Feminist Theory And Chinese Culture

Kelly Wang HSC4M Mrs. Ramsaran Feminist Theory Feminist theory is an extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of sexual inequality, reveal the social problems, trends and issues that are ignored or misidentified by the historical dominant male perspective within social theory. Which means, because of the experiences and opinions of female were historically excluded from social theory and social science, a lot of feminist theory has focused on their communication and experiences within society to ensure that they can help as much people as they can, so half the world’s population is not left out of how we see and understand social forces, relations, and problems. Although most feminist theorists throughout history have been women, today people of all gender can be found in this area. Feminist theory does not only focuses on gendered power and oppression, but on how it related with racism, sexuality and nationality, among other things. So it have created social theories that are more inclusive and creative than those theories that always assume men should grasp the whole social rules. Feminist theory focuses on analyzing gender inequality. Themes explored in feminism include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, stereotyping, art history and contemporary. Feminist theory focuses on analyzing gender inequality. Themes explored in feminism include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, stereotyping, art history and contemporary. Theoretical debates on women, work, and class can be observed to be not only in intersection with Marxism but also with feminism. Such researches are not only influenced by academic inquiries but also buy the questions that are in relation with women’s liberation and oppression, trade unions, class politics and feminist movement. Philosophical approach of how women household activities and women’s work are subsumed ought to be considered. The relationship between the analysis of economic class and women as a social group has been sparking debate within the feminist and Marxist circles if the women’s movements active can assume a shared set of women interest through the class, ethnicity, and race. If such interest do not exist then what is a viable women’s movement based on. There has been a considerable research purely devoted to women over the last decade, it has been based on women and work in the form of shifting divisions of labor, some address changes in gender division of labor within national economies, and others have observed class position and opportunities. Recent studies address restructuring of women work and the impact on women culture because of neo liberal economic alteration. In ancient China, it is social norms that describe women as the bottom of society, they were not allowed to go out to work, or even show their face to other men except their family member. Daughters cannot decide their marriage, because their parents will choose for them. At one time, a man was able to have several wives, but women only could have one husband, they have to be loyal to them, and be kind to have other women share a husband...