Foot Binding

I find it very interesting how women define smaller as being better, or more desired. For example, almost every woman would prefer having a smaller shoe size. This is true in other countries also, such as China; however, in China, it seems that they will go to extreme measures in order to maintain a smaller foot size. The Chinese women are known for binding their feet.

Although the words, Foot binding, are pretty self-explanatory, for those who don’t know or have never heard of this, foot binding is the practice of tightly binding the foot with tough bandages in order to slowly, over time, stop the growth of the foot and ultimately make one’s foot smaller in size. This sounds extremely painful, I know, and this is because it is. Women who have bound their feet for so long have broken their own bones and caused deformities to their feet. This is all because of the fact that China views smaller feet on women as sacred for many different reasons.  

Of course, I have never heard of any others, besides the Chinese, binding their feet in order to make them smaller. Although, I’m sure that it is not bizarre to say that women have done crazy things in order to achieve this same goal. Women in America simply have procedures done if they want a smaller foot size that badly. However, this just goes to say that women all over the world view smaller feet as better. It is very interesting to see the measures that some will take in order to have a smaller shoe foot.