Lessons For Women By Zhao B The Lament Of Chinese Women

Throughout this course, we learned that women’s studies originated as a concern at the time that “women and men noticed the absence, misrepresentation, and trivialization of women [in addition to] the ways women were systematically excluded from many positions of power and authority” (Shaw, Lee 1). In the past, men had more privileges than women. Women have battled for centuries against certain patterns of inadequacy that all women experience. Every culture and customs has divergent female

Publication of books and periodical revealed to the public the problems that women endured within their homes, education, labor, and health. In a male dominant society, men premeditated what roles women should play at home. Women were perceived as weaker than men, unable to think for themselves and their opinions were view as useless. Male dominating view of a woman’s role was to have no other aspirations but to take care of her husband, family and home.

From a young age girls were being taught their position in life consisted of taking care of their husband and the children they will provide him. Duties which demanded they remain in their home to complete. Typically the role of the female included being educated by their mother’s on how to sew, quilt,

Daily life during the Yuan dynasty was not so enjoyable life for woman. This is because woman had a very difficult life and had no rights,they were to be bossed around by men and couldn't accomplish anything themselves unless they make dinner.As well as ,girls were forbidden to have an education and only wealthy boys were able to attend school and because boys were able to succeed greater in society.According to this article called Ancient China:Daily life mentions something really interesting about woman “They were considered much less valuable than men. Sometimes when a baby girl was born she was put outside to die if the family didn't want it. This was considered okay in their society. Women had no say in who they would marry.”.Girls were

During life, birth, and death, a family is one of the few natures of life that are present throughout. Often times, the value of family is taken for granted, and people tend to disregard the importance it carries. Due to the power present in the nature of a man, often times it is challenging for women to establish a firm independence, in distinction of the common norms inaugurated in society and in family. In both A Thousand Splendid Suns and Pride and Prejudice, men are the dominant figures in all households, as they have control over their financial status, who their children marry, where they live, and create means in which the females of the family must follow. The inferiority that women face leads to an inquiry of an immense pride

Denounced by her own family and treated as a plastic toy for a child by another, Lindo Jong has also had her fair share of sexism in her life. Lindo’s very first interaction with sexism occurred when she was a child. Lindo was promised to the Huang family as a wife.

During the 18th Century women in China continued to be subordinated and subjected to men. Their status was maintained by laws, official policies, cultural traditions, as well as philosophical concepts. The Confucian ideology of 'Thrice Following'; identified to whom a women must show allegiance and loyalty as she progressed throughout her life-cycle: as a daughter she was to follow her father, as a wife she was to follow her husband, and as a widow she was to follow her sons. Moreover, in the Confucian perception of the distinction between inner and outer, women were consigned to the inner domestic realm and excluded from the outer realm of examinations, politics and public life. For

Like the Analects, Ban Zhao's writings do not attempt to address what is right or wrong about society and the role of women within it (Ban Zhao, Lessons for a Woman, 1). Instead, she blames the lack of female education on the ignorance of men, and maintains that although men understand their own place in the society, they fail to realize that the complementary role of women is one that must also be taught (Ban Zhao, Lessons for a Woman, 3). Her writings serve to rectify this

When it comes to discussing the manners and customs that dominated in China in the past century, numerous topics appear. Thanks to the numerous written testimonies, we can almost reconstruct the life and experiences of people in ancient China. Of course, many of the practices described are not only interesting, but surprising. In this paper I am going to take a closer look at the status of women in ancient Chinese family.

While it seems intuitive that the most democratic institutions of the world would be most

"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: 'It's a girl.'"

In traditional Chinese culture, women were inferior to men. They were not allowed to make any decisions concerning their families. Their only purpose in life was to stay home and take care of the households. "A woman's duties are to cook the five grains, heat the wine, look after her parents-in-law, make clothes, and that's all! ...she must follow the `three submissions.' When she is young, she must submit to her parents. After her marriage, she must submit to her husband. When she is widowed, she must submit to her son. These are the rules of propriety." ("The Mother Of Mencius", p.34) That's the principle that was followed in traditional China. Some of the examples of this are discussed in this

Sex-role expectations were a very important issue in the relationship between An-Mei and her daughter. Throughout the mother's life, she was expected to

One tradition of her Chinese culture includes silent women. Before Maxine’s sudden outburst with her mother in the last section of the novel regarding her “list of over two hundred things that [she] had to tell her mother so that she would know the true things about [her]…” (197), the audience saw Maxine as a meek young lady who was trained to remain silent. The opening words of the book began with “you must not tell anyone” (3). It seems as if Brave Orchid, Maxine’s mother, has taught her to keep things a secret. In Ban Zhao’s “Admonitions for Women,” she discusses how women must “choose [their] words with care, to avoid vulgar language, to speak at appropriate times, and not to be offensive to others…”

The world is seeking for equalities nowadays, civil equality, social equality, political equality, etc. And among all these equalities, the most important and most basic equality is gender equality. Gender equality does not seem to be a problem now, but back in the days, Victorian Era for example, there is no gender equality. A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibson, described the development of a woman, Nora Helmer, who lived in the Victorian Era, from her husband’s doll-wife to an independent individual. The way Nora’s husband, Torvald Helmer, treated her illustrates that in the Victorian Era, women had no rights, the role they played in the society are housewives, and their existence is only for pleasing their husbands and to be a part of their husband’s property.