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Foot Binding Ming Dynasty
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In the beginning of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with
the Wind, the heroine, Scarlet O'Hara grips a
bedpost while her maid squeezes her torso into a
corset, so that her waist will be 17 inches.
During the late Nineteenth century, in the United
States, it was the fashion for women to have tiny
waists. Unfortunately, this fashion came at the
cost of broken ribs and damaged internal organs.
The corset compresses the stomach, as well as
dislocating the kidneys, crushing the liver,
squeezing the heart an...
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Mother In Law Foot Binding
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... o longer subordinate to men. Kang Youwzi, a
late Qing reformer was correct in his belief that
women's emancipation must go through three stages
of social evolutions. First there would be
disorder, then increasing peace with equality, and
finally complete peace and equality. It took the
chaos of the nationalist revolution, and once they
took power women had increasing peace and
equality. When the communists finally took over
they achieved total equality. Once women finally
had total equality ...
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Foot Binding Bound Feet
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As Chinese Foot Binding INTRODUCTION As I read the
newspaper story, my eyes widen with every word,
According to the National Institute of Mental
Health there are over 5 million people in the
United States suffering with eating disorders. 1 %
of all North American teenagers have eating
disorders. 10 % of these teenagers will die.
People struggling with anorexia are among those
whose health are at great risk (web) And then I
see a picture of a young girl, nothing but bones
and skin, looking wasted...
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