Binding Quote by Jung Chang

“Bound feet symbolize torture of women for men’s pleasure.”

— S.J. Friedman

Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of…

— Alison Lurie

How delicate her feet who shuns the ground, Stepping a-tiptoe on the heads of men.

— Homer

Foot-binding is said to have been inspired by a tenth-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape of a…

— Amanda Foreman

“it's one of the secrets of her long-lasting mobility, keeping her toes spread and feet grounded, same as all the other beasts of nature”

— Bernardine Evaristo

“It is a wondrous thing, the human foot—like the human hand; even more so, perhaps; but, unlike the hand, with which we are so…

— George du Maurier

Beautiful feet are coveted by all women, everywhere of all ages, especially when they want to look their best and show off those strappy…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.

— Cinda Williams Chima

“It is that flavor exuded by women who have fashioned an earthy and simplified sexual adjustment to their environment, borne their young, achieved an…

— John D. MacDonald

Now I can tell you something dirty. I like men who have a foot fetish. I absolutely think it's the most charming thing. It's…

— Elisabeth Rohm

“while the rest of the show continued, she made her round of the boxes. There, on request, she knelt before a man, unbuttoned his…

— Anaïs Nin