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Feminism in China began in the 20th century〔Croll (1978), 1.〕 in tandem with the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Feminism in China is closely linked with socialism and class issues.〔Lin (2006), 127.〕 Some commentators believe that this close association is damaging to Chinese feminism and argue that the interests of party are placed before those of women.〔Hom (2000), 32.〕 ==History== Prior to the 20th century, women in China were considered essentially different from men. Despite the association of women with yin and men with yang, two qualities considered equally important by Daoism, women were believed to occupy a lower position than men in the hierarchical order of the universe. The I Ching stated that "'Great Righteousness is shown in that man and woman occupy their correct places; the relative positions of Heaven and Earth.'"〔Quoted in Croll (1978), 13.〕 Women were to be submissive and obedient to men.〔Croll (1978), 13.〕 Women were not allowed to participate in government or community institutions.〔Croll (1978), 15.〕 A number of women, and some men, spoke out against these conditions in the early 20th century, but to little avail. As a result of government approval following the Communist Revolution, women's rights groups became increasingly active in China: "One of the most striking manifestations of social change and awakening which has accompanied the Revolution in China has been the emergence of a vigorous and active Woman's Movement."〔Quoted in Croll (1978), 15.〕 Beginning in the 70s and continuing in the 80s, however, many Chinese feminists began arguing that the Communist government had been "consistently willing to treat women's liberation as something to be achieved later, after class inequalities had been taken care of."〔Lin (2003), 66.〕 Some feminists claim that part of the problem is a tendency on the government's part to interpret "equality" as sameness, and then to treat women according to an unexamined standard of male normalcy.〔Meng 118-119.〕 In 2005, China added new provisions to the ''Law on Women's Right Protection'' to include sexual harassment. In 2006 "The Shanghai Supplement" was drafted to help further define sexual harassment in China. In 2013, the first woman to bring a gender discrimination lawsuit in China, a 23-year-old who goes by the pseudonym of Cao Ju, won a small settlement of 30,000 yuan and an official apology from the Juren Academy.〔http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-woman-wins-settlement-chinas-first-ever-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-1553018〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feminism in China」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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