Foot binding was a tradition in Chinese culture which is meant to limit the growth of women's feet. The idea was that women with smaller feet were considered to be more feminine and beautiful. Despite it's pain, millions of pure Chinese women stood firm in their devotion to the tradition.
As the practice of foot-binding makes brutally clear, social forces in China then subjugated women.
The impact can be appreciated by considering 3 of China’s greatest female figures: the politician Shangguan Wan’er (664-710), the warrior Liang Hongyu (c.1100-1135) nd the poet Li Qing-zhao (1084-c.1151). All three women lived before foot-binding became the norm.
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They had distinguished themselves in their own right not as just voices behind the throne, or muses to just to inspire others, but none other than as self-directed agents. Though none is well known in the West, the women are truly the household names in China.
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