Stereotypes In Ju Dou

The Tragedy of Ju Dou The subordination of women in Chinese culture belongs to the traditional or pre-communist period. Indeed, women in Chinese civilization, or at least in the very past, were considered merely as wives and housekeepers; their education, in fact, was focused on preparing them for the future roles of mothers and wives (Patt-Shamir, 2010, 246). Before the Chinese revolution, males worshiped the Confucian doctrine: “obedience” and “respect” were at the basis of their assumption, as they recognized Confucianism as law (Cook and Powell, 2006, 279). The protagonist of the dramatic movie Ju Dou is the young woman named Ju Dou as well as the personification of different themes through the color red that shows up several times during the movie and which identifies itself with the main problems in an oppressed rural village. Furthermore, due to erotic context, the Chinese government banned the movie for two years. However, the sexual scenes are not scandalous, but how the movie depicts and denunciates the traditional position of women could have reached popularity in every part of the country. The movie Ju Dou is a considerable manifestation of gender stereotypes and of the Chinese patriarchal

Especially in the rural parts of China, people believe that males are more important because they are more active economically. To this extent, in China whether the cause is the gender, aborting is illegal. Every year about 120 males are born to every 100 females. Thus, doctors cannot tell to future parents, whether the fetus will be a baby boy or a baby girl (“China: Where are the girl babies”). There is not gender that deserves to live more than another or that deserves a different treatment. Thus, this gender discrimination is serious since some cultures may not see it as an