Corset Is Bad

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The phrase “Girls, Be Pretty!” is a common advertising phrase throughout Korea, because it is about creating beauty. Women’s interest in beauty is not just today’s issue. The issue is common anywhere and anytime. Women historically have shown interest in beauty even if it aches them with corsets, foot binding, and cosmetic surgery. To start with, ‘Corset’ which was popular in medieval Europe shows a desire for beauty. Oxford Internet Dictionary defines corset as ‘A woman’s tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure’. Corset was popular in the Victorian era because the Industrial Revolution and democratization gave women access to corsets. In that era, laces were crossed in the …show more content…

Foot binding is a culture of China illustrates the fact that ladies endure pain to be pretty. Foot-binding is defined ‘the compressing of the feet of girls with tight bandages (as formerly in China) so as to keep the feet from being over three or four inches long’ by Merriam-webster Internet Dictionary. The first record of foot binding happened in the Five Dynasties and Ten States period in the tenth century. Age from five to seven girls begin foot binding, just after learning basic movements. In twelfth century, all women except poor people who can not afford the cost bound their feet. The astounding fact is that even though the foot binding is painful beyond imagination, women followed the custom for approximately one thousand years. Foot binding starts with placing the long narrow bandage inside the instep with four little toes under the foot. The bandage should not be removed for two to three years. A month later, skin is ulcerated or necrotized by pressure. Some people lost one or more toes. The pain is most severe in the first year after placing bandage. All of the joints and articulations are bent during this period. After bending ends, the ankle becomes at most the size of her wrist. The bones are broken and the back of the foot are forced together. Foot binding had an adverse effect on the body and brought pain. The bound foot were considered one’s identity and virtue, also a sign of beauty and attractiveness. The women endured the pain for appearance and

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