Women In China During The Long

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Women In China During “The Long Eighteenth Century” During the 18th Century women in China continued to be subordinated and subjected to men. Their status was maintained by laws, official policies, cultural traditions, as well as philosophical concepts. The Conf ....

Part II of Essay
.... idea is that the world is made up two opposite types of energy which must be kept in balance with one another. Neither is greater than the other, or more important than the other. In respect to gender, yin is female and yang is male. Yin is private life within the family and yang is public life outside the family. Men were to focus on public life and outside affairs and support the family while women were to focus on private life and support the men. For many men resisting the pressures of scholarly careers, women appeared as guardians of st ....