Globalization and women in China: Difference between revisions

It was during the [[Han Dynasty]] and until the modern period (1840-1919), that scholars and rulers developed a highly [[patriarchal society]] in China. <ref name="Tamney"> Tamney, J. B., & Chiang, L.H. (2002). ''Modernization, globalization, and confucianism in chinese societies.'' pg. 130. Westport, CT: Praeger.</ref> [[Confucianism]] was at the root of the development of the patriarchal society in China and emphasized the distinctions between the sexes and the roles they have within the family. <ref name="Tamney"/> These ideologies continued on through the [[Tang dynasty]] and girls were taught from a very young age to be submissive to their fathers, then their husbands, and later to their sons.<ref name="Tamney2"> Tamney, J. B., & Chiang, L.H. (2002). ''Modernization, globalization, and confucianism in chinese societies.'' pg. 131. Westport, CT: Praeger.</ref> Women were to be obedient, quiet, self-effacing, ignorant, and devoting herself only to the service of the family. During the [[Song Dynasty]], Confucian scholars further developed the patriarchal tradition with more restrictions for females, including foot binding for girls at a very young age. <ref name="Tamney3"> Tamney, J. B., & Chiang, L.H. (2002). ''Modernization, globalization, and confucianism in chinese societies.'' pg. 132. Westport, CT: Praeger.</ref>