![Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/17/10/gettyimages-73616775.jpg)
Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent
![Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known](https://i.redd.it/km4oxk4jq5b81.jpg)
Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known
![Pain or poverty? Foot binding tradition in Qing dynasty left Chinese women with tough dilemma | South China Morning Post Pain or poverty? Foot binding tradition in Qing dynasty left Chinese women with tough dilemma | South China Morning Post](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/methode/2021/11/10/30f792c8-420b-11ec-b9bb-5bc84a21bb41_image_hires_192103.jpg)
Pain or poverty? Foot binding tradition in Qing dynasty left Chinese women with tough dilemma | South China Morning Post
![Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVby2Bd_wSg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
![All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/2015/09/04/foot-corbis.jpg?itok=tjTkXOWH)
All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
![The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/12/1434121503953/774e2eab-a8e6-4d5f-972b-7a118c03e89d-2060x1030.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c27c5575c508d0ab89e729ab200c6a36)