<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422555" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bound Feet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ancient Chinese oddities were<br>As myriad as its people.<br>One of these were bound feet.<br>A Chinese gentleman judged his woman<br>By the feet in those days.<br>Her face mattered but more were her<br>Feet which had to be as small <br>As three-inches, a society gauge for<br>Her breeding and status.<br>Confucius needs to take part of the<br>Blame for saying women are born to <br>Serve their men and no other<br>Which spawned the bound feet tradition.<br>Years of pains, tears and sleepless<br>Nights went into making these<br>Chinese women walk in little gaits as<br>Required of a lady, a sign that she was<br>Not a product of household chores.<br>Big feet equalled slavery and low births.<br>An ego trip, it was, for the adherents.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422555" data-title="Bound Feet de John Tiong Chunghoo" data-description="Ancient Chinese oddities were As myriad as its people. One of these were bound feet. A Chinese gentleman judged his woman By the feet in those days. Her face mattered but more were her Feet which had to be as small As three-inches, a society gaug..."></div> </div> </div>

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