Kindness Under Fire: Our Own Worst Enemies
by Marilynn Chadwick
You'd think women would have learned by now that sometimes we can be our own worst enemies. For example, the torturous custom of foot binding, which plagued China's women for over a thousand years, was perpetuated by women. Originally a symbol of female wealth and refinement, foot binding eventually became a symbol of beauty. The smaller the foot—with a three-inch foot being the ideal—the better chance the woman had of getting married.
In order to fit into the tiny lotus shoes, women had to literally suffer the breaking of bones in their feet, beginning when they were…
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