Women status – independency of women 第四組 郭俊延 孫學安 王大齊 黃鵬仁 施昱丞

The Story of an Hour Plot: Mrs. Millard died of heart disease when she the terrible news of her husband's death in a train accident is passed on to her. Characters: Louise Mallard (Mrs. Mallard):Heroine Brently Mallard (Mr. Mallard):Louise’s husband Josephine: Louise’s sister Richards: Brently’s friend

Conflicts: Louise is confused of being immoral if she feels happy after received the news of her husband’s death. However, Her husband loves her—his face had never looked save with love upon her and He has never really done anything cruel to her except treat her like a woman.

Ironic: the most ironic message passed by this story is not its plot but the person who are reading the story. Why? We always make a conclusion too quickly without thinking of inner nature. So We easily finish a famous story written by a famous feminism writer but still use the thoughts of chauvinism to explain this story.

Lost Lives of Women Plot: Tan captures the stories of several women, relatives of hers grouped in an old photo to reveal the state of women of China in Characters Jingmei: writer’s grandmother Doomma Writer’s mother(Bobei of Jingmei) Jyou Ma Divong: writer’s mother’s grandmother(her funeral) Nunu Aili: writer’s mother’s cousin

Compare two stories Third person V.S First person Women’s attitude toward oppression(East and West, Past and Present) Important phase Free! Body and soul free—The story of an hour A concubine was like some kind of prostitute— Lost Lives of Women

Topic Discussion Facts: Woman status was lower before, so there are three waves of feminism, a movement aimed at establishing equal rights for women. Discussion: What causes the lower woman status before? West: Bible, Industrial Revolution East: Confucianism ( 儒家思想 )

Conditions in Taiwan  conflicts in concept women’s independency in economic the traditional concept on women status  Difficulty for women to work 1. they can’t balance their work and family 2. they have to cooperate their husband even they might have to give up their work

Maria Siu – Medical student in USA  Right to vote  Women go to work  Role in workplace  Financial independence

Allen – Student in KMU  Human right movement  Character changes in society  Baby maker vs. Boss  Labor force changes

Sum  In the past - women were oppressed by men  Now- superficially woman and man are equal  Women’s rights are still limited by some convention

What is our perspective?  Neither gender can be dominant  Nothing is males’ or female’ duty to do  Determine whose duty by their capability  A method we think feasible ……

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