Monday, July 20, 2015

This was done in ancient China to control women...........



  • Foot binding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
    Wikipedia
    Foot binding (also known as "lotus feet") was the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth. The practice ...
  • Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium ...

    www.smithsonianmag.com/.../why-footbinding-persisted-chi...
    Smithsonian
    Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer ... As the practice of foot-binding makes brutally clear, social forces in China then ...
  • Jo Farrell's Photos Of Chinese Women With Foot Bindings ...

    www.businessinsider.com/jo-farrells-photos-of-chinese-...
    Business Insider
    Sep 16, 2014 - Despite the stigmas that currently surround foot binding, the women that Farrell met openly showed their "lotus" feet to her and revealed their ...
  • China's Last Foot-Binding Survivors - The Daily Beast

    www.thedailybeast.com/.../china-s-last-foot-binding-surv...
    The Daily Beast
    Jul 2, 2014 - The painful practice of binding young girls' feet seems like an ancient tradition. But photographer Jo Farrell has tracked down the last living ...
  • Unbound: China's last 'lotus feet' – in pictures - The Guardian

    www.theguardian.com › Arts › Art & design › Photography
    The Guardian
    Jun 15, 2015 - 103 years after foot binding was banned in China, a few women still live with the severe deformity it caused. The photographer Jo Farrell ...
  • Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors : NPR

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    NPR
    Mar 19, 2007 - Millions of Chinese women bound their feet, a status symbol that allowed them to marry into money. Footbinding was banned in 1912, but some ...
  • The Peculiar History of Foot Binding in China - The Atlantic

    www.theatlantic.com/china/.../the...foot-binding.../279718/
    The Atlantic
    Sep 16, 2013 - But despite the efforts of reformists, foot binding persisted well into the 20th century. In the January 1923 issue of The Atlantic, Pearl Buck ...
  • Foot Binding Tradition - YouTube

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkYbtI3xpA
    May 19, 2013 - Uploaded by Kassie Horn
    Foot Binding Tradition. Kassie Horn. SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 83 .... MPFoot Binding Still in ...
  • How Foot Binding Worked - HowStuffWorks

    people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural.../foot-binding.htm
    Two elderly women in Tonghai, China wear tiny "lotus shoes" on their bound feet. Foot binding was a common practice in China for more than 1,000 years ...
  • Chinese foot binding - BBC News

    www.bbc.com/.../in-pictures-28208695
    British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jul 16, 2014 - Foot-binding is believed to have begun during, or just before, the Song Dynasty in China around the 10th Century, and became widespread ...
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