“Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?' 'Always,' Carol said, smiling, too.”― Patricia Highsmith
"At first glance of the identities and sexuality of women in Victorian Britain, one assumes that the Victorians ‘denied, controlled, or muted public expression of active female sexuality’, however in the Victorian era it is clear that women were able to express a certain amount of sexuality through passionate friendships with other women. Friendships that women had with other women had an impact on society’s views of female sexuality and identity. There is a wealth of writing to support this idea; however, some of this writing also supports the idea of a lesbian identity that merges both female and male identities to create an identity, which can be seen by looking at Anne Lister, a lesbian, landowning woman in the 1800s. This separate identity was often viewed by the outside world to be very similar to that of a normal passionate friendship. Therefore, many people accepted this as a suitable identity for women to adopt. Moreover, it was not only the influence of friends and female partners that could affect a woman’s sexuality and identity in this era, as family clearly had a huge impact on the way a young woman created her own identity; most specifically the mother-daughter relationship had an important influence on this. The societal class that a woman identified with in this era almost certainly affected the way that men interacted with women, and this in turn effected the way that both men and women viewed their own identity." - FRIENDSHIPS, LESBIANISM AND IDENTITY IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN
Please take a moment to read that article or some of the further readings. They are all very educational. This shot really came about with the outfits and exploded to this lesson I took reading that article. I honestly think there is so much we can learn from these Victorian relationships.
Here is Meri's lovely version: Forbidden Love
Outfits ~
toksik - Serenade and toksik - Descent Dress
Scene - grass+birch ~ HISA - Flora wildflower grass - Bright Greens
HISA Garden by anc dotty wild grass {ALL COLOR} 1prim -Garden- by anc garden "mist" baby's breath/M 1Li
anc LB_DownyBirch{Seasons}*Animated
Horse and accessories ~
~Mythril~ Keuring Halter Addon: Held Lead Ropes (Arabian) ~Mythril~ Keuring Halter Set (Arabian) Add on + saddle: Cheval D'or / TeeglePet Arabian / Emperor Tackset. horse: [Teegle] "Aphrodite" the Arabian Horse
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