Social Dev Flashcards
Marriage law
1950 No arranged marriage Right to divorce Concubinage and polygamy banned Property rights
Limitation of Marriage Law
Traditional resistance
Women divorced in 57
1m
Clause 6 of communist common programme
Promised the abolition of restrictions affecting women and affirmed their right to equal treatment (politically, socially, economically, educationally and culturally)
Free to marry who they wanted
Foot binding outlawed
1911
Mandatory no of elected representatives ➡️ women ?
1/4
% CCP female
13
% national ppls conference female in 73
23%
Main opposition area re women’s changing status
Muslim areas western China
Success of propaganda heralding marriage law undermined …
By cadres resentful of the changes
Changsha affair
Used by Mao to show problem w arranged marriages, suggested they were indirect rape
Traditional punishment for unfaithful wives before Mao
Decapitation
To what extent did the position of women in China chance 50-76
4p 4n
Positive
- Marriage law
- Collectivisation and job opportunities (equal pay, x4)
- Commune facilities (child care,mess halls)
- Land reform (right to own land)
Negative
- land reform (didn’t last , collectives)
- cult rev (kids attack fam, women disorientated)
Commune facilities (not affordable for gvmnt, disorientation in different roles)
Collectivisation (work points leaks women earn less)
% hadbt received edu @ start
90
3 factors that slowed down improvements in education
GLF (lacked priority) Korean War (6.4% of budged went to edu in 52) Cult rev (discredits teachers and education)
Anti Confucianism campaign 72 significance
So late, suggests traditional attitudes hadn’t changed
Pinyin introduced
50
% communist authorities formally educated 70
6
% ppl w uni degree
Less than 1%
% that had received schooling after 16
11
no. unis in 61
1289
no. unis 65
434
Infant mortality GLF
Rose to 300/1000
Health teams examine 2.8m peasants
58
