Are women's feet small because of foot binding?

is actually the reason for biological evolution. There are great differences in the physical structure of boys and girls. Girls and boys with the same height often have smaller feet than boys, because in primitive times, women were the occupations of taking care of children at home and nursing them. The man's occupation is to go hunting, and his feet must be longer and wider to be conducive to running, and he can run faster to hit his prey and go home to feed a family of three, so this evolutionary phenomenon has formed over time. Wrapping feet is a bad habit in China feudal society, which is also called foot binding. In fact, foot binding is caused by many reasons, but the real reason why ancient women wrapped feet is inseparable from feudal rule. Foot-binding is the destruction of women's feet. When did foot-binding begin? Let's talk about those things about foot binding for everyone.

Foot-wrapping appeared in ancient society. There are different opinions about the beginning time of foot-wrapping, some say it is Xia Yu period, some say it is Shang Dynasty, and some say it is Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period or Sui Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Song Dynasty. However, according to some scholars' research, the historical foot-binding began in the Northern Song Dynasty, flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty, further developed in the Yuan Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Later, after the Qing government was overthrown, Sun Yat-sen ordered a ban on foot binding. However, it was only after the founding of New China that the bad habit of foot binding was completely eradicated.

Foot-binding, as its name implies, is to wrap women's feet with cloth, and then make them smaller and deformed. Generally, when they are four or five years old, women will start foot-binding. Feet after foot binding are called three-inch golden lotus. In ancient times, feet were synonymous with beauty. In ancient times, if a woman was good-looking and had a good figure, but her feet were big, it was not beautiful, but would be laughed at.

The real reason why ancient women wrapped their feet was political factors. Because feudal rulers liked feet, women had to wrap their feet. In addition to this reason, there are other social reasons, such as the influence of the patriarchal society that men are superior to women, because in ancient times, women lived by men. If women wrapped their feet, they would definitely be restricted in labor and social interaction. In this case, it would naturally seem reasonable for men to be outside and women to be inside.

In addition, there are literati, in fact, in many ancient literary works, there are many articles praising little feet, which also aggravates the prevalence of foot binding. Of course, this is also related to the aesthetics in ancient times. The ancients believed that small feet can better reflect women's petite and weak, which is one of the criteria for judging the beauty of ancient women.