![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, 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?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1c4ae6f8a14046401a1aff20d92b63f4626cf974)
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
Economic correlates of footbinding: Implications for the importance of Chinese daughters' labor | PLOS ONE
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![Kunming, China - June 24, 2019: Chinese woman that had her feet bound ( footbinding) also called Lotus Feet walking away from the camera Stock Photo - Alamy Kunming, China - June 24, 2019: Chinese woman that had her feet bound ( footbinding) also called Lotus Feet walking away from the camera Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C50WF0/kunming-china-june-24-2019-chinese-woman-that-had-her-feet-bound-footbinding-also-called-lotus-feet-walking-away-from-the-camera-2C50WF0.jpg)