What did the women do?
Daily Life
Women mainly did work at home like cleaning the house and taking care of the kids, they cooked meals and took care of anything that needed to be done. Women usually had many children and all wanted boys. Some of the poor women even worked on the farm with their husbands. Ancient Chinese believed that it was not important to educate women and were not aloud to go to school.
Women were considered basically useless and much less valuable than men. Confucius taught that women were to look after and respect of the men. He believed that women should have purpose and goal in life and should have no life, although he did believe that a women role as a mother should be respected. Women were considered inferior to men but if a grandma lived longer than her husband she became important as she was the oldest member of the family. When a baby girl was born some parents left them to die because they didn't want it.
Marriage
Marriages were decided by the parents of the child long before they actually get married and the father had the final word on who they married as women had no say in anything. After they got married they would live with the mans family and usually become a servant for her mother-in-law and would not disobey them. If the women gave birth to a boy they gained more respect unlike if they had a girl and if the wife never gave birth to a son the husband would leave her.
Questions
Who decided who married who?
What did Confucius teach about women?
Daily Life
Women mainly did work at home like cleaning the house and taking care of the kids, they cooked meals and took care of anything that needed to be done. Women usually had many children and all wanted boys. Some of the poor women even worked on the farm with their husbands. Ancient Chinese believed that it was not important to educate women and were not aloud to go to school.
Women were considered basically useless and much less valuable than men. Confucius taught that women were to look after and respect of the men. He believed that women should have purpose and goal in life and should have no life, although he did believe that a women role as a mother should be respected. Women were considered inferior to men but if a grandma lived longer than her husband she became important as she was the oldest member of the family. When a baby girl was born some parents left them to die because they didn't want it.
Marriage
Marriages were decided by the parents of the child long before they actually get married and the father had the final word on who they married as women had no say in anything. After they got married they would live with the mans family and usually become a servant for her mother-in-law and would not disobey them. If the women gave birth to a boy they gained more respect unlike if they had a girl and if the wife never gave birth to a son the husband would leave her.
Questions
Who decided who married who?
What did Confucius teach about women?
Women making silk