Article: Foot-binding
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Foot-binding
The ancient Chinese had a strange custom known as foot-binding. This practice, which persisted from the tenth to the twentieth century, caused severe lifelong disability for millions of elderly women. According to a study conducted by the University of California at San Francisco in the United States, a large percentage of cases of osteoporosis in China?a disorder in which the structural integrity of the bone is impaired?can be blamed to the prevalence and consequences of foot-binding. Of the randomly selected sample of 193 women, aged 70 to 80, in Beijing, fifty-three had bound-feet deformities.
Historians trace the practice of foot-binding back to Sung Dynasty (960-976 BC). They claim that it started as an imitation of an imperial concubine who was required to dance with ...
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