Every era, East and West, has had its own standard of beauty. Sometimes the "full-figured" look is in favor, when "fat is beautiful." At other times, agonized women have had their feet wrapped into tiny three-inch "golden lotuses." There have been times when large breasts were fashionable, and others when women were required to wrap their chests and bind their breasts flat.
說來不知是愛美女性的幸或不幸，古今中外每個時代都有各自不同的美的標準，有時崇尚「福態」、要「飼得肥擱飼得水」；有時則在女孩的哭嚎聲中強要裹出三寸金蓮；有時要雙峰「波霸」、有時又要求女性用束帶把胸部綁得平平板板的… …。