Only children and disappearing daughters – the position of women in China Cover Image

Synowie jedynacy i znikające córki — o pozycji kobiet w Chinach
Only children and disappearing daughters – the position of women in China

Author(s): Żaneta Rachwaniec-Szczecińska
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: China; women; Confucianism; social positions; demography

Summary/Abstract: In 2003, the number of women in China was more than 50 million smaller than it due to the rights of demography. Preference for male off spring, derived in the Middle Kingdom yet from Confucian tradition, makes the most of the “missing” women never been born or died as a result of deliberate negligence at birth. China is now one of the countries where discrimination on grounds of sex takes the severest form. One-child policy, that results a predominance of model: parents and son — an only child, as well as deep-rooted tradition marginalizing the role of women make the Chinese women are deprived of the right to a decision, education, leisure time, and often — to life. The author describes the position of women in the Middle Kingdom, indicates areas of and reasons for the discrimination and presents social diagnosis and test reports of international organizations.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: IX
  • Page Range: 213-228
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish