I love it!! Every word you wrote is great.
I’ve seen documents where women have put coils on their neck to stretch them and eventually without the coils they couldn’t hold their head upright.
I never heard of this. The foot binding was largely a class thing. Poorer, lower class women were not expected to meet this ideal of beauty. It was the privileged (!!!) who were given the gift of having their bones broken.
No more crazy than having your pinky toe amputated or botulinum injected into your body.
Thanks for the reblog and kind words. It's very gratifying.
AG, It is the women of the Thai Kayan tribe in Thailand that stretch their necks. They are often called "Giraffe Women” who follow this old tradition.
source
Thank you! I started reading about this last night.