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China's One Child Policy Essay

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China and many surrounding Asian countries are very male-dominated societies. Male children are considered a blessing from the ancestors. Since China has a One-Child Policy policy, Chinese families prefer to have a male. As a result, many Chinese girls are aborted or thrown away (Timm). Women have always been mistreated in China. Hundreds of years ago, women were assigned a husband by a match maker and their parents. Parents would find a husband they felt was suitable and honorable enough. The woman had no say in the matter (“Ancient Chinese Marriage Custom”). In addition, tiny feet were considered a sign of beauty, so as children, the young girls had their feet bound. Due to the foot binding, many Chinese women could not walk past a certain …show more content…

The influence of the West had a major roll in stopping to torture. Chinese women noticed that other women did not bind their feet but were still considered beautiful. When foot-binding began to go out of style many women were left by their husbands due to their unfashionable, hideous feet (Schiavenza). When China became a communist country there were no restraints on how many children you could have. Because of this, the population of China boomed. Suddenly the streets were overcrowded and China could not support it’s growing numbers. In 1979 China introduced it’s One-Child Policy. Women’s rights in China were practically terminated under the One-Child Policy. They had no freedom to chose what happened to their own bodies. Chinese families are very big on honor and having a male child to carry on that honor. Because of the One-Child Policy, families would do anything they could to have a boy. Many pregnant mothers aborted their female children or abandoned them on the streets. Because of the abandonment of Chinese girls, many men are left without a husband (Brooks). Eventually the One-Child Policy became more lax. Slowly women gained more respect and

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