![Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina](https://dwvyw8kf1avne.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/articles/20210112_59938899_a6befab6-4b4b-4f69-826d-a9055464f006.jpg)
Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina
OMGFacts - Beginning as early as the 10th century, mothers would take cloth and bind their daughter's feet so that their toes would bend under and the foot would break. This gave
![An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as](https://preview.redd.it/jfi2nsijyek81.jpg?auto=webp&s=75841059744ef726d824fd7ce8357d1facd015e8)