Chinese Foot Binding:Fashion or Torture


	Chinese Foot Binding:Fashion or Torture

zephyr1

5-22-2007 10:11 AM

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footbinding, torture, fashion, china, disability

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6-9-2007 3:41 PM

gingembre

OMG! Such unspeakable cruelty! A horrified friend emailed me these same photos today but no link to their source, so I was pleased to see that you had clipped it, zephyr. As revolting as it is, people need to know that such atrocities were committed against millions of Chinese women.

6-9-2007 4:15 PM

gingembre

There's a good educational article about footbinding here.

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