Is the Chinese culture really as sexist as these stories and books make it seem? I was reluctant during my presentation to take a stance on it, not knowing enough about the culture to make any statement about it. But it seems to me that all the Chinese women writers we've read have made it a central theme of their novels or stories. I know the memoir I presented on, Maxine Hong Kingston's
The Warrior Woman, was based mainly on Kingston's difficulties fighting the sexism and self-hatred with which the Chinese culture (via her mother) wanted to indoctrinate her.
However, a book--even a memoir--might exaggerate or more innocently magnify certain characteristics of the culture in order to address certain issues.
Is that the case? I know several in the class must be more informed than I. Other Asian-Americans, feel free to add your input on your culture or your perception of the Chinese culture. I'm interested in learning more about this point.
If the request is too forward, I apologize.
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I thought everyone’s presentations were pretty good. I am jealous of how relaxed some people are while giving a presentation in front of the class. I was so nervous that I forgot parts of what I wanted to say. I also did not talk about the author as much as I had wanted. I’ll have to make up for that in the paper. Am I the only one praying for mercy from the professor? Why do things sound so great on paper and in my head but sound terrible out loud? I alwasys fall apart during these kinds of things.
I also agree that in the books we've read or heard about this semester, the struggle of women seem to be a common characteristic in quite a few of the works. However, I also feel that the sometimes, we may have seen more of the negative rather than the positive. For example, the struggle of women was not a common theme in Donald Duk.
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