Chinese Social Status

The Social Status of Women in Marriage The role of women in society had always been underestimated in history, especially in China. In traditional Chinese culture, women were considered as shortsighted and weak, they couldn’t be as competent as men either physically or psychologically. So for thousands of years the only job for them were doing chores, producing the next generation and raising them up. In fact, women have the same intelligence as men do. However, as a result of these discriminations on women, they had a much lower status in their society, which restricted their capacity and achievement for a long time. Here I am going to compare and contrast two examples of traditional and contemporary Chinese literature Six Records of a Floating Life and Love in a Fallen City and discuss how the social status …show more content…
But I think otherwise, in my respective, she has no choice. She has to live-- there is nothing wrong for a person longing for a better life, and the only way, in her society, is to marry a rich guy. Life is cruel for a divorced woman like her; we cannot imagine what life would be like if she failed — she might end up being lonely and poor for the rest of her life if the war didn’t happen, or if the man she was waiting for never came back. In order to get what she wants, she sacrifices more than we can imagine, since she cannot afford a marriage without a financial security. In this way, we are not sure if Fan is the man she really loves, but we know that he is the exact man she wants. The procedure of pursuing her goal is full of calculation and obstacles. Although she got the best result she could, she is still subject to her social status; she still has to worry for the rest of her life if her playboy husband would abandon her one