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Chinese Foot Binding: Suffering for Beauty

Chinese foot binding was a custom that women practiced (in China) for over one thousand years before it was banned in 1911. Many people find this practice to be bizarre and unusual just because it is different than their own cultures.

from YouTube on Sat, May 31 2008

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