Foot-Binding

In the 12th and 13th centuries (Feng 236), the habit of foot restraint entered the mainstream culture of China, the emergence of new conservative movement and the formation of a new social class system markedly reduced the status of women. The reorganization of the social class system has been promoted by the new and increasingly prosperous and is creating new and higher standard of living for new and higher level scholars and farmers. The increasing emphasis on higher standards of living at lower body levels and the emergence of female virgins gave women a clear choice, using something that can be controlled by women and their families.

In order to clarify the history of this unknown bondage, researchers of Bosen and his book co-author Hill Gates interviewed more than 1,800 elderly women living in remote areas throughout the country, the farmer group I have found that I have gait which is harming people in general. Faith rested legs are elite status symbols. "Women who restrain their daughters' feet have their own interest in managing the labor of young girls and young women." "We cautioned women from work and valued precious measures, It is against the idea that it will be economical It is not a problem, they refine their hand skills and work with their own hands throughout their lives. "

In China it was forbidden to tie his legs, but in 1911 many women and girls were still detained. In the 1950s, insurgent arrest inspectors often came to people's homes, forcibly removed the restraint of women's feet, and publicly insulted the detained women found. Some of them had to wear large cloth shoes before, and escaped the anti-leg restraint inspector. Later, many women regret doing this tradition. Zhou Guizhen is an old lady in China and she is a woman who has the last leg in China. In an interview with NPR.org, she said: "I can not dance, I regret it, no one will marry you."

Because of the habit of constraining feet, the position of Chinese women is very low. In the 19th century nearly 45% of women were restricted and the upper classes were almost 100%. In 1912, the action of restraining the female's leg stopped. This type of behavior is very inhumane and there are restraints on the feet that restrict movement or limit activity. In China, because women should not approach men, they are social customs, so male doctors are not willing to treat women in China, so the demand for female doctors in China is rising. After recognizing the necessity, the first medical department was founded in China.