According to source 7.21 (Confucianism), women were seen as the ‘property’ of their husband’s and their lifelong duty was to serve and obey him. A woman must always spend her days doing whatever her husband asks of her and never disobey him. Married peasant women were expected to work in the fields, cook, & clean, while bearing her husband with many children.
Confucius beliefs accentuated that women were in a lower class than men and that her only duty was to provide her husband with sons and look upon him as her lord. Women were allowed to enter Buddhist convents (as a nun), even though Buddhism also looked upon women as unclean, erroneous and flawed. Although, women played a crucial part in Japanese society by caring for her husband and her
Confucius beliefs accentuated that women were in a lower class than men and that her only duty was to provide her husband with sons and look upon him as her lord. Women were allowed to enter Buddhist convents (as a nun), even though Buddhism also looked upon women as unclean, erroneous and flawed. Although, women played a crucial part in Japanese society by caring for her husband and her