Millions of Chinese women bound their feet, a status symbol that allowed them to marry into money. Footbinding was banned in 1912, but some women... Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors ...

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Long before the sexual revolution led women to shed their bras and girdles for physical freedom, early feminists campaigned against a far more restrictive garment. “Burn the corsets!” wrote Elizabeth ...

Apologies to sensitive readers. Here's a bodyhack that we do not recommend. This foot-binding photo is the "most popular" photo on Yahoo News right now. Zhou Guizhen, who is 86-years-old, shows one of ...

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Wearing high heels is the pits. Anyone who says differently is BS’ing you. See? If wearing heels is “Chinese foot binding, but in modern form,” why is it okay for companies to force women to endure ...

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