What I know about roles of women in China is that there is a lot expected of women however very little credit is given to them for the things they do. In the past, I believe, women's roles were usually in the house. They usually took care of household chores, taking care of children, extended family members, and in laws. Women usually did not know how to read or write unless they came from a wealthy family. In poor familes that did not have a male son, women (daughters and wives) were expected to help out outside the home (farming) and inside the home.
Also, if I am correct, I know that women's roles in the King's palace was to please him and to bear him children. These women usually came from rich wealthy backgrounds. It was usually consider an honor for women to become one of the king's concubine.
However, I am pretty sure it is much different today, although there is still some inequality between men and womens roles, I think that women have come a long way and are getting their hands wet in a variety of things.
I think that we all have this idea that women in chinaare oppressed and less equal and I definitely agree with Rachel in hoping to get pass these negative connotations that we established. As I am looking up sources for our presentation, I am seeing that it wasn't that bad for women in China. Women have done quite a bit in the history of China and even presently. I think it is a good idea to break up women's role in different areas of China. I think Education, business, home and government is a GREAT start to understanding the roles of women.
I think by Friday, we should start summarizing what key themes we want to touch upon in our presentations and then look for more sources and at each other's to get a good idea of what is worth presenting on.
I think Famy and Education is good to focus on. If you focus on Family Christina, it is a huge category to talk about. As I look over our readings I see topic that are worth going into further detail (regarding family) about so that's also a good place if you see what you can talk about under famly. And also since there is alot to talk about under the Family subcat we might consider breaking it up if needed?
Another thing that we can talk about is how confucianism, buddhism and taoism affected the roles of women. is this two small of a sub category.? and/ Or talking about women in government/policy/ china's land and people. Also in this, I can tie into how social class has shaped women's roles as well.I can also talk about te role of governtment/laws/ policies in shaping the role of women. I am reading through some articles and there seems to be a good amount of ifo already so if I dwelved deeper then we can find more. What do you guys think?
For my presentation, I am laying the ground works fo the different factors that affected women's roles, so I am touching upon the roles of confuc., taoism, buddhism, social class, govt policies/law . I'll briefly talk about how women have come a long way but you guys def. can add more to that.
I think our presentation went well, I think we gave the class a good overview of the role of women in China. I hope that we were able to present our materials clearly. I hope that despite the negative connotations of the roles of women in China, they were able to see that there are some positive outcomes and progress for women in China too.
Also, if I am correct, I know that women's roles in the King's palace was to please him and to bear him children. These women usually came from rich wealthy backgrounds. It was usually consider an honor for women to become one of the king's concubine.
However, I am pretty sure it is much different today, although there is still some inequality between men and womens roles, I think that women have come a long way and are getting their hands wet in a variety of things.
http://www.colorq.org/articles/article.aspx?d=asianwomen&x=chinhistory
This site seems to be very good in stories regarding women in history and what they have done for china. It breaks it up into different dynasties and it's really neat.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1106354/the_role_of_women_in_chinese_culture_pg3.html?cat=38
This article gives a pretty good synopsis of women and the role and a lot of what we talked about in class. However, it is a tad long so it might be tedious to go through it.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2608687/pdf/jnma00491-0054.pdf
This is a research done by a doctor and it seems to be really reliable. I think that it would be a good source to use because it highlights women and the role of maternal care.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/31/AR2006073101399.html
This other article talks about women's role in poverty, I think this is another good point if we want to focus on it at all in our presentation. We can even talk about women's role in the higher class, compared to working/poor class.
Another thing that we can talk about is how confucianism, buddhism and taoism affected the roles of women. is this two small of a sub category.? and/ Or talking about women in government/policy/ china's land and people. Also in this, I can tie into how social class has shaped women's roles as well.I can also talk about te role of governtment/laws/ policies in shaping the role of women. I am reading through some articles and there seems to be a good amount of ifo already so if I dwelved deeper then we can find more. What do you guys think?