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Top 10 Dangerous Fashion Choices for Women
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Fashion is an artistic form of self-expression, and like any art form, it is constantly evolving and branching in new directions. Of course, if you take enough directions, some will lead to strange places. This is certainly true in fashion, where there have been many questionable trends over the years. And though most of them are baffling but harmless, a few have been downright dangerous. And more often than not at least in Western society where it is mostly pushed on women those dangerous fashions trends are left to the ladies.
Illustration showing Yaoniang binding her feet. Qing Dynasty woodblock print from ‘
Hundred Poems of Beautiful Women.’ ( Public Domain )
However, recent studies show that marriage was not the only motivation for this practice. Girls also had their feet bound to keep them at home and working on activities such as cotton spinning, which could supplement a family’s income.
Documenting the Lives of Women with Bound Feet
The practice fell out of favor in the early 20th century and was finally banned in 1911, however, foot binding continued in rural areas until around 1939.
There is now a rapidly dwindling population of Chinese women with bound feet who are still alive today, and a handful of them have been photographed as part of a photography project celebrating their lives.
thing i m endorsing with you and with all of your viewers is that discrimination is alive and well for women in this country. tucker: in the form of the hijab, just to name on. no, it s alive and well more certainly in the workplace. we need to end sexual harassment in the workplace. tucker: and the hijab come too. if those women can do that while wearing a hijab, more power to them. tucker: foot binding, whatever it takes. thank you so much. great to see you. thank you. it s been fun. tucker: america appears to be getting sucked into a war in syria, the shooting started last night way did you know that? most people didn t. will this help you? will it help america and anyway? we ll talk to someone who supports it. we ll be right back. -if you told me a year ago where i d be right now.