Holding up Half the Heavens: The Effect of Communist Rule on China's Women
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The purpose of this paper is to explore what women's lives were like in China before Communism, during Communism, and what they are like now. The paper begins with a discussion of oppressive practices employed against women in pre-communist Chinese society, such as foot binding, the taking of multiple wives, the use of concubines, and prostitution. It goes on to analyze Chairman Mao's philosophy towards women, how and why he changed the status of women in China, and whether or not the changes he attempted to instate survived after his lifetime. Clear examples will be shown to prove that they did not.
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