{"id":245,"date":"2019-10-02T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/?p=245"},"modified":"2019-10-02T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T23:38:00","slug":"view-on-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/2019\/10\/02\/view-on-women\/","title":{"rendered":"View on Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout the readings for Tuesday\u2019s class, there was a common theme of women. The three stories in Ha Jin\u2019s, <\/span>The Bridegroom,<\/span> and the short reading in the GHS reader all shared insight into the cultural views on women in Chinese society. The GHS reader discussed how a woman should always have the best interests of her family in mind when making decisions. This was seen when Meniscus\u2019 mother moved around until she found the right place for her son to grow up. This was considered as the way of motherhood. Now, in our society, a family would not move around multiple times to find the best environment for a child to grow up in. There are many cases where families can not move due to financial or other reasons. There are more instances where families are not moving for their children than there are of families moving for their children. The reader continued to talk about a woman\u2019s duties within the family. One idea I found interesting was the \u201cthree submissions\u201d. This states that \u201cwhen she is young, she must submit to her parents. After her marriage, she must submit to her husband. When she is widowed, she must submit to her son.\u201d I thought this part, in particular, was interesting because I would never have thought that a woman should \u201csubmit\u201d to their children. I do not think that in general anyone should be submitting to anyone. I understand that children should respect their parents and that people should be equal in a marriage, but I don\u2019t think anyone in either situation is submitting. In today\u2019s society, children usually take care of their parents when they can no longer take care of themselves, but no one is submitting. If you want to read more about the role of women in Chinese society from the past and today click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Throughout the readings for Tuesday\u2019s class, there was a common theme of women. The three stories in Ha Jin\u2019s, The Bridegroom, and the short reading in the GHS reader all shared insight into the cultural views on women in Chinese society. The GHS reader discussed how a woman should always have the best interests of … <\/p>\n

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