Role of Women in China Past and Present

China is, and always has been, a patrilineal and patriarchal society. It is well known that Chinese society emphasis the importance of the family and the hierarchy within the family. Men's superiority and women's inferiority are deeply rooted in the 2,000-year-old Chinese culture and are reflected in many aspects of social life. Obtaining positions of housewife, child bearer, cook, and other domestic duties is what women of China are limited to, but yet common in …

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