# Talk:Globalization and women in China

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This article has a clear political agenda and is one of the most biased, one-sided Wikipedia article I have seen. For example:

"Collectivization destroyed "clan-based" systems and had a great effect on motivation of workers and family loyalties."
"clan-based" system needs clarification as it can refer to different concepts in Chinese, and the 'great effect on motivation' part is also highly disputed.
"As a result of Communist rule in China, the social status of women improved greatly.[21] Women were empowered to work outside the home.[21] Communist rule also brought about the end of practices such as foot binding, child marriages, prostitution, and arranged marriages.[21] China has seen a decrease in domestic violence due to government-supported grassroots programs to counter these practices.[22] Women in rural areas remain largely uneducated.[23]"
Not only does the style and tone of this section sounds similar to communist propaganda, but the improvement in living condition for women is again disputed (correlation does not imply causation). The improvement has more to do with economics than social policies enforced by the government. The feudal thoughts and traditions actually began to break down under the effect of globalization during Xihai Revolution. The Communist Party only forced and accelerated the process. Also, the "Cultural Revolution" was absolutely wrong, and it was a total social chaos. Traditional familial structure indeed broke down because of the chaos of the entire society. However,  after the chaos has passed and society came back to normal, family ties and the patriarchal system also somehow revived.
The format of this citation: "Hayes, Jeff (2008). "Women Under Communism", Facts and Details:China, Retrieved 5 November 2009. Retrieved from" also needs improvement. But aside from that,Women Under Communism is also a dubious source because there are no online record showing Jeffrey Hayes wrote this paper.
Not to mention there are many areas of misinformation as well. For example:

"It was finally banned as the Communists came to power around 1949"
Footbinding was already banned in the Qing and Republican era.
"During the Song Dynasty (960-1297), Confucian scholars further developed the patriarchal tradition with more restrictions for females, including foot binding for girls at a very young age."
First of all, Confucius never mentioned footbinding, because it didn't exist until the many centuries later. Also, the tradition of footbind was neither 'developed' nor 'enforced' by confucian scholars, this practice was instead a trend in fashion that had only gained popularity starting in the Song dynasty.   — Preceding unsignedcomment added by N6EpBa7Q (talk • contribs) 19:34, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

The authors of this page overlooked many reasons for migrant labor. While their statements were correct, migrants have many personal reasons for leaving villages as well. These motivations were driven by globalization in the way that a spread of ideas reinforced rural and urban stereotypes. Rural women seek to improve their lives by associating with urban images.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jillian.p (talk • contribs) 03:38, 27 October 2016 (UTC)  I also added information about jobs for women in the private sector, because there was not much information about this provided on the page.
The authors only state that new marriage law which guarantees women's equal rights enacted, but in practice there are still some parental and social expectations going on that are unfair for modern Chinese women. Also, the authors neglect the contrast between historical and contemporary gendered phenomena and unfairness for women. For example, the authors did not mention that gender equality was once achieved but only when women were forced to desexualize themselves.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serene Wang (talk • contribs) 20:44, 27 October 2016 (UTC) 

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