In what way did foot binding serve to diminish the independence of chinese women by the end of the song era?

a. because foot binding could only be afforded by the elite, poorer women were assigned to a lower social status.

b. foot binding sufficiently crippled women to effectively confine their mobility to their household.

c. foot binding, although considered socially attractive, was condemned by neo-confucians, who felt others used the practice as a means of relegating chinese women to subordinate roles.

d. chinese women whose feet were bound were unable to use stirrups.

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Abbie Bowen

Social Studies

8 September, 17:42

In what way did foot binding serve to diminish the independence of chinese women by the end of the song era?

a. because foot binding could only be afforded by the elite, poorer women were assigned to a lower social status.

b. foot binding sufficiently crippled women to effectively confine their mobility to their household.

c. foot binding, although considered socially attractive, was condemned by neo-confucians, who felt others used the practice as a means of relegating chinese women to subordinate roles.

d. chinese women whose feet were bound were unable to use stirrups.

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Dario Graham · Answer 1

Foot binding was a famous practice for Chinese women where they tightly bind their feet to alter the shape of their foot. It spread throughout the social classes during the Song dynasty, it also became a display of the women's social status and associated as a symbol of beauty in their culture. Thus, the answer to the question is B.