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No, this was something only done by Chinese Women to try and achieve what they thought to be "the perfect size foot" to look attractive to Men...
It was a custom practised on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century.
Foot-binding resulted in lifelong disabilities for most of its victims, though as the practice waned in the early 20th century, some girls' feet were released after initial binding, leaving less severe deformities." However, some effects of foot-binding were permanent, especially if a girl's arches or toes had been broken or other drastic measures taken in order to achieve the desired smallness. In the 1990s and early 2000s, some elderly Chinese women still suffered from disabilities related to bound feet.
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How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
What custom was practiced by women in southern China?
Foot binding.
The practice of foot binding began during which dynasty?
sui
