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r/TIHI • u/Hrakkadron • Nov 09 '20
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It's not even remotely aesthetic.. Her feet look like horse hooves..
Yet alone the pain.
88 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 They have to fit in shoes the size of cigarette boxes 42 u/fast-snail-on-crack Nov 09 '20 Why though 60 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It's "erotic" 70 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 apparently, it's considered sexy and invites marriage proposals back then, fuck boring normal ape feet am I right? 28 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season. 7 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 And here I am thinking high heel shoes are bad. They are, just not as bad as this. 5 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 I remember hearing that an emperor saw a beautiful girl in his dream who had really small feet, so he made every woman bend their feet like that since childhood. 1 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah. 7 u/TheBattleBoi Nov 09 '20 I'm pretty sure it was also so the women could not run away or even run. 3 u/Buddha_Lady Nov 10 '20 It showed that a woman was higher class and didn’t need to work or do housework also 1 u/laeiryn 4d ago so they can't run away from their arranged marriages
88
They have to fit in shoes the size of cigarette boxes
42 u/fast-snail-on-crack Nov 09 '20 Why though 60 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It's "erotic" 70 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 apparently, it's considered sexy and invites marriage proposals back then, fuck boring normal ape feet am I right? 28 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season. 7 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 And here I am thinking high heel shoes are bad. They are, just not as bad as this. 5 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 I remember hearing that an emperor saw a beautiful girl in his dream who had really small feet, so he made every woman bend their feet like that since childhood. 1 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah. 7 u/TheBattleBoi Nov 09 '20 I'm pretty sure it was also so the women could not run away or even run. 3 u/Buddha_Lady Nov 10 '20 It showed that a woman was higher class and didn’t need to work or do housework also 1 u/laeiryn 4d ago so they can't run away from their arranged marriages
42
Why though
60 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It's "erotic" 70 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 apparently, it's considered sexy and invites marriage proposals back then, fuck boring normal ape feet am I right? 28 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season. 7 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 And here I am thinking high heel shoes are bad. They are, just not as bad as this. 5 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 I remember hearing that an emperor saw a beautiful girl in his dream who had really small feet, so he made every woman bend their feet like that since childhood. 1 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah. 7 u/TheBattleBoi Nov 09 '20 I'm pretty sure it was also so the women could not run away or even run. 3 u/Buddha_Lady Nov 10 '20 It showed that a woman was higher class and didn’t need to work or do housework also 1 u/laeiryn 4d ago so they can't run away from their arranged marriages
60
It's "erotic"
70 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 apparently, it's considered sexy and invites marriage proposals back then, fuck boring normal ape feet am I right? 28 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season. 7 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 And here I am thinking high heel shoes are bad. They are, just not as bad as this. 5 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 I remember hearing that an emperor saw a beautiful girl in his dream who had really small feet, so he made every woman bend their feet like that since childhood. 1 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah.
70
apparently, it's considered sexy and invites marriage proposals back then, fuck boring normal ape feet am I right?
28 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20 Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season.
28
Where banana? No, monkey. Where toes? There we go.
8
Oh yes, actually walking without being in excruciating pain all the time? That's just so last season.
7
And here I am thinking high heel shoes are bad.
They are, just not as bad as this.
5
I remember hearing that an emperor saw a beautiful girl in his dream who had really small feet, so he made every woman bend their feet like that since childhood.
1 u/Hrakkadron Nov 09 '20 It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah.
1
It pretty much shows that they aren't peasants regardless of if they are or not. But yeah.
I'm pretty sure it was also so the women could not run away or even run.
3
It showed that a woman was higher class and didn’t need to work or do housework also
so they can't run away from their arranged marriages
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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20
It's not even remotely aesthetic.. Her feet look like horse hooves..
Yet alone the pain.