Family, Kinship, Marriage, Sexuality - Family Relations
9 important questions on Family, Kinship, Marriage, Sexuality - Family Relations
What do the Confucian Three Obediences stand for?
- As an unmarried women she must obey her father.
- As a married women she must obey her husband
- As a widow she must obey her adult sons
Give two examples that show the low status of women in the traditional Chinese family.
- Among poor families female babies were sometimes killed at birth before 1949
- Poor parents might sell their daughter into slavery at three or four years old or as prostitues or concubines at twelve or fourteen.
- If a wife displeased her husband or mother-in-law she could be returned to her parents
- In times of economic stress she might be rented, leased or sold to a more prosperous man.
In which situations did the status of women improve in the traditional Chinese families?
- After the passage of years
- When she bore a son
- When a daughter-in-law would come under her direction
- Entering advanced age; authority began to approximate that of her husband.
- The death of her husband in some cases provided her with full power within the family
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From what did the oppression of women result?
How was women subordination undermined?
Why does selective abortion (due to the one-child-policy) occur less often in urban areas than in rural areas?
How did the communist regime improve the status of women?
What is family collectivism?
Describe the role of the mother in the 'new' Chinese families.
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