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Who was Mom as she might have been if part of her brain had not been crippled by her missionary parents' indoctrination of her, just as the bones in the feet of little girls in China were once deformed by foot-binding?
Frank Schaeffer: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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And since seeing Snow Flower, I've been more conscious than ever of this modern version of foot-binding -- at airports, sporting events, the grocery store.
Arianna Huffington: On Snow Flower, Female Friendship, and the Madness of High Heels Arianna Huffington 2011
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Missionaries were horrified by foot-binding, spoke out vociferously against it, and established anti-footbinding societies beginning in the 1870's.
Anastasia Hobbet: The Honor Code and the Arab Gulf Anastasia Hobbet 2010
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Who was Mom as she might have been if part of her brain had not been crippled by her missionary parents' indoctrination of her, just as the bones in the feet of little girls in China were once deformed by foot-binding?
Frank Schaeffer: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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Who was Mom as she might have been if part of her brain had not been crippled by her missionary parents' indoctrination of her, just as the bones in the feet of little girls in China were once deformed by foot-binding?
Frank Schaeffer: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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Appiah looks at four subjects: dueling, foot-binding, Atlantic slavery and honor killing, which is the only one he examines in depth that persists today.
Wayne Pacelle: Cruelties Destined for Condemnation Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Missionaries were horrified by foot-binding, spoke out vociferously against it, and established anti-footbinding societies beginning in the 1870's.
Anastasia Hobbet: The Honor Code and the Arab Gulf Anastasia Hobbet 2010
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Missionaries were horrified by foot-binding, spoke out vociferously against it, and established anti-footbinding societies beginning in the 1870's.
Anastasia Hobbet: The Honor Code and the Arab Gulf Anastasia Hobbet 2010
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Missionaries were horrified by foot-binding, spoke out vociferously against it, and established anti-footbinding societies beginning in the 1870's.
Anastasia Hobbet: The Honor Code and the Arab Gulf Anastasia Hobbet 2010
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Who was Mom as she might have been if part of her brain had not been crippled by her missionary parents' indoctrination of her, just as the bones in the feet of little girls in China were once deformed by foot-binding?
Frank Schaeffer: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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