Sunday 23 June 2013

Just a thought : Girl then,girl now

  Let's say that I am a chinese girl who is born in the tang dynasty in China which is around the 10th century, eldest daughter in a family who lived in Guang Zhou. I would've been one of the girls who gone through the process of foot-binding in order to achieve lotus feet. It is the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth. 
   Now that, is scary. In order to be brought up as a lady and get a good husband, I'd have to have my foot bounded at the age of 4-7 years old ,Feet soaked in  warm water or animal blood with herbs(ewww!!!). After soaking the feet, my toe nails were to be cut as back as possible to prevent in-growth and given a foot massage.(like the idea of the massage, the toe nail clipping? not so much ..) Next, every toe would be broken except for the big toe(now thats TOO MUCH). Then the foot is wrapped with binding cloth. Everyday, or every couple days, the foot would be unwrapped and wrapped again.(TORTURING MUCH). The girls were put into smaller shoes until their foot was about 4 inches long. 
   And all that torturing for what? lol, A good marriage. (rich dude, duh)
It is said that the smaller the foot the better, men back in the days find it to be very attractive(what were they thinking -_-)

wikipedia: Bound feet were a mark of beauty that became a prerequisite for finding a husband, as well as an avenue for poorer women to marry into money. Women, their families, and their husbands took great pride in tiny feet, with the ideal length, called the “Golden Lotus”, being about 7 cm (2.75 inches) long.*7 cm nia -A-*This pride was reflected in the elegantly embroidered silk slippers and wrappings girls and women wore to cover their feet. Walking on bound feet necessitated bending the knees slightly and swaying to maintain proper movement and balance, a dainty walk that was also considered sexually enticing to men.(lol, men found it sexually enticing ... great.. Possibility of having some hentai(变态) as my ancestor just increased)
  
compared to them... Dang scary sial the ritual...
I'd would've got feet like these..(search for it urself, the pic itself is scarier than horror movies in my opinion)
other than foot binding,there are other stuff that females are put through such as wearing a corset. lol. search up on it if u want to. lol.


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