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Originally Posted by Decorum

I think the arousal part is just a modern misunderstanding. The image that pops up most, I think, is that of a southern belle flapping her hand fan and saying "Why suh, I do believe you are giving me the vapuhs!" What the words would literally (EDIT: No, not literally exactly...can't think of the proper word) read as is "Sir, your romantic/sexual advances are shocking me to the point of fainting dead away.", but she's using the term coyly, almost sarcastically to actually mean the opposite of what she's saying, hence "aroused". I suspect the person who wrote the arousal part you found was merely confused by such a usage.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

If it was Rhett Butler, then you wouldn't need a too tight corset to make you feel light-headed

Originally Posted by NobleFox

Google "extreme corsetry", GG. Though I think that one is insane, there's a fetish for everything. I'm 32, and when I was 19 I was utterly SHOCKED at how people could POSSIBLY be into things that uhh... I found out I liked later.