Male Chauvinism
Male Chauvinism, which is regarded as a result of feudal tradition, is still a common phenomenon in China. Though our country is entering into modern society, this idea of male chauvinism is so deeply rooted in some people’s minds that it still affects people’s many ways of life. For instance, housework has always been regarded as women’s work. In the past, due to the difference of division of labor, men always worked outside to plant crops, hunt and go fishing while women stayed at home to make meals and raised children. Besides this, doing the laundry and cleaning the house were parts of women’s work. Nowadays men and women have equal job opportunity and they both can work outside the home. However, wives are still expected to do the housework in many families. After a day’s hard work, the husbands usually lie on the sofa and watch TV or read newspapers while the wives are busy with cleaning the floor, doing the dishes, feeding the baby, etc. A lot of men always take it for granted that wives should do those works at home and still keep ignorance of knowing housework should be shared with each other. Those phenomenons are the very examples of male Chauvinism.
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Male Chauvinism
Male Chauvinism, which is regarded as a result of feudal tradition, is still a common phenomenon in China. Though our country is entering into modern society, this idea of male chauvinism is so deeply rooted in some people’s minds that it still affects people’s many ways of life. For instance, housework has always been regarded as women’s work. In the past, due to the difference of division of labor, men always worked outside to plant crops, hunt and go fishing while women stayed at home to make meals and raised children. Besides this, doing the laundry and cleaning the house were parts of women’s work. Nowadays, men and women have equal job opportunity and they both can work outside the home. However, wives are still expected to do the housework in many families. After a day’s hard work, the husbands usually lie on the sofa and watch TV or read newspapers while the wives are busy with cleaning the floor, doing the dishes, feeding the baby, etc. A lot of men always take it for granted that wives should do those works at home and still keep ignorant of the fact that knowing housework should be shared with each other. Those phenomenons are the very examples of male Chauvinism.
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I disagree with Collin; he seems very bitter and has probably been hurt. But I see the cultural change in gender roles as a process that is still underway. It is true that some women take advantage of perceptions of political correctness to gain advantage in the workplace or in personal relationships, but that means little for the greater issue at stake. You see similar effects in racial issues as well; some members of minority groups take advantage the same way; some people learn to be (or are naturally) more manipulative than others.
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The effort to remove chauvinism in the west was a smashing failure. Women in the west now frequently cry sexism when they don't get their way, and most of the time get what they want. They constantly disadvantage men and still play the victim, despite the fact that they exert absolute control over them. Women in the west now have a tendency to lead men on to milk favors out of them and have become overly snotty and shallow. On top of all that, western women are only attracted to rude, arrogant, chauvinist men anyway. Country of China, I wish you the best of luck in crushing male chauvinism, without disturbing the delicacies of your social harmony.
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Crystal, I sort of agree. The male chauvenism may have been the case when CHinese woman didn't need to work. But the cost of housing in CHina is SO expensive at the moment. That the woman has no choice but to work. I am lucky that I have a husband who does help with the housework, and particularly with the fruit and veges that we grow on our land. As I don't have time for all of that :)
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I really understand your points of view. But a weired picture you can imagine that wives lie on the sofa and watch TV or newspaper while husbands prepare meals and raise children. Will those wives accpet such kind of womanly husbands indeed?
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