Miss Chopsticks Analysis

Most females are not respected and are heavily pressured by their parents. Many Chinese women are expected to be in arranged marriages and are not respected in their family or the work-place. Woman that aren’t even born yet suffer from infanticide. If the parents came to find that they were having a girl from ultrasound- they would abort that child and try for a boy causing pre-birth ultrasounds to be banned. “Negative social consequences, particularly sex discrimination. With boys being viewed as culturally preferable, the practice of female infanticide was resumed in some areas shortly after the one-child policy took effect.” (Document E) “I hate to say it but the one-child policy should party be blamed for some social issues in youth today.” “She wished she has a brother or sister to share all the attention.” (Document F) This evidence supports the claim that the one-child policy was a bad policy because women have always been culturally no preferable, causing unborn females to be aborted.

“We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can’t escape what we are... obedient chinese daughters.” This quote sums up the world that May and Pearl live in, that no matter the culture, no matter the time period, and no matter the situation, your gender decides your fate or does it? The theme of gender and how they dictate our roles in society run rampant in Shanghai Girls by Lisa Lee. Lee’s novel covers a great deal about the immigrant experience and the struggles they had to go through to adapt to their new environment but one thing they didn 't need to adapt was the parts they played in their families. The importance of this traditional society,where the men are the breadwinners and the women the caretakers are first shown in how Pearl and Mays family worked. The father was expected to make money and take care of the household, while the mother, May and Pearl were off fooling around. When the situation turns dire, the father does not conform to his role to help his family and takes the easy way out and sells off his daughters. However the father did not account for his daughters refusing the offer he already made to pay back his debts. This caused a thunderstorm of confusion and trouble, which led to the death of respect, Pearl had for her father. For in this critical moment, the father wet himself and could not muster out a word but the mother brilliantly stepped in and defused the situation. “I see hardness in her that I’ve never seen before.”,

The Tang was a very aristocratic society that is known for being the “Golden Age” in Chinese history, with some of the greatest developments in the society occurring, (CD Benn, 2002). The dynasty made the unheard-of move of allowing women to sit for the Imperial examination and serve as government officials, with women enjoying the unprecedented power in politics (CD Benn, 2002). Charles Benn’s book, “China’s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang dynasty”, is a secondary source in the form of a book, published in 2002. He is a professor studying Chinese history, in particular, the Tang dynasty, and in his publication, details the lives of Chinese people in this dynasty. Women had much more freedom than seen in any dynasty before it and it gave women a voice and saw women with almost as equal rights in society, with women finally being able to enjoy the privilege of education and marriage

As civilizations grew and morphed into the international superpowers of today, they also gave rise to vast seas of inequalities. Inequalities between those of different social rankings, inequalities in the workplace, and, most importantly, inequalities between genders were just a few of the looming stratifications accompanying the rise of society. However, these inequalities were expressed differently by different peoples and societies. Although patriarchies were the social norm of the time, the patriarchies of Han Dynasty China, Tang Dynasty China, and Song Dynasty China each had small nuances that made their patriarchies positively peculiar. These nuances include, but are not limited to the level of social and economic freedom afforded to women, the powers women held, and the level of brutality women experienced.

Medieval China, as seen in the Stories from a Ming Collection, was characterized by distinct separations between men and women’s abilities, typical old fashioned family structure, and a desire to advance their social status. Throughout all the stories in this book, it dives deep into different aspects of how men and women are treated, how families were structured and how that affects their lives, as well as the values these people held. A very common trend in the stories was how different men and women were treated and the limitations they may or may not had.

Women in Ancient China during the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty lived in oppressed lives. Society perceived them as inferior to their husbands and parents-in-law. Their role in the family were to be housewives taking care of their family and maintaining the household chores. They were always under the instructions of their husbands and parents-in-law in they were treated like servants. They also had no control in their personal decisions because they were not allowed to decide who they were going to marry and what they wanted to do in their careers. Parents of daughters would also force their daughters to foot-binding because it would attract potential wealthy husbands. This paper argues that although the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty were known as the golden periods for China, nevertheless, it was overlooked by historians that women during the time were victims of gender inequality because they lived with no control over their personal lives and were expected to be submissive to their husbands.

Most of us have good education, which lead to above average jobs; we then settle down to raise our families, mostly in the upscale parts of the cities in America. The rest of our focuses are on our next generation so that they can be on the same track or better than our own. We come from the most populous country in the world, but one with a single dominating ethnic group (almost 100% are Han Chinese in major cities). Since the start of Chinese history, caring about people outside our race is never our thing, but equality has been the biggest social issue for thousands of years. “Inequality, rather than want, is the cause of trouble,” (不患寡而患不均) from Confucius Analects 2500 years ago, the adage that runs in our blood is still with most of us today, even while coexisting in this melting pot society for

When one compares villages like the Loushui village in soutwest China to the United States, one can notice cultural and societal differences between these places. While the United States is a patriarchal society, where the father is the head of the family, the villages are a matriarchal society The Mosuo women are believed to part of the last matriarchal society in China. Even as an agricultural society, women are out in the field working, but some stay inside to help with the children. Back in U. S’s agricultural times, the men did all the working while the women took care of the children and did all the household work. The Mosuo women do take care of the children in these societies, but the women’s family help as well. While in the United

The Communist Revolution had both a negative and positive impact on the social development of China. In 100 C.E the women were controlled by their husbands. If the wife was unworthy to her husband, it was considered unnatural. The relationship between the man and woman was said to be destroyed and neglected (Document 7). In current communist china, the woman are given more opportunities to achieve their dreams and get equal rights they deserve. These rights include the

What was expected of the female children was vastly different than what was expected of the adults. Unlike most cultures where the boys attend school and the girls learn housework, it is believed that neither attended school. Instead, boy’s learned men’s work and girls did work alongside the females in their life. They learned to cook, garden, and take care of domestic animals and make clothing. By the time the females are ready to marry at the expected ages,

China has centuries of rich history that is studied today. China is a popular and common area of study when researching East Asian topics. Throughout history, it was recorded that many European explorers were disgusted by the cultural practice of foot binding. They viewed the practice as cruel and unnecessary modifications to women’s bodies. In an article released in 1898, the Washington Post says "man has feet as house-pillars have stone supports, as the cart has its axel. There is no movement nor activity without the use of feet. Therefore in binding there is cruelty like that of cutting off legs." In the nineteenth century, to what extent did western perceptions of foot binding in China differ from Chinese perceptions? This essay argues

Alicia S.M. Leung writes, “Confucian ethics accepted the subservience of women to men as natural and proper because women were generally regarded as unworthy or incapable of education.” This demonstrates that although Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party might have had the good intentions to advance women through their policies, these polices were destined to not work out from the start, because of the thousands of years of influence Confucianism has on Chinese society.

There have been significance changes in these practices and they remain significantly distinct in Urban and rural areas. For instance, free marriage is promoted now. Rural women, unlike before have more freedom, they have their own choice in migrating to the new cities to work where they are often seen as the “cheap” labor. Unlike traditionally, women are economical independent of their husbands. There is huge gap between urban and rural China, especially when it comes to the gender equality. This fact, adds further complexity in explaining the marital and family situations. Rural china still reflects on following their ancestral customs whereas the urban China is following the footsteps of the developed nations. There is increasing preference for nuclear family. Furthermore, urbanizations have changed beliefs of people when it comes to children. Having children was considered first priority before, but now most of these

During the 1990s China experienced very significant changes in its culture and economy. “Iron rice bowls” were removed and the country began to shift further toward capitalism from socialism. The idea and symbolism of the “iron rice bowl” plays a big role throughout the history of China. It has a literal meaning as well as a symbolic meaning that is tied to socialism. Where this socialist system lacks competition the capitalist system that the country is converting to is built off of competition. The story “Iron Rice Bowl” illustrates the transformation in China from socialism to capitalism through the main character, Dong. Dong is a representation of the old system, he is exploited by the new system, and then converts to the new competitive system and improves his economic state through his business. The economy and business world is the main focal point of the author. However there is a direct correlation in the stories competitive business world to other parts of society like education that better society through competition. The author Qui Xiaolong uses the story to express his belief that competition improves society through Dongs experience.

In the film “China Blue”, a seventeen year old girl, Jasmine Li, works in a Chinese jeans factory. From this documentary we learn about the pay Jasmine was receiving for her hard work, half a Yuan an hour which is equal to about six US cents. We also learn about the condition of the factory and dorms, the rules that the workers have to abide to, and how important these factories are. From just these sweat shops we learn about the economic, social, and political problems that has arisen in China. It also shows us inequality and inequity of the society in China.