![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
![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 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](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhfZ-REWAAUoY0O.jpg)
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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Shoes For Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Foot Binding, China - East Asia, Chinese Culture - iStock
![All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/2015/09/04/foot-corbis.jpg?itok=tjTkXOWH)
All about sex: Real reason why Chinese women bound their feet ... and it wasn't for their pleasure | South China Morning Post
![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/hd-composite-china-v2.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=750&h=500&crop=1)