Look at this woman's feet!!

[Abstract]

We go from 4 feet tall to over 6. Our shoe sizes can go from 3 to a mens 14. We don't all wear size 0 clothing, some wear sizes as big as 20 or even larger. Some of us have A cup boobs, while others have natural D+.

Saying that on average Asian women are shorter and smaller than other women now is like saying that race has a correlation with intelligence. Maybe a long time ago someone had the crackpot idea that it did, but no, there was no such correlation. Every difference could be explained by social differences, not by race.

You're right, but in general, yes, asian women are smaller than women of other races. So are asian men.

 

[janey]

You're right, but in general, yes, asian women are smaller than women of other races. So are asian men.

I dunno, I honestly think it depends on where you are exactly.

At home, I'm average, and so are pretty much all the asian folks I know, male or female or inbetween. But I stepped foot in Seoul a couple of years ago, and suddenly I was taller (and fatter, dammit) than adult women wearing heels (and a lot of guys too...).

I also went clothing shopping in and around Seoul, and even though I wear size 8-12 clothes which isn't abnormal or anything in the US, just average, there wasn't much that fit very well. Makes me wonder where people go shopping for larger clothes.

 

[macmama]

Good grief, I thought you all were exaggerating about the vomiting bit, but when I read the description of how they did the binding on wiki, my stomach turned bigtime, especially thinking of how my little one reacts to even very brief pain, like a blood draw.

Here's too all of these hideous practices we inflict upon children becoming ancient history.

 

[Chrismcfall]

It's a pretty horrible practise. A book I read, Chinese Cinderella, Has parts about this, and women in china in the past in general.