I cannot believe that there was a moment when people were like this woman with an

e-cup is walking to work and it might tank the entire economy not just of the United States but maybe of the world and that we don't teach that in high schools like that wasn't on the AP exam?

I know. Back on the show today we have America's favorite professional talker

podcaster Sarah Marshall of your wrong about and you are good.

For this episode, I'm telling Sarah about how, in 1968 1968 one unsuspecting young women's bust line almost caused a stock market

bust when thousands of wolves of Wall Street came to wolf whistle at her on their white-collar

lunch breaks.

I also give some background on this riotous event by explaining an absurd 20-year

craze called Girl Watching that taught genteel men the refined art of covertly checking out women.

I'll also talk about the aftermath of that strange week in the financial district of New York City,

both the avant-garde artist and feminist responses to the treatment of the woman who would come to be known as the Wall Street Sweater Girl.

I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American hysteria.

Welcome, Sarah Marshall, our esteemed guest as always, one of my most favorite people that inhabit this dark planet.

I'm so happy you're here.

Ah, I'm so happy to're here. Oh, I'm so happy to be here.

Sarah, I'm going to tell you today a pretty wild story that I am very surprised that I didn't know but hasn't gotten like a ton of attention

which is of course our favorite stories in the world so are you buckled up are your

arms and legs inside the ride at all times.

They, yeah, I am holding a pillow to squeeze

if I get scared.

I have a hot cup of tea. I'm already okay I'm as ready as I'm going to get that's

perfect that's perfect okay so we're eventually going to get to the meat of this

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