INTRODUCTION As I read the newspaper story, my eyes widen with every word, “According to the National Institute of Mental Health there are over 5 million people in the United States suffering with eating disorders. 1% of all North American teenagers have eating disorders. 10% of these teenagers will die. People struggling with anorexia are among those whose health are at great risk…”( www.planet-therapy.com) And then I see a picture of a young girl, nothing but …showed first 75 words of 4111 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4111 total…talked about the Chinese immigrants who lived in San Francisco with bound feet. 8. http://www.planet-therapy.com/problems/anorexia.html This web sight had the anorexia statistics that I used in the introduction. 9. Rita, Aero. Things Chinese, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1980. Things Chinese discussed the role of foot binding in the intricate social structure of the Chinese. It mainly focused on how foot binding was a way to reinforce the female gender role in society.