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foot-binding

[ foot-bahyn-ding ]

noun

  1. (formerly in China) the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible.


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In many of the moral revolutions I’ve written about — against slavery, dueling and foot-binding, for example — winning the moral argument is only the first step.

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Because we often see movies that deal with China or Asian culture from an outdated perspective, as if China is still about foot-binding and things like that.

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Some campaigners describe high heels as akin to modern-day foot-binding, while others have urged a broader loosening of dress codes in Japan, where business suits for men are ubiquitous in the workplace.

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Campaigners said the shoes were akin to modern foot-binding.

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Evangelizing Christians played a role in the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, contravening settled traditions in both Britain and Africa; in late-19th-century China, missionaries played a role in ending foot-binding.

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