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Even though in rural areas in China,
sex discrimination still exists-especially with the one child policy, the
status of women in society has been promoted dramatically. Some people even
think that women actually have higher status than men by taking advantage of the
so-called “vulnerable group”. For example, in
contrast to other countries, a married woman in China still keeps her own
surname instead of using her husband’s one.
Traditionally the family has been
the most important unit of Chinese society, and a woman
was considered subordinate to her
husband, because normally men took more responsibility for the
budget in the family. But in modern society, both the husband and the wife will
work. So with the financial independence, women have more discourse right in
their families.
Traditionally due to the lack of
pension system, when parents got old, it was the son who would raise them.
However, nowadays it is interesting that husbands often spend more time with
their parents-in-law than his own parents in many urban families. So the preference
to have a boy has been changing quietly.
Traditionally a woman had to be loyal
to her husband throughout her whole life even though she was abandoned by her
husband. Remarriages were often scoffed at by the community. With rapid
economic growth and western influence, this concept has been subverting. The
divorce rate has surged remarkably in recent years. At the same time, women in
China have been deeply influenced by the internet. With the help of chatting
online tools, they can easily pursue their own romantics in the virtual world.
Traditionally women had the thrifty
virtue. But there has been an undesirable trend in recent years towards the
worship of money. Wealth has become their only standard scale to measure all
things. They are unwilling to live in poverty and are chasing the life of
luxury. It is estimated that China will account for
about 20 precent, or $27 billion, of the global luxury market.
Almost everything has been changing in China. So have Chinese women. They have
the right to enjoy the freedom and opportunity to master their own fate as long
as they won’t lose themselves on their journeys.
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