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Gender in China: The Role of Women

Gender in China: The Role of Women. Jennifer French Hudson Falls High School Hudson Falls, NY 12839. What do you think of?. The Influence of Confucianism. Filial Piety. Patriarchy. Honor. What's a girl to do?. What would Confucius say?.

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Gender in China: The Role of Women

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  1. Gender in China: The Role of Women Jennifer French Hudson Falls High School Hudson Falls, NY 12839

  2. What do you think of?

  3. The Influence of Confucianism Filial Piety Patriarchy Honor What's a girl to do?

  4. What would Confucius say? "Those who cannot be taught, cannot be instructed. These are women and eunuchs." "We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women." "If you love your wife, you spoil your mother's servant." What’s a mother to do?

  5. Enter…Ban Zhou • foremost female Confucian of the age of Han • Her brother was a court historian, her father a respected writer and administrator • She wroteLessons for Women , a “how to” guide for young girls and women in China.

  6. Ladies, practice these lessons… Let a woman retire late to bed, but rise early to her duties Let her not dread tasks by day or by night Let her not refuse to perform domestic duties whether easy or difficult Choose words with care; to avoid vulgar language, to speak at appropriate times BE OBEDIENT!

  7. Gender in the United States:The Role of Women What are the “traditional” expectations?

  8. Bibliography • www.googleimages.com • http://www.womeninworldhistory.com • http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/banzhao.html • http://www.women-philosophers.com/Pan-Chou.html • http://www.chinapage.com/mulan-e.html

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