Unit1 MenandWomen sPrejudices Prejudice Prejudiceisprejudgment orforminganopinionbeforebecomingawareoftherelevantfactsofacase Thewordisoftenusedtorefertoanunreasonabledislikeanddistrustofaparticulargroupofpeopleorthings racialprejudice racialdiscriminationsexualprejudice sexualdiscrimination Airlinestewardess Shouldwecallhimaairlinebrother Jobprejudices malenurse orfemalenurse Obstetricsandgynecology politician Warmup 1 engineer 2 manager 3 sailor 4 pilot 5 president 6 scientist 1 secretary 2 nurse 3 kindergartenteachers 4 care giver 5 baby sitter 6 stewardess Whatwasthestatusofwomeninfeudalsociety Chinesewomenhavebeenportrayedinasimilarmannerthroughoutmostofrecenthistory Thethreeobediencesandthefourvirtues WomeninFeudalsociety Father Elderbrother Husband father in lawandmother in law son Beforemarriage Aftermarriage Chinesegirlswerebroughtuptobesubservient顺从的 passive theirpre ordained注定的rolestobeagoodmother agoodhousekeeperandloverfortheirman andmanytimesmarriednotwithamanoftheirchoosing Arrangedmarriageswere andsometimesevennowstillare thenormandthebride to bewasexpectedtogoalongwiththepathchosenforher ForthoseChinesewomenluckyenoughtoescapeanarrangedmarriage thenextobstaclealwayswas andstillis tobeabletogetalongwithandpleasehermother in law amajortask andmostnon Asianfemaleswouldhavedifficultyinappreciatingjusthowhardthiscanbe Ineachdynasty theroleofwomenvarieddrastically Intheearlyages beforeHan womenweregenerallysubjecttomen fathersandhusbands butbynomeansslaves TheinfluenceofwomenslowlyraiseduntiltheTangdynasty whereitreacheditspeak Then womencanwalkfreelyonstreets interactwithstrangersandbepresentatimportantceremonieswithouttheconsentofanyoneelse TheTangevenproducedthefirstfemaleemperor ThesocialstatusofwomendroppedintoasteepdeclineafterthefalloftheTang allthewayuntiltheQingdynasty Animportantthingtorememberisthatwomencandivorcetheirhusbands inalldynasties andnoblewomenweregenerallywelleducated Toconclude noancientChineselaweverdictatedwhatawomenandcannotdo andthereforewomenarelegallyEQUALtomen Whatstoppedthemwasexpectationsofthesociety Let sguesssomecommonsayings Dangerousbeauty 红颜祸水Abeautifulgirlhasanunfortunatelife 红颜薄命Mediocrityisthevirtueofwomen 女子无才便是德 toearnmoney beingabreadwinneracaretakerofthehome orbeingahousekeeper Father sroleinfeudalsociety mother sroleinfeudalsociety Now manymoreChinesefemalesarechoosingtoworkoutsideaftermarriage acaretakerofthehome orbeingahousekeeper toearnmoney mother sroleincurrentsociety Whatistheimageofgoodfather Therearesomecharacteristicsthatgoodfathershaveincommon Goodfathersareinvolvedinthelivesoftheirchildren sschoolactivities Theyalsoinvolvethechildrenintheirlivesandtheadultworldbytakingthemtoseetheworkplace takingthemwhenthecarneedstoberepaired etc Goodfathersexpectagreatdealformchildren butalsoacceptandsupporttheuniqueindividualstheirchildrenarebecoming Theyacknowledgeeachchildandareneverashamedofthechildren Goodfatherssetlimitsandarefirm Theylettheirchildrenknowtheirbeliefsandexpectationsbutrelyonexplanationsandreasoningratherthanforce Goodfatherspendtimewiththeirchildren Itisgoodforchildren Theyrealizethattheirtimewithchildrenisreallyaninvestmentinthem Researchesfindthatfatherinvolvementisrelatedtoself esteeminchildren Thosefatherswhoaremoreaffectionateandspendtimewiththeirchildrencontributepositivelytotheself esteemoftheirchildren Fatherwhovalueeducationhavechildrenwhodobetterinschoolthanthosechildrenwhosefathersdonotvalueeducation Oneinvestigatorreportsarelationshipofchildren sreadinglevelstotheamounttheyseetheirfathersreadinginthehome Inaddition thatfathershavetheopportunitytospendqualitytimewiththeirchildrenmaycontributehappymemoriestolastalifetime Beinganinvolvedfatherisgoodforchildrenandgoodforfathers Boththechildrenandthefathershaveopportunitiesforgrowthanddevelopment Onefatherreportedthatbeingafathermadehimstrongerandbetterperson Anotherfathersharedthatbeingafatherallowedhimtheopportunitytorememberthejoysandexperiencesofhischildhood Today slifestylesarechanging Moreandmorefathersareeffectivelybalancingtheirpersonal work andfamilytimes InWesterncountries traditionalfamilyroleswerethatthefatherwentouttoworktoearnmoneyforthefamily thebreadwinners whilethemotherstayedathometotakecareofthehouseandchildren thehomemaker or thehousewife Womendidnotholdajoboutsidethehomeandmendidnotcookordidhousecleaninginthehome Ofcoursenowadayssociety sconceptsoftheseroleshavechanged Thisunitdiscussesthechangeofthesocialanddomesticrolesofmenandwomen Nowmorethanever womenareworkingoutsidethehomeandthetraditionaldutiessuchastakingcareofthechildrenandthehousehavebeenshiftedorredistributedbetweenmenandwomen Whathasthischangemeantforsociety children men womeningeneral Doyouthinkthischangehasbeengoodorbad Whatkindofchangesdoyouimaginebytheyear2050 TheUnsungHeroes WhatAboutWorkingDads 1 Doyouthinkfathersareasimportanttochildrenasmothersare Whyorwhynot Thisisanopen endedquestion Fathersarethoughttobeasimportanttochildrenasmothersareintermsoftheiremotionalsupporttothefamily 2 Wh