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 Teeg rated 37 months ago - "Until 1949, the ideal length for women's feet as long as this bar
The 'ideal' length of a perfect foot, called the "Golden Lotus", was three inches long. This was a rare occurrence, this 3 inch perfection, but it was something to strive for nonetheless. Perfect fee...
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- zandria rated 3 weeks ago
- Women today still mangle their feet to fit into "stylish" designer shoes. Give me a pair of flip flops and a cute manicure any day.
- P-3-T-3-R rated 23 months ago
- Thats SO SICK!! Made me cringe :(
- Teeg rated 37 months ago
- "Until 1949, the ideal length for women's feet as long as this bar
The 'ideal' length of a perfect foot, called the "Golden Lotus", was three inches long. This was a rare occurrence, this 3 inch perfection, but it was something to strive for nonetheless. Perfect feet were seen as a type of dowry to sweeten the pot when trying to marry off your daughter to someone with Standing. If your feet ended up over four inches long you could pretty much forget them bringing you any extra leverage when marriage offers came around - they were considered too large, and ruined; all the work done to mutilate them had been a "waste" of time.
When a girl turned anywhere from three to six years old in China, her mom would rip up strips of cloth and start binding her feet. The wrappings would be taken off daily, then rewound tighter and tighter. Sometimes the toes would be broken right away and folded under the foot; otherwise they would just be gradually bound in that direction so they'd end up there. The many bones in the top of the foot would be broken and the ball of the foot buckled in, then wrapped to the heel. It was common for the bound toes to develop gangrene due to lack of circulation and fall off. This was thought of as a blessing because it would enable the feet to be made smaller still. The girl would never be able to stand again; or play. If by some chance they even managed to stand up for one second, it was unstable and painful. That was considered insignificant in the quest for tiny feet."
- resa rated 6 months ago
- Don't get me wrong--foot binding is bad--but this article contradicts itself. Were the girls not able to stand for a second, or were they able to walk with a "sexy" wobble? Don't count on this article for factual information. PS--hucka--my braces were to realign my jaw and mitigate my TMJ syndrome and migraines. Please do not lump braces and lasic in with purely cosmetic treatments.
 hjlbonjour15 rated 10 months ago- Uhhhhg. That gives me the hebejebes.
- Piwakit rated 14 months ago
- I get so angry about these kinds of things that we do or have done to our bodies because we are not good enough,
that as women we have to live up to the standards someone else sets, that we are simply objects for someone else to judge and manipulate.
- Lisa125 rated 32 months ago
- Foot binding in China. Yikes!
- hucka rated 9 months ago
- circumcision, Female genital mutilation, ringing of necks, tattooing of face, earlobe stretching, breast enlargement, liposuction, face lifting, laser hair removal, laser eye surgery, BRACES. ALL IN THE NAME OF BEAUTY
- Twatty rated 39 months ago
- *Tear*
- WheezingGhost rated 14 months ago
- Definetly cringe-inducing, but also incredibly fascinating.
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