Footbinding: The Meiji Six Society

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In this reading, footbinding is described as a “barbaric practice” and as the source of current women conditions. The movement against this practice resembles the ‘Meiji Six Society’ in Japan which spurred during the same period as they both strive for women rights and better regulation of marriage. Furthermore, this shows us how Japan was a key factor in this movement as the source of the “radicalisation” and westernization of students coming from China. Hence the rejection of Confucian knowledge and traditions.
However this equality still seems distant compared with contemporary standards. Through the rules and regulations of marriage formulated by the society we can see that marriage is still considered as a discussion between families,

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