Legend has it that lotus or lily foot slippers first appeared in China in the 11th century when Empress Taki was born with deformed feet. To save her future embarrassment, her father announced that...
Legend has it that lotus or lily foot slippers first appeared in China in the 11th century when Empress Taki was born with deformed feet. To save her future embarrassment, her father announced that only women with very small feet could be truly feminine and desirable. As a result women began to bind their feet. The tiny, virtually unusable feet were a mark of status, beauty, gentility and sexual attractiveness. The binding process began at age 5 to 7 years old. Bandages were wrapped around the foot to bend the four smaller toes inward under the foot towards the heel until it resembled a half moon.The majority of young girls had their feet bound by their mothers. Binding a daughters feet would ensure she would be married and hopefully to a wealthy man. The intial process of binding the feet took just one night but the feet took years of pain to conform into the beautiful crescent shape. During a painful 2-3 year period, the size of the shoe was gradually reduced. The most highly desired goal being a size only three inches in length. These silk shoes only measure 140mm (5½ inches) in length and 24mm (1 inch) in width... Footbinding was horribly painful. In asking why women would do this we need to understand the history behind the practice. Then we can begin to answer our questions as to why a painful tradition would continue to exist for so long.
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I learned that foot binding started with a dancer with small feet that the emperor adored, and he had her dance on a lotus shaped stage. Other women saw that the small feet brought attraction from men. It was something men found attractive and sensual, the last of the women with bound feet still have husbands who find them attractive
I wouldn't if the people of the future stopped using braces than they must have some perfect looking teeth; they'd probably feel pity towards those who needed it.
but bound feet was erotic because men could do sexual things with them, also it served rank, a high class woman with bound feet could marry rich, high class men and bring honor,... I don't have much of the reason or why they did it...I'm still learning
It was highly desirable in those times. The men wanted women with dainty feet and women wanted dainty feet to have a better chance of getting married off. Unbound feet were associated with servants.
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but bound feet was erotic because men could do sexual things with them,
also it served rank, a high class woman with bound feet could marry rich, high class men and bring honor,... I don't have much of the reason or why they did it...I'm still learning