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It is unknown how many women had their feet bound during the hundreds of years it was practiced in China (700 AD to the early 20th century. From the wealthiest women who started it, foot binding was also practiced by the poorest populations. It was banned about a hundred years ago, but there are still older women whose feet were bound as children.
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What custom was practiced by women in southern China?
Foot binding.
Name of the feet practice women had to do in Ancient China?
foot binding
What social group did missionaries from china benefit?
women, by banning foot binding.
How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
Where did foot binding come from?
china
How do you find out about women in China binding their feet?
Try the following link: http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/China/04/hutchins/hutchins.htm There is an article on foot binding with links to other websites that may be useful
Did Japanese women bind their feet?
No, Japanese women did not practice foot binding; that practice was specific to China. In Japan, women traditionally wore geta or zori sandals, which did not involve altering the shape of their feet. Japanese culture had its own beauty standards and practices, but foot binding was not one of them.
Do women and men practice foot binding?
Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for (approximately) 1,000 years.
Who invented foot binding?
Foot binding was a practice that originated in China over a thousand years ago. It was practiced in the country until the early 1900s.
Is foot binding was once practiced in china a fact or opinion?
Fact
Did The Joy Luck Club mention foot binding?
Yes, foot binding is briefly mentioned in The Joy Luck Club, in the context of Old China customs and the struggles faced by Chinese women. The novel highlights the lasting impacts of this painful practice on the characters and their relationships.
Did men do foot binding?
No, this was something only done by Chinese Women to try and achieve what they thought to be "the perfect size foot" to look attractive to Men... It was a custom practised on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century. Foot-binding resulted in lifelong disabilities for most of its victims, though as the practice waned in the early 20th century, some girls' feet were released after initial binding, leaving less severe deformities." However, some effects of foot-binding were permanent, especially if a girl's arches or toes had been broken or other drastic measures taken in order to achieve the desired smallness. In the 1990s and early 2000s, some elderly Chinese women still suffered from disabilities related to bound feet.
