That causes you to cringe?

I could MAYBE understand if it had been about the chinese tradition of snapping little girls feet in half, then binding them together to get this: 

[img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/GebundenerFuss.jpg]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding]

Genetic defects MDK? Weak. :P