The modern Chinese woman: what she’s like, what she wears, her function models, and why Western manufacturers don’t get her
Within the Chinese household, one’s position in the hierarchy determined rank and accountability. Daughters were expected to obey their mother and father’ authority, help their moms in domestic tasks, and, in elite households, be taught to read and write. During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911 CE), foot binding turned a marker of Han Chinese ethnicity, as…