Chinese Women

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Chinese Women

Women Situation in China
Yuan Jiang
CCF 9659 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)
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The current China men and women debate was strayed off from the issue of women's condition in China. Few articles give a comprehensive picture on the condition.
First, Chinese tradition, like others, believes that the right place for women is home. Contacts with the west at the turn of this century did bring changes to the treatment of women, e.g. feet bonding and education. But the destiny of women was still home.
The communist revolution brought Soviet ideas and practices to China. The idea is that men and women are equal. (Most communist ideas are good). Everything men can do, women can too. But there is another idea from the Soviet guiding the practice -- men and women are good at different things. Women are caring and detail oriented as they show at home.
The practice is that housewives were encouraged to join the work force in late 50's and have stayed there. Girls are encouraged to be doctors, nurses, biologists, textile workers and are discouraged to take up physics and engineering by their parents. The shirts, shoes and toys you buy in discount stores are more likely to be made by China women rather by men. You will not be surprised to see women doctors everywhere in China or see women biologists saturating Amer...

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