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Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
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All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
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Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
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The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
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