The Role of Chinese Women : The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

Title: The Role of Chinese Women : The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Category: Society & Culture / Geography
Details: Words: 1289 | Pages: 5.5 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Role of Chinese Women : The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

Traditional Chinese society was patriarchal, patrilineal, and patrilocal. In this male dominated society, sons were preferred to daughters, and women were expected to be subordinate to their fathers, husbands, and sons. Because marriages were arranged, young women and men had virtually no voice in the decisions on their marriage partner, resulting in loveless marriages. Once married, it was the woman who left her family and community and went to live with her husband's family, where …showed first 75 words of 1289 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1289 total…independent from men because of my mother's experience. It is so unfair how women are treated all around the world. I still feel that my father regrets having a daughter instead of a son.         The disgusting display of sexism in China has been immensely reduced by the Communist regime. However, the situation is still far from ideal. Although concubinage and foot-binding have been outlawed, the woman's role is still considered to be in the home.

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