The Confucianist promotion of respect for seniority, or the culture of filial devotion. offered a somewhat bright prospect for women groaning under the yoke of patriarchal authority. This is because ,while imposing re...The Confucianist promotion of respect for seniority, or the culture of filial devotion. offered a somewhat bright prospect for women groaning under the yoke of patriarchal authority. This is because ,while imposing restrictions on women, filial devotion at the same the enabled women distinguished for it to command people’s respect, consequently to some degree relieving the opposition and tension arising from the proposition that men were superior to women. Nevertheless, in the author’s opinion, women. though played up by the culture of filial piety, still could not assert themselves for their consciously allowing themselves to be guided by the patriarchal authority culture.展开更多
文摘The Confucianist promotion of respect for seniority, or the culture of filial devotion. offered a somewhat bright prospect for women groaning under the yoke of patriarchal authority. This is because ,while imposing restrictions on women, filial devotion at the same the enabled women distinguished for it to command people’s respect, consequently to some degree relieving the opposition and tension arising from the proposition that men were superior to women. Nevertheless, in the author’s opinion, women. though played up by the culture of filial piety, still could not assert themselves for their consciously allowing themselves to be guided by the patriarchal authority culture.
