The Late Qing Gender-Sex System

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

Shen Fu’s work doesn’t construe the treatment of women during this time, but provides a glimpse into an exception to the rule. Women were harshly treated and received little attention during the Qing Dynasty. They were regarded as property and not allowed to leave the house without a man to accompany them. It was highly discouraged that they learn to read or write and they were not allowed to lead fulfilling lives, as they were bound to their husbands. Shen Fu does express some of these characteristics, such as being with courtesans and other mistresses, but he truly had a heartfelt love

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

Within chinese society, this meant that the ideals for a women were strictly tied to their role within the family home, and specifically the inner chamber. The prevalence of this model of feminine behavior is backed by the many writings directed toward the instruction of women. One of these is written by Song Ruozhao, and her Analectics for Women became a text of rules to aspire to within the Tang dynasty (SEAT, 415). This writing emphasises the role of women in maintaining the family, and the shame associated with “the ways of lazy women” (p. 419). In actuality, it is unlikely that this perfect female ideal could ever be achieved. This did not mean that women did not try, but it can be assumed that this would have been more common for those of the elite classes. For those women who were of lesser birth, it is probable that they would have had more flexibility with the gender roles, as their labor would have been needed to supplement with tasks that were seen as traditionally masculine, such as in

Women living during the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty lived in a society where gender roles were strictly imposed. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty existed in two distinctive time periods, but the roles of women were indistinguishable between the pair. The Han Dynasty existed from 206 BCE-220 CE, while the Roman Empire lasted from 27 CE-476 CE. The treatment women received in the Han and Roman societies were all based on gender and stereotypes. Women’s roles in marriage, domestic life, and society in the Roman Empire and Han China portrayed their limited freedom and voice.

The role of women in both the the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire women was ambiguous. The Han Dynasty ruled from 206 BCE–220 CE. Much later came the Roman Empire, which lasted from 27 CE-476 CE. In these civilizations, elite women were treated very differently than men because of their gender. Women had limited political freedom, their marriages were not loving partnerships, and women’s social expectations oppressed them. Although the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were separated by many miles, their women were treated with equal inequality.

The passage Lesson for Women is a work done by Ban Zhao that goes into detail on the proper ways a lady should act. Not only does the author explain the ways but she also goes into detail to help others understand what it’s like for a woman of that time period. When writing the author provides us with detailed sentences and a lot of informative material. Over the course of this essay we will be breaking down the key elements of this passage to fully understand it.

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

Based on Lessons for Women, women in the China were taught that they were unworthy, unsophisticated, unenlightened and by nature unintelligent. (Strayer

The idea of feminism has not always been common. The term “feminism” wasn’t introduced until the 1970s. This shows how society didn’t allow anything that had to due with everyone being equal because of the standards that society constructed. In all the versions of Mulan, I think that Disney’s Mulan was the most strict on her having Ancient China’s role of being a woman. This would be having kids, helping clean around the house and not working for money, but working for her husband and kids. In Disney’s Mulan, her family is more hard on her to be a lady and for her to be the proper role of a women. This is because they went to a “matchmaker” to find her husband, and after saving everyone several times, she was still looked down upon because she was a woman.

The liang min usually are peasants, commercial and artisan classes; and according to the article, in the hierarchy of ling min, there are a stratum of jian min or so called the “mean people” below them. The jian min are often having stigmatized occupations and presumably immoral conduct determined their databased legal status. They usually work as actors, prostitution, domestic salves.” People are expected to have a different treatment for liang min and jian min. There will be no doubt that jian min will receive a higher penalty then the liang min in the case of committing the same crime. The jian min will receive a lot higher penalty when they commit a crime towards the liang min, while compare the same tier crime within liang min. It is quite ironic that when the liang min committed crime towards the jin min, they can be decrease their penalty as they are superior than those jin min. This shows the serious hierarchy in the ancient china Qing Dynasty, yet this phenomena of hierarchy regarding the peasants status are actually not limited happening in the Qing dynasty in China, they exist everywhere all through the world. I have come across several readings concerning the violence and gender in the France and United States. In my previous classes, referring to June Jordan poem “Poem about My Rights”. She said that in France, if a guy penetrates but does not ejaculate, that he consented he did not, because the woman is classified as wrong, and the women is black, she is the target of sexual abuse. The classification of the black women in the society are similar with the classification of the jian min in the Qing dynasty of ancient China, that jian min can be referred or classified as prostitute, whereas the black peoples are being classified as the person that can be sexual

As reported by (nick yee, 2003) homosexuality is a current western concept (Foucault,1980) different form the conception of male-male sexual bonds of other cultures in different ways. on the other hand homosexuality considers a lifelong predisposition, other cultures have temporary constructed male-male sexual bonds as phases, homosexuality is revealed in the western concept when it is contrasted with how romantic and male-male bonds were dealt in imperial China where some male emperors had male harems and favorite male mistress, also where male prostitution (for men) was common till the end of the Qing Dynasty. There was no word for homosexuality in chinese because it was not recognised as integral or defining as part of an individual’s identity.

It is said that gender is the oldest hierarchy in the world. This could mean that gender is the solidest system and archetype in our life. This paper will develop the idea considering certain image shown on a photo.

Western and Eastern civilizations have always been be incompatible with their thinking and teachings; especially when looking at certain topic such as Gender, sex and religion. Gender is defined as the cultural, behavioral, or psychological characteristics, typically belonging to one sex. Sex is the behavioral, functional and Structural characteristics that distinguish males from females; it is also the act of people (or animals) attempting to sexually reproduce. Western civilizations and religions have always been strict and less accepting when it comes to the conversation of gender and sex. It is usually something that is not discussed at all. They’re topics that are considered to be taboo. As time has progressed Western cultures are

Born and raised to a wealthy family of high social standings in Taiwan, Yinghong, although well-educated, was still raised to uphold the traditional values of a Taiwanese woman. In fact, the reason why Lin Xigeng was attracted to Yinghong in the first place was because she was born to the Zhu Clan. At their first meeting, Yinghong described Lin Xigeng as having a “surprised look” on his face, which was indicative that “she had caught his attention” (24). Lin Xigeng was surprised due to the fact that even though it may seem like Yinghong’s appearance at a businessmen’s dinner was nothing out of the norm due to her education and family background, it was still irregular for a woman to appear at one of those dinners unless they are identified as someone whose job was to keep the