What is foot binding?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Foot 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.

Answer 3

Small 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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

In 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.