Women in China

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. The view of women in china may have changed over the years but they all have lived in a male dominated world. The past has been like many cultures, in the legal …showed first 75 words of 1167 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1167 total…very tough. They have no rights over almost everything. They were like toy to be controlled with. It is glad that women in China nowadays have earned equal rights as men and most of the old custom had been abolished. However, women are still inferior to men in education, employment, and political participation especially in rural areas. With the new technological innovations, economic growth, and social progress, hopefully, Chinese women and men become entirely equal.