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Pan Am: Girdles Support a Message of Female Empowerment

Ticket? Check. Baggage? Check. Girdle? Check. The plane is now ready for lift-off. On ABC's new period drama Pan Am, the elite ranks of Pan Am stewardesses need to pass daily weigh-ins and girdle checks before they are allowed to fly. On the flip side: They are worldly, empowered women who producers would like us to view as a new breed of feminists.