4. ROLE OF WOMEN IN
CHINA (PAST)
Up until the early 1900’s, women were deprived equal rights and were to
serve the needs of men.
Women served as slaves, concubines and prostitutes.
From infancy, women were prepared by others to serve her future husband.
One major example would be foot bindings.
At the age of three or four, mothers bound their daughter’s feet with
bandages, which was a custom dating back to the eleventh century
If a woman’s feet were not bound they would be seen as unsuitable for
marriage.
5. CALL FOR WOMEN’S
RIGHTS
Nationalists deemed the process of foot binding
unethical in the 1920’s, which eventually led to the
women’s rights movement.
Mao Tse-Tung outlawed foot binding when he took
power in 1949.
Tse-Tung believed that by forcing gender equality in
China, China would become a world power.
6. ROLE OF WOMEN IN
CHINA (PRESENT)
Theoretically, women of China have equality of
education, marriage and freedom.
One major problem women face today is the “one-
child policy.”
Killing a child before birth is promoted in China and
with half a million “sex specific” abortions there is an
unequal distribution of men and women in China.
This leads to men being more successful due to their
strength in numbers.
7. FURTHER EXPLANATION
OF SEX SPECIFIED ABOARTIONS
Due to sex-specified abortions in China, the
abduction of female teenagers is on a rise today.
It is estimated that thousands of women are being
sold into prostitution and mail-order brides since the
economic boom of the 1980’s.
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Changing Role of Women in China.” HyperHistory.net. Web. 10 June 2010. <http://
www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w24womenchinap22k.htm>
“Women in China Finally Making a Great Leap Forward / The Christian Science Monitor -
CSMonitor.com.” The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com. Web. 10 June 2010.
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