life of women

women and employment

• women in work was promoted

• women in work under mao reign quadrupled- from 8-32%

• principle- equal pay

• opportunities for promotion- limited

women and education

• more girls went to school by mid 70s, almost = ½ of primary school children were girls

• had right to higher education

• still pressure to fulfil domestic roles- only a minority went to higher education

women and the PLA

• 1949, PLA enlisted unmarried, educated female students

• PLA offered route for women to become leaders/cadres

• promoted by propoganda

• reality- still took on feminine roles- canteen/PLA textile factories

successes in the improvement of lives of women from 1949-76

• access to higher education

• introduction of marriage law- women could seek divorce

• PLA offered route for women to become leaders

• in communes, women werent expected to stick with domestic roles

• had the chance of equal pay for equal work

failures in the improvement of lives of women from 1949-76

• pressure to fulfil domestic roles despite access to higher education

• reality- undertook feminine role despite being in PLA

• punishments in communes revolved around them being naked

• physical reality- women got less food than men