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Detailed explanation-1: -In fact, foot binding inculcates erotic overtones right from the beginning. Gradually, women with money and time from the court took up foot binding making it as a status symbol of the elite crowd. Inspired from the Tang dynasty foot binding was widespread in the Song dynasty among the aristocrats.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the early period of the Song Dynasty, women had legal rights, property rights, and rights to inheritance. But women’s rights were curtailed with the rise of Neo-Confucianism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women with bound feet were more likely to fall, less able to squat, and less able to stand up from a chair without assistance than women with normal feet. They also had 14.3% less functional reach (a test of balance) and 5.1% lower hip bone density.