Injustice To Chinese Women Analysis

In the second except, Injustices to Chinese Women by Qiu Jin, Jin introduced us to the hardships and unfair treatments that the women have to face under the Chinese society. In the beginning of her except, Jin basically stated that it is unlucky to be born as a girl in China. Throughout her descriptions, China was a male orientated society. Her statement about how men would kill their own children, just because they were born with a female gender, shows that women in China faced their injustices since the moment they got out of their wombs. Not only that, the beauty standard in China is really cruel and painful, as women have to bind their feet, as no men want to marry women with big feet. Another big practice in China is that women were to marry through matchmakers, as they have no decision over their love life. She also questioned the fate of women, why are they being treated this way when

She argued that women did not take away men’s jobs; it were the men that took away the women’s jobs by modern inventions like spinning machines and pushed them out of work. Therefore, women began to seek for other obligations and professions in order to support their family, financial wise. Another point that was brought up in her except is that according to Bahithat al-Badiya, women are not weak; it were the men and their restriction of freedom for the women that made them weak. The women became weaker after many years of being under control of the men. She also brought up the idea of veiling and how it should not prevent the women from doing things that they needed to do, like breathing fresh air, or going out to buy necessary items. She concluded her except by stating that God created the sceneries for everyone, not just for