Essays on Chinese Women

Foremost, about the losses that the Westerners caused in countries with which they came into contact, imperialism revolved around perceptions of white supremacy. The possession of white skin became the ticket one needed to guarantee his or her place among the civilized nations while that of any other shade belonged to a lower class. Surprisingly, while signs of the given perceptions were present even when the Portuguese used religion as a cause for exploration and domination of the world in the seventeenth century, it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the West found conclusive proof. In 1859, Charles ...

Women’s rights are an age-long debated topic, and the fairer sex has been fighting for its rights since ages. However, one major change that the world has observed in the lives and rights of women is the shift in their roles from leading domestic lives to their roles in the economy and politics of various countries. Three such countries under discussion are the United States, China, and Afghanistan. The rights of women in these countries shall be observed one by one. Women were not allowed to vote, work, gain an equal education and step into the political realm ...

Response to Chris Holt

As a matter of fact, it is true that there are disparities in the way crime is reported across different countries due to socio-political and economic factors. This difference may also be imputed to the variations in resources and social perceptions of crimes and crime reporting. According to Goudriaan, country characteristics or the context in which crime victims live also affect the cross-national comparison of crime reporting based on the International Crime Victims Survey (29). The victimization survey statistics also suffer from several limitations that affect the way they reflect the rate and incidences of crime in various countries. ...

Breast cancer is identified as the most common cancer among women in the world (Chlebowski, Chen, Anderson, Rohan, Aragaki, Paskett, and Prentice, 2013). The prevalence rates have increased in the recent past, a trend associated with lifestyle attributes such as improper diets and lack of exercise. In as much as genetics play a contributory role in the development of breast cancer, a significant part is associated with these changes. An interesting aspect is that the ailment affects women differently in relation to differences in racial and ethnic considerations. In this regard, Asian women are the least affected group in ...

Introduction

The history of the Chinese women can be categorized into two parts: before the twentieth century and the modern period of liberation. The Chinese society also consisted of two groups: those that were oppressed and those that were oppressive. Traditionally, Chinese women were regarded as incompetent and weak. However, they were just victims of a patriarchal system, and for that reason, they were occasionally oppressed by men. For instance, the old women were regarded as parasites. Because of these challenges, the communist government aimed at liberating the Chinese women from the yoke of feudalism, especially Post the twentieth century.

Challenges that Faced the Women in Pre-Communist Regime

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Introduction

Throughout history, Chinese people have been migrating to USA in search for greener passage. From 1826 to 1950, they were booking their passage on ships like occidental and oriental steamship company, and pacific mail Steamship Company to travel. The money that they required to fund their journey was mostly borrowed from family members, commercial lenders or district associations. The first Chinese people to arrive in Los Angeles were men, who specialized in manual work. Their work mainly included gardening, laundry, road builders or ranch work. The migration of Chinese people from china was localized and controlled through parts of ...

According to The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th Edition), schizophrenia is defined as “a long-term mental disorder that involves a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.” (Oxford 947) It may also involve hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, disorganized speech and strange feelings like the patients believing that people are targeting to harm them.

Schizophrenia affects both men and women. The disorder is usually diagnosed during the early adulthood age of between 17 years and 25 ...

With the Chinese exclusion act in America, and the threat of deportation or jailing if caught, Chinese man found it extremely hard to find any work, and hence, most opted to go back home. However, by this time prostitution among the Chinese women had grown in roots and numbers. Through prostitution, these women were able to make enough money to support their families. Most of these women had not come to America of their own free will, most were either sold or trafficked to work as sex workers. Through prostitution, these women were able to survive the immigration. By ...

In 2008, Asian Americans make up 5% of the population in the United States. Despite a manageable number, the Asian American community is largely misunderstood (Le). In an attempt to comprehend them, we would look into a material that portrays what their culture is about. With this, the movie that would be discussed in this paper is The Joy Luck Club. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by Amy Tan. She is an Asian American. The movie portrayed the significant American Dreams of the Chinese Americans and their descendants. This indicated the culture divergence between ...

Pre-modern East Asia

Wu Zao, Hojo Masako, and Queen Sondok are the prominent and strong women of China, Japan, and Korea respectively, they have exerted great influence on the country and it is also because of their efforts that the country is making progress up till now. These three women have played a significant role in the beginning of the Kamakura period. They have played an important role in the Premodern East Asian History. In this essay, the role of these women in historical context, the rise and fall of their power, their influence, and existence of similarities among them are discussed.

Wu Zao

Empress Wu ...

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II is a bestseller book, authored by Iris Chang. The book is based on the atrocious acts, committed by Japanese army after Nanking was captured by them. The book is a realistic portrayal of massacres and rapes by Japanese in Nanking. The book also presents how Chinese people still remember the horrifying incidents of Nanking. This paper intends to discuss the book and delves deep to examine several other related aspects. ‘The Rape of Nanking’ portrays the rape and massacre in Chinese capital of those days, Nanking. Japanese army captured ...

Introduction

Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter in their book the slave next door: human trafficking and slavery in America today confirm that human trafficking is still taking place today around the world. Many people think that enslavement was a thing of the past but the truth is that it is happening from city to city and from country to country everyday for thousands of people. Human trafficking exists in many forms, and according to the cases reported victims fall in the categories of sexual exploitation, such as prostitution and labor, such as in the farm, homes, and workplace. Recent research also ...

A stereotype may refer to a thought that is adopted about a type of persons or a manner of working out things. This belief however, in most cases, may not reflect accurately what the reality in practice is. What is considered a stereotype in one area may not necessarily be considered a stereotype in another area. It is therefore important to note that different people have different stereotypes about different things at different moments. They may arise due to different reasons, such as a history of some repetitive events and occurrences. Normally, stereotypes reflect the expectations and beliefs about the behaviors and the characteristics of ...

Book Review - Contagious Divides

Nayan Shah's 2001 book Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown provides a unique portrait of the different representations of Chinese immigrants in the twentieth century, particularly in San Francisco, and how they have changed in the intervening years. The book itself takes a dramatically close look at public health issues surrounding Chinese immigration as well, as the portrayal of Chinese immigrants at first was extremely negative. The urban landscape of San Francisco was dramatically changed by the large influx of Chinese emigrating to the US, and the public health concerns that followed were dramatic and stifling to racial ...

Arguably, domestic violence in the world is tremendously at an increase. In fact, in the recent past domestic violence focused more on women, but since the beginning of 21st cases involving men has been reported. Hence, sociologists and other scholars want to understand, what exactly could be the problem. In china, domestic violence masquerade severe threat to rights of women. Undeniably, Chinese authorities receive approximately 50,000 complaints in year, but the trend is increasing.

Undeniably, domestic violence and conjugal violence has become a potential problem towards Chinese social stability. In china, family is the basis of societal setup; this ...