As the world’s population expands higher every day, people continue to search for ways to mitigate the problems of their countries reaching the maximum amount of people it can handle. When China went under new leadership in the late nineteen forties, they even tried to make their population grow quicker (BGE). They called this program the “Great Leap Forward”. The only thing this leap propelled forward to was a time of immense poverty and famine(BGE). Was China’s one child policy a future proof idea?…
The Western idea of a housewife is something that resonated with Japanese women, who typically struggled with grueling farm labor and minimal income. Due to the fact that many women were forced to work to stay afloat, mothers in law were often left to take care of their grandchildren during working hours. For many young wives, financial stability represented freedom from over-bearing mothers in law, and the ability to make decisions for one’s family. Bernstein says, “Haruko did not view her income as a passport to independence…but for younger women still living in the shadow of their mothers-in-law, possession of one’s own money implied something more.” While housewifery is an attractive profession, it is a luxury that most Japanese women could not afford.…
Civilizations are always experimenting with how to create a harmonious and balanced society, and in the process of doing this, they must dictate roles for all members of said society. In the Chinese kinship group, the father is the leader of the household, and the mother is the foundation of their family. The ways women contribute to their households, and the amount of independence they have, fluctuates and changes as time passes and dynasties rise and fall, but there are also consistencies in how society, as a whole, views them. These textual sources officially establish women in roles of obedience and submission, but many biographies illuminate the power women wielded through teaching their sons and daughters, as well as the respect they…
In the past, Korean women were known as the weakest person in the family as they were forced to please their traditional roles as a daughter, wife and mother (Gelb & Palley, 1994). These traditional roles were significantly influenced by the Confucian system of gender norms, regarding men as the dominant authority. According to Park and Cho (1995), the distribution between sexes in family structures was extremely strict as women had no rights to inherit as the head of the household. By the late 1960’s, due to an increased engagement in education and career opportunities, the structure system began to change. The expansion of authority changes in the structure of family role as it becomes more democratic and less discriminating (Park & Cho, 1995).…
During this period of time, women are starting to find ways to break from the societal views of how they are not equal to men or how they are stuck in one place, restricted to the values that have been placed upon them. For them, this means finding ways to become more independent. For example, while with Wanyu, Mia agreed, “earning money and supporting themselves is a matter of pride, spending the money of a man they love is happiness. These are different things altogether” (Zhu 391).…
The 20th Century was responsible for tremendous changes in political policies to address socioeconomic problems. When the economy began to collapse attention shifted from social justice reform, and economic concerns dominated the larger political agenda. During the 1960 Presidential Campaign John F. Kennedy pitched his concept of a "new frontier”. He was on a crusade in the foundation of the past with a commitment to elicit renewal and change for a brighter future. President Kennedy's vision of a new frontier personified a country famished for a new generation of leadership that would bring new opportunities for economic expansion and social development.…
New immigrants to Canada are much more likely to have babies than their native-born counterparts. Immigrant women who have spent five years in Canada “have almost twice as many children of pre-school age (as) the average Canadian-born woman,” according to an extensive study by two noted economists. The University of Waterloo’s Ana Ferrer and Princeton University’s Alicia Adsera pored over two decades of Statistics Canada census data to reach their conclusion. There are major birthrate differences depending on newcomers’ country of origin: The women who have the highest birthrates tend to be from Africa, Pakistan and India.…
From ancient to modern time, men and women were situated in different positions and were viewed as having unequal capabilities and values. The modern Chinese literature works may serve as a great source to understand the prevalent thoughts and values about women since they reveal the social construct and prevailing ideas about women during that time period. Texts such as “A Posthumous Son” and “When I Was in Xia Village” both depict how women are valued and the social norms regarding women. The examination of these texts, along with the historical backgrounds of society, suggests that the role and status of women are established through the construction of political ideologies, in that woman from childhood to mature lives were assigned with…
The main theme of Mrs. WuDunn’s speech is about women’s oppression and how to change the oppression into an opportunity. One interesting aspect I found of the event is that women are usually give back more to the family in China. The wage differences in gender has been a controversial topic for a long time. Men make more money than women. Then why women contribute more money to the family than men do?…
This study focused clearly around 1,153 infants and their mothers. This study revolved around asking the mothers questions and observing the infants. When the infants were from 1 to 15 months of age they were observed in child care at 6 and 15 months and in the Strange Situation at 15 months. From the research, infants with early and extensive child care were more likely to be insecure than other infants. This affects the parent-child relationship.…
Nowadays, children are growing up in homes where one parent is absent, particular the fathers and is commonly found among the African- American homes. Their absence has generated many female-headed household. African- American families consist of single-parent mothers than marriage homes with both parent and therefore cannot be recognized as a nuclear family (only truly healthy family system) because their family structure. This research is based on why…
Enculturation and Ethnic Psychosis Child rearing in collectivist culture and Individualistic cultures is as different as the cultures themselves. Independence training is the primary method that Individualistic cultures use. They become the primary focus of their parental figures through the critical care phase of infancy. Through this constant care they find their own self-importance higher. In dependent child rearing children are relatively ignored.…
Gender Roles in Ancient Civilizations Gender roles in four ancient civilizations were quite similar. China, Japan, Greece and Rome were the homes of these societies. Although these civilizations existed on two continents, it is quite remarkable that the men and women in all these civilizations had basically similar tasks based on their gender. Women in China were obligated to balance society’s principles while raising a family and maintaining a household.…
The East Asian Miracle comprises of several decades of rapid economic growth, social development, and poverty reduction in East Asian countries. Good governance is a central component of the East Asian capitalism, and is probably one of the most important contributors to the success of East Asian countries (McNicoll, 2006). There is a constant debate between the government and market on the behavior of consumers and workers. One side emphasizes the important of state interventions that affect the norms, attitudes and behavior of families and individual through health programs, schools, and family planning schemes. The other side draws attention to a change in family economic conditions, and expectations leading to an increase in the demand…
Socio-autobiography There is no society where gender is considered to be insignificant. China is one such society where gender roles and inequalities have developed over time and remain present today. As I have spent the majority of my life in New Zealand, I have been exposed to many Western perspectives on gender. However, being the first generation to grow up in New Zealand meant that many traditional Chinese views on gender norms were still incorporated into my upbringing. This socio-autobiography will explore sociological gender concepts across time and cultures, and how they have shaped my life.…