Women and Chinese Patriarchy: Submission, Servitude, and EscapeMaria Jaschok, Suzanne Miers Through the centuries, Chinese women and girls have been transferred, bought and sold for marriage, concubinage, domestic service and prostitution in China and amongst overseas Chinese communities. Although this traffic was apparently stamped out after World War II, it has reappeared in China on a large scale since the mid-1970s. This is a study of the forms of servitude to which Chinese women have been subjected and the avenues of escape open to them. Based on original documentation, oral testimony and personal experience, this work includes eye-witness accounts of the women concerned, their owners, missionary rescuers and those who escaped. |
Contents
The Aim of This Book | 7 |
Womens Avenues of Escape | 13 |
Historical Background | 19 |
The Spectrum of Chinese Female Roles in a Changing World | 25 |
Sericulture and Silk Reeling | 32 |
San Po Tsai Little DaughtersinLaw and Child Betrothals | 45 |
Cases of San Po Tsai and Other Betrothals in Childhood from the Rural | 51 |
San Po Tsai in Shenzhen | 57 |
The Screening of Immigrants | 125 |
Improvement in the Position of Girls from 1950 | 131 |
Boyfriends Male Pimps | 138 |
B The Chinese Patriarchal Response | 141 |
Defining Good and Evil Human Trafficking | 147 |
The Variety of Cases Handled | 155 |
Postscript | 166 |
Establishing a Home for Slave Girls and Setting a Christian Example in | 173 |
The Lack of Education for Females | 63 |
The Frequency of San Po Tsai Transfer in the Hong Kong Region | 69 |
Recruitment | 77 |
Poverty and Patriarchy in China and Economic Development in Singapore | 79 |
Location and Numbers of Brothels and Prostitutes | 91 |
The Status and Exploitation of Prostitutes | 98 |
Notes | 105 |
77 | 107 |
Life as a Mui Tsai | 113 |
The Enduring Social Stigma of Mui Tsai | 119 |
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