Chinese Club Feet

[Miss Z]

Nasty. I heard about that type of thing happening, apparently tiny feet are considered proper and attractive in China. I feel sorry for that woman, she must have a hard time walking.

[wombat2u2004]

Nasty. I heard about that type of thing happening, apparently tiny feet are considered proper and attractive in China. I feel sorry for that woman, she must have a hard time walking.

Yep....pretty terrible stuff, they used to break the bones in their feet when they were just toddlers, no anaesthetic or anything used to alleviate the pain, and then bind the feet tightly in cloth strips to eventually make the feet clubbed.
Those poor women just hobbled about for their entire lives....and for no other reason than to look sexy for their man.
Pathetic sort of a practice....eh ???
Wom

[Catty1]

....also keeps a woman from running under her own power....

[lizbud]

That is grotesque.

[gini]

Seems like I am finding lots of things supposed "humans" do to animals and people on this board this morning.

Where do these customs come from?

[cyber-sibes]

Weren't they called "lotus feet"? I've never seen photos of the feet before, looks incredibly painful. I can't imagine deforming a child's beautiful little feet in that way. My gosh, they don't even look like feet. Must have been thought up by some man with major control issues.
(no offense to men in general)

[Giselle]

THAT'S what it looks like? Oh wow! I've read countless accounts of bound feet, but that image far surpasses my interpretation of them Truly grotesque and ridiculous.