![All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/2015/09/04/foot-corbis.jpg?itok=tjTkXOWH)
All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B00XCC/china-young-chinese-girls-with-bound-feet-photo-by-rene-parison-c-1901-foot-binding-pinyin-chanzu-literally-bound-feet-was-a-custom-practiced-on-young-girls-and-women-for-approximately-one-thousand-years-in-china-beginning-in-the-10th-century-and-ending-in-the-first-half-of-20th-century-there-is-little-evidence-for-the-custom-prior-to-the-court-of-the-southern-tang-dynasty-in-nanjing-which-celebrated-the-fame-of-its-dancing-girls-renowned-for-their-tiny-feet-and-beautiful-bow-shoes-2B00XCC.jpg)
China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one
Dr.Weird - Foot binding began in the Sung dynasty(CE 960–1280) in China .The bandages that were used to bind young girls' feet caused a noticeable foreshortening of the feet. It began as
![Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVby2Bd_wSg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
![Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/17/10/gettyimages-73616775.jpg)
Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent
![The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/12/1434121503953/774e2eab-a8e6-4d5f-972b-7a118c03e89d-2060x1030.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c27c5575c508d0ab89e729ab200c6a36)