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Body Practices

Body Practices. Many societies have done radical things to women’s bodies as a matter of cultural or religious practice. Chinese Foot Binding 1000 years (until 20 th Century). Foot Fetishes Cameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA http://podiatry.curtin.edu.au/fetish.html#good.

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Body Practices

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  1. Body Practices Many societies have done radical things to women’s bodies as a matter of cultural or religious practice

  2. ChineseFoot Binding1000 years(until 20th Century)

  3. Foot FetishesCameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WAhttp://podiatry.curtin.edu.au/fetish.html#good

  4. Corsets

  5. Corsets • Girls started atage 14 tighteninguntil waist was18-19 inches

  6. Padaung tribe of Burma • Rings stretch out the neck;without the rings, theneck would break orwoman would suffocate

  7. Mauritania's 'wife-fattening' farm

  8. Prestige & Early Puberty

  9. Female Genital Mutilation

  10. Why? • Beliefs that women’s bodies are- not adequate and need to be “fixed”- threatening and must be “controlled” - not sexy enough and need to be “enhanced.” • Culture intervenes to “solve” the problem.

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