Women in New China
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- Created on: 30-12-14 20:10
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- Women in the New China
- Confucius' teaching
- Founding philosopher - 5th/6th Century
- 'Obedience of wives to their husbands'
- Created harmony within society
- Concubines
- Mistresses - used for men's pleasure
- Women = objects
- Mao followed this also
- Arranged marriages/bride price
- Mao's story - 1907
- Became betrothed at 14 to a woman 7 years older
- Marriages acted as a financial agreement between 2 families
- Love was not considered
- Women = objects
- Bride price = provided money for girl's family
- Mao's story - 1907
- Foot binding
- Song period - breaking the bones of a young girls' feet then binding them
- Sought after attribute of female beauty
- Symbol of male dominance (social subordination)
- Cultural traditions/husbands family
- Male side of the family was all-important
- After marriage, a girl had to forsake her own family and her priorities laid with her husband's familiy
- Changsta incident: 1919
- Arranged marriage - woman slit her throat on her wedding day in front of guests
- Confucius' teaching
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