death while having her hair curled.

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