WOMEN IN HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS AND WORKPLACE IN INDIA
For over two millennia women have been subservient in a male dominated patriarchal society until 1919. Women were restricted to housework and marriages were usually forced and/or arranged. Higher-class women were subject to the practice of “foot binding”.
May Fourth Movement
Students gather for protests in Beijing in response to their governments quiet position in the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles, especially about the Shandong problem. The treaty was set to transfer governance of the Chinese Shandong province to the Japanese - unthinkable for these students. Around this time Chinese (male) scholars translated western texts about the western "equality". |
Mao's Rule
Under Mao's rule women are increasingly used for manual labor, while being provided with education and political involvement in exchange. Literacy rates - both for women and men - had increased drastically by the end of Mao's rule in 1976. This supports the Marxist idea of equality through equal labor and provides a boost for urbanization. |
Modern China
Women make up 21% of the parliament (few women in leading positions), while they make up around 42% of civil servants.
By law, they receive full wages while on maternity leave. While this is great for employed women, it can discourage employers from employing women, knowing they might have to pay for their wages while they are on maternity leave. |