Imperial china was very misogynist. The ideal family structure was the family patriarch his wife and any concubines he might have his sons and their wives and kids. As you can see daughters had no place in this ideal family structure, they were married off as soon as possible. As a result boys where preferred,most couples wanted to have at least two boys. This meant that many newborn girls were left to die after being born. Or if they were allowed to live during times of hardship like wars or famines and if the family did not have enough food for both there male and female kids they would often neglect there female children depriving them of food so they starved to death. Parents selling their daughters into sexual slavery was also common.Â
Individual_Milk4559 on
The state of the grammar in this post (and sub in general tbh)
WombatPoopCairn on
Applies to China during 1-child-policy as well
FaxMachineInTheWild on
And it’s better being a girl in modern China??? Lmao, right
semperfi9964 on
As to the grammar, my husband has dysgraphia, a reading disorder which means he literally can’t tell the difference between there and their. Consider that before you slam someone.
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Imperial china was very misogynist. The ideal family structure was the family patriarch his wife and any concubines he might have his sons and their wives and kids. As you can see daughters had no place in this ideal family structure, they were married off as soon as possible. As a result boys where preferred,most couples wanted to have at least two boys. This meant that many newborn girls were left to die after being born. Or if they were allowed to live during times of hardship like wars or famines and if the family did not have enough food for both there male and female kids they would often neglect there female children depriving them of food so they starved to death. Parents selling their daughters into sexual slavery was also common.Â
The state of the grammar in this post (and sub in general tbh)
Applies to China during 1-child-policy as well
And it’s better being a girl in modern China??? Lmao, right
As to the grammar, my husband has dysgraphia, a reading disorder which means he literally can’t tell the difference between there and their. Consider that before you slam someone.
Being a girl in china was not fun