Danielle

These ideals, based on the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, emphasized hierarchy, moral behavior, and social order, and shaped nearly every aspect of Chinese society.

Foot binding was a painful practice where a girl's toes were broken and their feet were tightly bound into a smaller shape, and it was still common among the upper-class Han women, seen as a symbol of beauty and status. However, obviously, it severely limited mobility and meant that wealthy women were not expected to work.

Foot binding was a painful practice where a girl's toes were broken and their feet were tightly bound into a smaller shape, and it was still common among the upper-class Han women, seen as a symbol of beauty and status. However, obviously, it severely limited mobility and meant that wealthy women were not expected to work.

Foot binding was a painful practice where a girl's toes were broken and their feet were tightly bound into a smaller shape, and it was still common among the upper-class Han women, seen as a symbol of beauty and status. However, obviously, it severely limited mobility and meant that wealthy women were not expected to work.

For women from poorer backgrounds, survival often meant doing whatever jobs were available, which was often sex work. This is where the story of Cheng Yi Cao, who still went by the name Shi Young, at the time began.

For women from poorer backgrounds, survival often meant doing whatever jobs were available, which was often sex work. This is where the story of Cheng Yi Cao, who still went by the name Shi Young, at the time began.

For women from poorer backgrounds, survival often meant doing whatever jobs were available, which was often sex work. This is where the story of Cheng Yi Cao, who still went by the name Shi Young, at the time began.

She worked as a sex worker on a floating brothel, commonly referred as a flower boat, where it is believed that she had a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, often involving herself in conversations with the wealthy men who visited.

She worked as a sex worker on a floating brothel, commonly referred as a flower boat, where it is believed that she had a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, often involving herself in conversations with the wealthy men who visited.

She worked as a sex worker on a floating brothel, commonly referred as a flower boat, where it is believed that she had a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, often involving herself in conversations with the wealthy men who visited.

She's like, I might be in this role, but I'm still a businesswoman at heart.

She's like, I might be in this role, but I'm still a businesswoman at heart.

She's like, I might be in this role, but I'm still a businesswoman at heart.

I like to think that it was a negotiation.

I like to think that it was a negotiation.

I like to think that it was a negotiation.

Yeah. If she's a savvy businesswoman, she meets this guy who's a leader of a large pirate ship. And, you know, she sees the opportunity here to get out of her work. I imagine it was some type of negotiation.

Yeah. If she's a savvy businesswoman, she meets this guy who's a leader of a large pirate ship. And, you know, she sees the opportunity here to get out of her work. I imagine it was some type of negotiation.

Yeah. If she's a savvy businesswoman, she meets this guy who's a leader of a large pirate ship. And, you know, she sees the opportunity here to get out of her work. I imagine it was some type of negotiation.

It's never you. Yeah. And your, your worth is surrounded by the importance of men and you are only important if you can give birth to a son if you give birth to a girl that's that's not the same you know it's just i think it's sad and i know it's a it was a cultural thing and but it just i don't i don't like it