1. Patterns of Life - China I. Not Equal A. age, gender, education, occupations affected your place in society. B. (& Key term 1). Gentry (wealthy land owners) at the top C. Peasants – most were this, could move up in society.

2. II. Certain Values A. (& Key term 2) filial piety –family above self; respect for elders B. Parents influence families

3. III. Women thought to be “Inferior to men” A. Role was work and bear male children; left her family to live with hubby’s B. Young bride obeyed husband and mother-in-law C. Foot binding (more to come) D. Birth of girls not celebrated 

4. What do American's do to look good?

8. Foot Binding!

9. The process of foot binding started for the young girls anywhere from the age of four to six. It was done so early in her life so that the arch did not have much time to develop. The mother was the one to bind the feet, and usually started the process late in the fall or winter, so the foot would be numb and the pain would not be as severe.

11. The daughters' feet would first be soaked in warm water or animal blood and herbs. The special potion that was used for this caused any dead flesh to fall off. She would have her toe nails cut as short as possible therefore not allowing them to grow into the foot. After she received a foot massage, the four smallest toes on each foot were broken.

13. This was not even the worst of the pain. The mother soaked silk or cotton bandages in the same liquid the girl's feet were soaked in. The bandages, which were ten feet long and two inches wide, were wrapped around the smallest toes and pulled tightly to the heel. Every two days, the binding was removed and rebound. This part of the process went on for two years. By this time her feet were three to four inches long. To assure the feet staying small, the ritual continued for at least ten more years.

20. Pack of Cigarettes

24. A 105-year-old woman, who has bound feet, has her toenails cut by her daughter in Jiukou county of Zhongxiang city in central China's Hubei province June 28, 2006. Foot binding, which aims to make a woman's feet look tiny and therefore desirable, was practiced in China for centuries before it was banned in 1912 at the fall of the last imperial dynasty.

25. WHY?! Small feet = beautiful & wealthy (don’t need to work the fields)

26. The practice was officially outlawed about 100 years ago – but was last done in 1957

30. What about today?

31. Are we that different???

35. And today? From April 29, 2014! http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/extreme-plastic-surgery-toe-shortening-high-heels-16938698

36. Patterns of Life 1. 1.Social Classes 2. 2.Gentry 3. 3.Peasant 4. 4.Social mobility 5. 5.Joint family 6. 6.Filial piety 7. 7.Respect for ancestors 8. 8.Marriage 9. 9.Role of women