![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://preview.redd.it/km4oxk4jq5b81.jpg?auto=webp&s=b4f7241f35b77cd59b63858153046539c0ace9ee)
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
![Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2013/09/23/article-2429992-18348A6900000578-520_636x382.jpg)
Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online
![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)
The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
![Foot-binding: Moving pictures show the last living Chinese women subjected to barbaric practice | Metro News Foot-binding: Moving pictures show the last living Chinese women subjected to barbaric practice | Metro News](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jo-farrell-21.jpg?quality=90&strip=all)
Foot-binding: Moving pictures show the last living Chinese women subjected to barbaric practice | Metro News
![The Art of Social Change: Campaigns against foot-binding and genital mutilation. - The New York Times The Art of Social Change: Campaigns against foot-binding and genital mutilation. - The New York Times](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/10/24/magazine/24FOB-Footbinding-1/24FOB-Footbinding-t_CA0-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
The Art of Social Change: Campaigns against foot-binding and genital mutilation. - The New York Times
![Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina](https://dwvyw8kf1avne.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/articles/20210112_59938899_a6befab6-4b4b-4f69-826d-a9055464f006.jpg)
Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina
Foot binding photos of Chinese women, the tiny shoes they wore, and X-rays of their feet going on show in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
![Revisiting Footbinding: The Evolution of the Body as Method in Modern Chinese History - Inquiries Journal Revisiting Footbinding: The Evolution of the Body as Method in Modern Chinese History - Inquiries Journal](http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/article-images/uid-2196-1401931503/bbaff1.jpg)