3. Can you think of any ways in which Chinese culture affects gender roles?
Yes, there are many traditional Chinese gender concepts affect gender roles in today’s society. In ancient tome, the Chinese ideology of feminine inequality considers women to be inferior and subordinated to men by nature, and hence should be subjected to a double standard of marriage and related matters. The only place delegated to women was in the family where they would play the instrumental and supported roles of managing the home and supplying male heirs. Even today the gender equality was enshrined in the national constitution, the revolution for women has been set aside and remain at the theoretical level without any working programme in china. gender inequality is still deeply rooted in china, especial in country. It is a small part of the Chinese culture affect the gender roles, and I hope that gender equality can be achieved in future. All the Women are not Subordinate in the society anymore.
Second, strong vestiges of ancestor worship,Chinese believe that there can be no descendants without a son. From this,we can know that,In fact, in traditional Chinese culture which accorded greater esteem, privilege, and status to the masculine role ,there are more restrictive prescriptions for the role of women. Women submerge their individuality to the family, following the orders of their fathers when young, their husbands when married, and their sons when widowed.
1. How does culture affect gender roles? Can you think of any ways in which Chinese culture affects gender roles?
Heredity and culture has a tremendous impact on gender roles. In the process of growing up, each of children learns hundreds of culturally patterned details of behavior that become incorporated into its gender identity.
Gender roles in China are greatly influenced by its traditional culture. The cultural bias favors boys over girls lasts for thousands of years; however, the situation has been improved a lot today. In the Chinese traditional culture, ignorance can be called a virtue of females. Compared with females, males have more chances to receive better educations, and they have dominant role in the families. Even nowadays, the bias is not totally eliminated; however, it seems unintentional and unconscious.
In a word, Chinese traditional culture—the bias of females, which deeply rooted in people's mind, still have a great influence on gender roles played in China.
