Comments on: The First Cinderella was Chinese http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/07/the-first-cinderella-was-chinese/ Looking at China from an outsider's point-of-view. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lloyd Lofthouse http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/07/the-first-cinderella-was-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-15877 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:30:42 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11080#comment-15877 Yes, footbinding was shocking. It is amazing what people will go through when a horrible act such as footbinding is common and part of a culture.

Similar to today’s female genital mutilation/circumcision in 28 African countries as well as in the Arabian Peninsula, Southern Jordon, northern Iraq and maybe in Syria, Western Iran and Southern Turkey in addition to Indonesia.

In fact, according to the World Health Organization, 100 – 140 million women and girls have suffered through this horrible cultural practice.

At least the Chinese got rid of footbinding soon after 1949 after the CCP came to power and changed the law of China making women equal to men for the first time in China’s long history.

]]> By: Marjorie http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/07/the-first-cinderella-was-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-15873 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:36:31 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11080#comment-15873 A wonderful interesting post today. I am still horrified of the practice of foot binding. Shocking what woman went through.

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