Strange Cultural Habits in China » Footbinding
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Strange Chinese Tradition for girls
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 pm edit
It is a good thing this was abolished in the twentieth century. It looks damn painfull. What si the use of all of this?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:05 am edit
Footbinding of women is to ensure that they have small feet. The Chinese used to believe that the smaller the feet of the woman, the , ore beautiful she is, hence , more attractive to males (for choosing a woman to marry). I’m not too sure but I’ve also heard that feet that are small and bound would prevent women from walking fast or running (hence the slow sexy walk) to make them more demure.