Comments on: Tuesday Turnip

By: Aemi

Aemi — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:39:47 +0000

Foot binding was not only seen as beautiful but used as a means of keeping the women immobile, unable to venture outside [or much inside] without aid and special hoof-like shoes. If I remember correctly, it happened more with the higher classes, as the peasant class women were occasionally expected to work.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:22:31 +0000

Thanks for the notes, guys. The point of the Turnip is to post exactly what the Internet search engine “turns up.” We don’t claim the ‘facts’ are accurate, or the spelling, for that matter. Everything you will ever read in a Turnip is copied and pasted directly from the website(s) cited.

By: Scott from Cincy

Scott from Cincy — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:25:56 +0000

You might want to use some more of that Mental Floss…

Its spelled Cincinnati, not Cincinatti.

Otherwise, a fine article.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:17:16 +0000

Good points Alice. I also seem to remember it being his heel and not ankle.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:01:11 +0000

Rachel may be onto something. Here we are, 1000 years later, still practicing the barbaric art of foot bondage. Is it any wonder most women are, are … wait, maybe I won’t go there…

Perhaps women’s footwear is only the number 2 cause of “marital, career, or mental problems”.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:37:29 +0000

I believe the last point should specify exactly what kind of “problems” we’re talking about, here. Foot problems, perhaps? Or could the average woman’s shoe choice be the source of her marital, career, or mental problems?

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:24:58 +0000

Why do women force their feet into improperly fitting shoes? Have you ever seen what old women’s feet look like after they’ve spent years doing that? Ugh. Give me some cute, but well fitting shoes anyday. Besides, what’s with the point?

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:21:56 +0000

Ovid’s Illiad??? Gee, in school I was taught that Homer wrote the “Iliad” and Ovid wrote “The Art of Love” Annnnnd, unlike the llama, Iliad has only one L.