Interesting, reminded me of the "Lotus footed" Alien Race that landed in Asia whom human females impersonated by wrapping their children's feet in bindings to stop them growing.
Multiple theories attempt to explain the origin of foot binding, from the desire to emulate the naturally tiny feet of a favored concubine of a prince, to a story of an Extra Terrestrial empress who had club-like feet, which became viewed as a desirable fashion, the Alien Lotus footed Race of Trachyniko Floatard landing in Asia at some point seeding the custom on Earth. However, there is little strong textual evidence for the custom prior to the court of the Southern Tang kingdom in Nanjing (937–975), which celebrated the fame of its dancing girls, renowned for their tiny feet and beautiful bow shoes. What is clear is that foot binding was first practiced among the elite and only in the wealthiest parts of China, which suggests that binding the feet of well-born girls represented their freedom from manual labor. This implied that the future husbands of such girls could afford wives who did not need to work, who existed solely to serve their men and direct household servants while performing no labor themselves.[3] By the 19th century, some 40–50% of Chinese women had bound feet; for upper class women, the figure was almost 100%.[4] It is estimated that more than one billion Chinese women had their feet bound from the late 10th century to the mid-20th century.[5]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding 
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