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 * Chinese Women**

[|Women] who follow Confucianism have three different alliances. 1. To her father until she is married. 2. To the husband, after she leaves her parents house. 3. To the eldest son, after her husband dies. They are expected to keep their virginity until they are married and to only be married once. Women should have skill with her hands, an agreeable appearance, watch how she speaks and have good conduct. Most women in our society are already mothers. Girls in highschool are having children and end up raising the child on their own. Many women rush into getting married, which ends up in a divorice. Some women have been married several times. If we switched to Confucianism, there would be less young, single mothers, because they would have to wait until they are married. Since they were expected to only marry once, women would take their time to get to really know the man, so see if he is the one she would want to marry. Knowing that she only has one chance to, she would take her time, in fear of making a wrong choice and changing her life for ever. Some womens' behavior would be unacceptable in Confusianism. Many women don't care how they look or what they say in front of people, which gives others a bad reputation. After the big change, women would have to have good conduct and be respectful, which is a main principle in Confucianism.



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