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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 2170539, member: 14066&quot;]I don&#039;t believe it was done for that reason.&nbsp; Many people in China in that era were extremely poor and had little to no life prospects for getting out of their lot in life. </p><p><br /></p><p>When comments were made in court of what those in high up positions find desirable, it is reasonable to try and emulate that in hopes of catching their attention and attaining favour.&nbsp; Originally, a mere comment about the &#039;most likely naturally&#039; tiny feet of some court dancer(s), expanded into becoming a widespread practice of mutilation because it&#039;s more a tradition of how one &#039;should be&#039; or what they should &#039;aspire to&#039; more so than a means to &#039;keep someone down&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much like the original Grimm brothers version of Cinderella when the step-sisters could not fit their foot into the slipper, so cut their own toes off in an attempt to fit into the shoe, for the that was their means to higher society.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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