Looking at the Chapter 5 document
and reading them were difficult to understand. It was not like I did not get
what I was reading I just couldn’t believe that women would agree to put
themselves down in such a way. For example, in the document Lessons for Women, the author tries to
explain the principles of Confucianism to that of women in society. It was
crazy to read about the ancestor’s three customs about the birth of a baby girl.
One of the customs is the baby is supposed to be placed bellow the bed to
symbolize that she is weak and low in status. This is saddening to think about,
if I had to do this to my own child, I could never. Women had such strict and ridiculous
rules that they had to lead and follow. It is just crazy comparing women today
in modern day, to that of Ban
Zhao.
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