Gender inequality in china
_Gender inequality is a huge problem in and through out
China, this topic is very important. Not only is their gender imbalance,
but there is also a huge problem with gender inequality, women are paid .75 on the dollar of men, which is not okay considering the laws in China.
These problems are struggled with everyday, which is not being
vigorously fought at, they baby girls that get abandon are being
adopted, but so far that all the progress that has been made.
Feet Binding
In china baby girls have there feet bound, this is a sign of royalty and elegance in a richer family. The binding of the girls feet makes it practically impossible to walk or move around in. So the women and girls have to sit around all day and look beautiful for others to just observe. Foot binding was made illegal in all countries& was only used in the 1800's. This treatment was very painful and when your feet were like this the women would usually wear wooden shoes. These shoes, like said before were not meant to be walked around in.
The Female role in the household
In the household of a Chinese family the woman is expected to stay home and take care of the kid and keep the house clean and make food and do all the so called "womanly" jobs. Unless the circumstances are that the family owns a business and the woman is helping run the business. In this case the females are payed less and are definitely treated differently even though Constitution of Peoples Republic of China states that all citizens are equal and that woman are not to be discriminated against in any way.
Gender imbalance
The ratio of girls to boys in china is 100:118,which doesn't seem immensely horrible until you consider that the population of china is 1,354,040,000. Not only are females discriminated against all over china, also due to the "One Child per Family Policy" many baby girls are put up for adoption, aborted, murdered, or abandoned. This is is due to the fact that the husband wants a boy so they can keep the last name and help in the family business. If the wife does not have a girl the husband threatens to leave the wife if she doesn't get rid of the baby girl. This is the main reason that OBGYN's are not aloud to tell the sex of the baby to the parents, this process has made a huge gender imbalance through out China.
Female educational opportunities
Female education usually doesn't continue beyond elementary school, unless the female is living in a richer up bringing in that case, the female would finish high school and then probably be married of into another family. The women who actually end up being successful enough lack workplace respect and wont receive promotions of any type, which is hard but is women are doing there best to turn this around.