The corruption of the notorious Wang family name caused by Mei Oi’s deceitful actions towards her husband, Ben Loy, truly demonstrates the ultimate Chinese priority and major concern of defending ones own pride in his or her family name. Dignity in a persons family name is of very large importance. Rather than seeing Chinatown as a city in New York we get the feel that it is not only its own community but its own society. The Chinese culture tends to present itself focused mainly on its reputation and appearance in a tightly knit community. In Wayne Wang’s Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989), the first section of the film ends with an extravagant wedding.
Marxist theories state that inequality is not a female issue, but a class one, for they note that middle class women are often better off than working class men. This point seems futile; can inequality not be a problem of the female and the working class male? Class aside, it is an indisputable fact that by and large, women are affected more harshly by poverty than men, in Pearce’s research into poverty in the United States, she found that two thirds of the poor who were over 16 were women. Poverty is rapidly becoming a female problem. Marxists however claim that we should focus on the eradication of capitalism, because then gender disparities will swiftly follow.
Japan has the second highest suicide rate per 100,000 people in the world, according to a study by the Washington Post. The reason behind this ranking is clearly portrayed in the cause and effect status of the two texts Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua and Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani. Chua’s essay and Mirikitani’s poem go hand in hand with cause and effect, and the general ideas of this cause and effect are a cause for the high suicide rate in Japan as well as other Eastern countries. Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua is written to inform readers of the parenting method differences between Eastern parents and Western parents, as well as persuade the readers that the Eastern methods are “superior” or more effective. One point that Chua makes is that Eastern parenting is the correct method of parenting because they do not take the psyche or self esteem of the child into consideration during critique.
THE CHINESE AND THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD My name is Chin Lin Sou. I was born in China in 1837. I came to California as a young man because I had heard you could make enough money in a few years to live very comfortable in my country for the rest of your life. When I got to California I found that the Chinese men were despised by most white men. They compared us to women because we were small and had long braided hair.
Women in Late Imperial China In Chinese history, women were usually considered useless and foolish. They were never to be respected from other people, sometimes even their husbands and relatives. And in some circumstances, they were even considered a problem. In the book “Chinese Civilization” by Buckley Ebrey, he gave us some examples according to the authors from the twelfth century who took fresh look at women. During the sections, all the stories were chosen from Song dynasty, one of the well-known dynasty in Chinese history, and a lot of important events happened during that period such as, the famous minister and literati Wang Anshi who took reforms.
In the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua argues her point on why she agrees that the “Chinese Mother” method of parenting is more Superior to the “Western Parenting” techniques. She claims “Chinese parents raise stereotypically successful kids” like math and music genius compared to Western raised children. Chua states she uses the terms “Chinese mother” and “Westerns parents” loosely to describe the difference between the two styles of parenting. Chua argues that if Western parents were to imply actionable force and monitored their children daily activities they also will dominate in all aspects of life. According to Chua, Chinese parents do not only set strict rules and regulations that their children have to abide by, but they also use negative reinforcement when their children do not want to obey their orders.
Immigration became a conflict after the discovery of gold in California in 1848 which brought numerous of contract Chinese laborers to the western part of the United States. Since labor was short in supply the Chinese were welcomed, but with time American workers began to see them as competition. The Chinese put the American workers in disadvantage, for they were willing to do menial jobs for a low salary. The job competition really intensified, leading American laborers to yell “The Chinese must go!” (Congress of 1870s) As a result of the conflict a Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882, it prohibited the immigration of the Chinese for ten years. After the ten year termination, the exclusion act was reenacted without a terminal date.
In Defense of Single Motherhood By KATIE ROIPHE IN a season of ardent partisan clashing, Americans seem united in at least one shared idea: Single mothers are bad. A Pew Research Center poll on family structures reports that nearly 7 in 10 Americans think single mothers are a “bad thing for society.” Conservatives obsess over moral decline, and liberals worry extravagantly — and one could argue condescendingly — about children, but all exhibit a fundamental lack of imagination about what family can be — and perhaps more pressingly — what family is: we now live in a country in which 53 percent of the babies born to women under 30 are born to unmarried mothers. I happen to have two children with two different fathers, neither of whom I live with, and both of whom we are close to. I am lucky enough to be living in financially stable, relatively privileged circumstances, and to have had the education that allows me to do so. I am not the “typical” single mother, but then there is no typical single mother any more than there is a typical mother.
History of the American Family At the birth of our nation, American families were built on social customs and ideas that in our age may seem unethical. Couples entered into contractual marriages of convenience, and wives were considered property rather than an equal. Colonial marriages were more like business deals, with men choosing mates that were strong, obedient, could bear many children, and of course, some chose ones with dowries or annual income. Mortality rate was high in women and children, 30 percent of children died before the age of 16. Childbirth was the leading cause of death in women, which left husbands for caring for young children and they would quickly remarry.
Chua (a Chinese mother) feels differently, moral and culturally. For example, Murphy expresses, “Ms. Chua claims that her parenting methods will produce ambitious, successful and happy adults while her critics argue that her methods will produce neurotic, self-absorbed and unhappy ones” (279). As Murphy and Chua’s feelings on the importance of childhood years are extremely opposite, there are many supporters to both theories. You can observe this by reading the responses to Murphy’s essay posted online on The Wall Street Journal Website.