Women in China

Women in the People’s Republic of China have come a long way since the days when China was a feudal society based on the Confucius doctrine of the pre 1949 revolution age. Confucianism placed women at a lower level in the society as compared to men and the society placed spatial prohibitions, segregations, seclusions and the binding of the feet on the female gender, requiring that they bow before the wishes of the men in their household. The revolution of 1949 finally brought to power a regime that has slowly but surely transformed the Chinese society, while working against great odds including an enormous population in a vastly spread out country which had limited resources to look after its people. This essay takes a look at the position of women in present day China.