WORLD HISTORY

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: -Women had greater freedom during the Tang dynasty, however, the status of women declined from the Song dynasty onward, which has been blamed on the rise of neo-Confucianism, and restrictions on women became more pronounced.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Footbinding began in China during the Song dynasty (10th century) and continued until the end of the Qing dynasty. The practice was formally prohibited in China in 1911 but continued in isolated regions well into the 1930s.