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The History of Foot Binding
Foot binding is a practice that is said to date back to around about the tenth century in china. It involves breaking of bones and binding them into place, which can take up to two years. The conventional view is that it was done to please men, who were attracted to small feet. But there ere also other economic and cultural arguments for the practice as well.
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