footbound women

[DrLeftover]

Big lives, small feet: Photographing China's bound women

23 March 2015

Decades after foot-binding was outlawed in China, a British photographer has met some of the last women subjected to the practice.

It was with a sense of pride that Su Xi Rong revealed her feet to British photographer Jo Farrell.

Her feet, bound from the age of seven, were so small that she had been renowned for their beauty.

The 75-year-old is among the last remaining women in China to bear the effects of foot-binding, a practice first banned in 1912.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31964279

 

[Dee]

This is not beauty. This is physical abuse in the name of a misguided beauty trend. I'm glad it was banned because no one should be doing this in any country.

 

[~KAGE-008]

This is not beauty. This is physical abuse in the name of a misguided beauty trend. I'm glad it was banned because no one should be doing this in any country.

I have to agree.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Never heard foot binding before.

 

[Duskpire]

This is not beauty.  This is physical abuse in the name of a misguided beauty trend.  I'm glad it was banned because no one should be doing this in any country.

I agree. I didn't know something like this existed until looking at this thread. But it seems like a really stupid bull shit tradition that has been going on. There's nothing smart or pretty about it. I find it very unattractive. 

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Watch the series Marco Polo they describe how it is done pretty throughly.

 

[DrLeftover]

It wasn't about beauty, it was about control of the women.

 

[Dee]

It wasn't about beauty, it was about control of the women.

Well, if you wanna to get into it, it's more about showing off your status in society, but it caught on very quickly and spread rampantly.

 

[Evil Eye]

Oh I remember when I last thought about foot binding! I was watching Disney's Mulan and wondering if it should've been a part of it.

I would've liked to see some X-rays. This stuff's weird.

 

[WhoFlungpoo]

It wasn't about beauty, it was about control of the women.

I agree