chinese foot binding

INTRODUCTION As I read the newspaper story, my eyes widen with every word, “According to the National Institute of Mental Health there are over 5 million people in the United States suffering with eating disorders. 1% of all North American teenagers have eating disorders. 10% of these teenagers will die. People struggling with anorexia are among those whose health are at great risk…”( www.planet-therapy.com) And then I see a picture of a young girl, nothing but …

…talked about the Chinese immigrants who lived in San Francisco with bound feet. 8. http://www.planet-therapy.com/problems/anorexia.html This web sight had the anorexia statistics that I used in the introduction. 9. Rita, Aero. Things Chinese, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1980. Things Chinese discussed the role of foot binding in the intricate social structure of the Chinese. It mainly focused on how foot binding was a way to reinforce the female gender role in society.