Gender Roles & Chinese Women

The ethnographies provided views of women and their roles in different regions of China, including both mainland China and Taiwan, in rural and urban areas, and in different historical eras. The focal points of the ethnographies also varied. For example, Yan (1996) emphasized gift-giving networks in a village, while Wolf (1968) provided an intensified examination of one family. One of the movies focused on well-digging in a rural area and other village activities (Wu, 1983). There was variation in the amount of detail provided about specific aspects of male and female gender roles.

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tually unclean and likely to defile public ceremonies (Jing 1996: 147). However, women were equally responsible with the men for the family altars. In this private sphere, they carried equal weight. This private-public dichotomy is consistent with other culture's gender roles for men and for women. Men seem to be the public representatives, while women have important responsibilities for teaching the children and maintaining the family's values within the home. Second, women are expected to provide work, strategizing, accounting, and other important services in the private sphere that enables the family to thrive. They are not expected to be passive, brainless, or useless. They are expected to contribute all their gifts to the success of the family they marry into. For example, in Yan (1996: 86), Li's wife disagreed with his views, providing a more sophisticated and nuanced perspective on the situation with Gao. Her contribution led to a better resolution of the situation. There is no indication that Li resented her input or that she was expected to efface herself in this private strategizing. In the House of Lim, there are innumerable indications that the women's contribution is sought and valued. However, the contr
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