![Opinion | All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post Opinion | 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/700x400/public/2015/09/04/foot-corbis.jpg?itok=_ODQMjXZ)
Opinion | All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
![An example of Chinese foot binding. In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. Foot binding was outlawed in 1912, but some people An example of Chinese foot binding. In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. Foot binding was outlawed in 1912, but some people](https://i.redd.it/spha11cj83va1.jpg)
An example of Chinese foot binding. In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. Foot binding was outlawed in 1912, but some people
![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
![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
![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)