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Chinese foot binding is a practice whereby women force very painful and tight bandages to keep their feet small whilst growing up. It is primarily done for vanity reasons.
Ulises Murazik
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∙ 9y agoFoot binding is the custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to keep the feet small. The practice became popular in the 10th or 11th century, as a means of displaying status, and was eventually adopted as a symbol of beauty in Chinese culture.
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∙ 14y agoSmall feet were a sign of beauty. Women for ages have been deforming themselves (i.e. shaving eyebrows) and then replacing their natural attributes artificially in the name of beauty. A regular sized shoe made them feel unattractive because they thought men would not like a woman with 'big' feet.
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∙ 10y agoChinese foot binding is a practice whereby women force very painful and tight bandages to keep their feet small whilst growing up. It is primarily done for vanity reasons.
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∙ 10y agoIn China foot binding was a job performed by women in exchange for a life. Chinese women bound their feet which was a status symbol, that allowed them to marry into money.
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How long did foot binding?
Foot binding lasted for approx. 1000 years.
What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
What is the process of foot binding?
deludge
Where did foot binding come from?
china
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
Does foot binding still exist?
no
Do women and men practice foot binding?
Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for (approximately) 1,000 years.
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.
Is foot binding the same as plastic surgery?
no
What is the death rate for foot binding?
10%
What is Chinese foot binding?
your answer IS CHINESE FOOT BINDING WAS A PROCESS TO MAKE A GIRLS FEET SMALLER. IN THE HOPES THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD MARRY INTO MONEY.
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.
