{"id":9574,"date":"2017-02-27T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumhack.wpengine.com\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2022-11-20T00:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T05:32:37","slug":"quick-dirty-history-bachelorette-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/quick-dirty-history-bachelorette-party\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick and Dirty History of the Bachelorette Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking games, strippers, and phallic party favors. These three things in conjunction are hallmarks of the modern bachelorette party &#8212; but it wasn\u2019t always this way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9575\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9575\" src=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image01-4-945x631.png\" alt=\"Today's brides have a ton of choices for bachelorette parties!\" width=\"945\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image01-4-945x631.png 945w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image01-4-475x317.png 475w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image01-4-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image01-4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today&#8217;s brides have a ton of choices for bachelorette parties!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bridal showers have had their place in pre-marriage celebrations in some form or another since at least as early as the 15th century, but the history of the bawdy bachelorette party we know today is not a long one.<\/p>\n<p>Before we can get to the history of the bachelorette party, though, we have to delve into the history of the <i>bachelor<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s lay down some facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>5th century BC &#8211; <\/b>The Spartans hold parties for their to-be-wed friends, consisting of dinner and a toast.<\/li>\n<li><b>14th century<\/b> &#8211; The term \u201cbachelor\u201d first comes into popular use as describing an unmarried man thanks to Geoffrey Chaucer&#8217;s &#8220;Canterbury Tales.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b>1896 &#8211;<\/b> A \u201cstag party\u201d thrown by Herbert Barnum Seeley for his brother is raided by police after hearing rumors that a nude belly dancer would be performing.<\/li>\n<li><b>1922 &#8211;<\/b> First documented use of the term \u201cbachelor party\u201d in the Scottish publication <i>Chambers&#8217;s Journal of Literature, Science and Arts<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forty years go by, and in this time women hold bridal showers, where their female friends and family \u201cshower\u201d the bride with gifts and ultimately prepare the bride for the gender norms associated with the role of \u201cwife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Times were changing, though, and by the 1960s, the sexual revolution was in full swing. Brides-to-be were embracing their sexuality and swapping bridal showers for rowdy bachelorette parties &#8212; though the term \u201cbachelorette party\u201d wouldn\u2019t become popular until the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>By the mid-1980s to 1990s, the bachelorette party had officially cemented itself as a pre-marital tradition, culturally significant as a symbol of sexual freedom &#8212; and another step toward gender equality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9577\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9577\" src=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image00-5-945x631.png\" alt=\"Hosting your bachelorette party in a museum is just one of dozens of options available to today's brides.\" width=\"945\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image00-5-945x631.png 945w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image00-5-475x317.png 475w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image00-5-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image00-5.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hosting your bachelorette party in a museum is just one of dozens of options available to today&#8217;s brides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, brides and their bridal parties have more choices than ever when it comes to throwing an awesome bachelorette party, whether they\u2019re looking for a wild, booze-fueled pub crawl, a laid-back night in with the girls, or anything in-between.<\/p>\n<p>These bachelorette parties &#8212; once claimed to be a \u201clast hoorah\u201d and final night of \u201cfreedom\u201d for the bride &#8212; serve as a way for the bride to connect and bond with the women in her bridal party, and give the opportunity for a well-deserved reprieve from the stresses of wedding planning.<\/p>\n<p>If that reprieve also happens to involve a stripper in a pop-out cake, so be it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking games, strippers, and phallic party favors. 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