Role Of Women In China

Examining the roles of women: India and China Imagine a woman holding her deceased child in arm, a woman selling her body to make ends meet, or a woman who has little say so in anything she does. The women to whom this description applies come from India and China. In both societies women are seen as weak and of low importance. The woman of subject go through events which reveal their worth and meaning. The Women of China and India have roles in regard to parenting, marriage, and work that differ greatly from the roles of men in the same country. In the countries of India and China the role of the women is quite similar. In the readings of Nectar in a sieve and Balzac and The little chinese seamstress. Both readings correlate …show more content…
In both Indian and chinese societies the marriages are not based on love but based on finances. The parents of the bride picks out the husband of which their dowries can buy. In Nectar Rukmani is picked to marry Nathan a poor farmer which is not in the social class she is use to living in. It takes time for her to adjust but she brings in a different light on marriage. Instead of the two just being married they are actually in live. When Nathan disappoints societal traditions,ex: sons not wanting to follow his work and losing their home it causes a role switch. Rukmani writes letters so that the family may be able to survive which is not a social norm. Nathan inputs “for we cannot live except by the land, for I have no other knowledge or skill; and as you say I am getting another landlord. Who indeed would rent his land to such as I am, past hard labour and uncertain of paying what I owe?” this shows him being forced into the common man role that he cannot survive without him taking care of the family without wifely help. In the article “Women in traditional China” Patricia Ebrey details
“ The Confucian classic the Book of Rites stressed the value of segregation even within the home; houses should be divided into an inner and an outer section, with the women staying in the inner part. One poem in the Book of Poetry concluded: “Women should not take part in public affairs; they should devote themselves to tending silkworms and weaving.” A similar sentiment was expressed in the Book of Documents in proverbial form: “When the hen announces the dawn, it signals the demise of the