foot binding

Eventually foot binding became very popular because men thought it to be highly attractive.

For women, foot binding was the price for a good marriage.

According to some studies, most men prefer women with small feet, such as in ancient China where foot binding was practiced.

The canvas was subsequently cut up and used for soldiers' foot bindings.

Originally, foot binding was a sign of social status.

The practice of foot binding was intended to enhance this characteristic, though it often made walking difficult and painful.

Foot binding was their way of being beautiful, and a way to show that they were worthy of a husband.

Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century.

Foot binding is an old Chinese custom of wrapping women's feet with cloth in order to stop them from growing with age.

Though foot binding is no longer practiced, many lotus shoes survive as artifacts in museums or private collections.

China: Foot binding is abolished.

However, foot binding has been eradicated and trafficking in women in China has greatly reduced.

Foot binding was banned.

Foot binding was also outlawed in 1902 by the imperial edicts of the Qing Dynasty.

Foot binding was a practice fashionable in Ming and Qing Dynasty China.

Foot binding was rare even among Chinese during Polo's time and almost unknown among the Mongols.

In 1904, foot binding was outlawed in many provinces, and some governmental officers asked their wives or daughters to release their bound feet.

It was unimaginable for women to hold these positions because during this time women underwent foot bindings, which prevented them from doing any sorts of physical labor.

By the 13th century, foot binding had become a means to curb women, an attitude captured by a poet who wrote: "Why must the foot be bound?

He bent to tighten his foot bindings, then straightened up and drew a patch of cloth over his head and shoulders for extra protection from the sun.

She is a relic even in China, where foot binding was first banned more than 80 years ago when the country could no longer afford a population that had to be carried.

Foot binding involved 5 year olds breaking all the bones in their feet, so they could wrap their feet round themselves and then be wrapped up to be around 3 inches.

Between the Tang and Song dynasties, a fad for little feet arose, and from the Song dynasty onwards foot binding became more and more common for the elite.

Foot binding is the process in which the arch of a woman's feet is broken and the toes are wrapped up against the foot to create a smaller looking foot with an acute arch.

In addition to working in the hospital, Wolfe made house calls throughout the Chinese countryside in order to unbind young girls' feet, as foot binding was considered a sign of beauty and necessary for marriage.