The evolution of Chinese and French women since the nineteenth century: Differences and similarities

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

17 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

05/15/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Sociology

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Summary :

Introduction
The movement of feminism
The birth of feminism
The emotional characters and lack of self control
The Chinese moral
The marriage situation in China
The fate of a Chinese woman
The condition of women in China
The degree of foot binding
The origins of the respective women movements in China and in France
The development of women condition in France
The famous female revolutionary
The condition of women in France after the First World War
The emancipation of women after the communist revolution
The situation of French and Chinese women today
Success of the emancipation
Limits to the emancipation
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

In the two last Centuries, french women and chinese ones have realized, little by little, their emancipation. What are the matrixes which have participated to the positive evolution of the condition of the chinese and french women? Under which form has it taken place, and at which moments in the history? Have they been a success or a failure? What are the differences between France and China in the way to the women's emancipation? First of all, it is necessary to recall the definition of feminism: The term itself appeared in 1874 in France, when Charles FOURIER, a french socialist philosopher used it for the first time. But actually, the feminist movement was born before that that is to say during the french Revolution.

Feminism is a movement which claims the recognition and the extension of women rights in the society. It is derived from sociological theories (birth of « Gender Studies » in the U.S), political movements (such as socialism especially) and from moral philosophies concerning the situation of women in their political, economical and social context. As a social movement, feminism has got as main purposes the struggle against the sexual discrimination, the promotion of women rights in the civil society and the defense of their interests.

We can notice that both gender studies and feminism movements have always been lead by and for women principally, which is not by chance. Feminists demand the recognition of women as real individuals, independent and able to manage their own lives by themselves. In short, feminism can be sum up in the famous sentence of Simone de Beauvoir.