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When we think of the woman's role in Chinese society, we often look to the Neo-Confusion ideas of womanhood. The time when all women in China had the feet bound. When women were expected to be loyal, to there father or husband. There were times in Chinese societies when women had greater freedoms. If you examine stories from before the Song era, you can see some of these freedoms. Some of these powerful stories include; The woman warrior (Mulan) and The Xiang queens. Susan Mann believes that these are a few reoccurring stories that define women's roles in Chinese society. These stories were written before the time of the bound foot, and display a powerful image of women.
Foot binding began in The Song Era. It was the process of tightly wrapping the feet of young girls in bandages to prevent growth. By the time a girl turned three years old, all her toes but the first were broken, and her feet were bound tightly with cloth strips to keep her feet from growing larger than 10......

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