简介:Legendandhistoryalikehaveheldwomenaccountablefortheproblemsofmen,fromHelenofTroy,tiJoanofArc,andmorerecently,aninfamorsimtrenthatbroughtaUSpresidenttohisknees-almost.Chinesewomenhavealsosharedsinilartalesofwoe-theirstunninglooksdidmnotpreventthecountry′straditional‘fourbeauties',XiShi,DiaoChan,YangYuhuanandWangZhaojunfrommeetingatragicend.
简介:Theliberationofwomenisthehistoricalprocessinwhichwomenhavestrivenforgenderequality,freedomfromoppression,confinementanddiscrimination,andarebecomingthemastersofthesocietyandtheirowndestinies.Accordingtothediversityinhistoryandthestate,theprocesscanbedividedintoaserialofcorrelatedphases,witheachphasefocusingondifferentissues.SexismorderinChinahadremainedstableinthetraditionalsocietyforcenturiesthroughasetofinstitutions.Womenhadbelievedinasexualorderandtherulesofpropriety,whichadvocatedthatmenweresuperiortowomen.AfterthePeople’sRepublicofChinawasfoundedin1949,women’srightsinpolitics,economy,society,andevenfamilywererecognizedandsecuredbytheConstitutionandlawsjustasmen’sduringashortperiod.Women’sliberationinChinahasmadeasignificantprogress.