How Does the Changes in Population Policy Shape Gender Role Socialization in Contemporary China?

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10.2991/assehr.k.201214.625How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Population control policy, two-child policy, gender equality

Abstract

This article analyzes the effect of China’s population control policy from the perspective of gender role attitudes, showing the different effects of the one-child policy and the two-child policy on gender equality. It shows that under the one-child policy, women, especially girls, can avoid competition within the family. Thus, they can obtain complete educational resources from their family, and thereby gain a higher social status in career. However, under the two-child policy, it allows girls and boys exist in one family. With the strong effect of son preferences, it reduce the educational resource and opportunities for girls. This article provides suggestions on how to maintain gender equality that women received under the one-child policy.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junyi Xiang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - How Does the Changes in Population Policy Shape Gender Role Socialization in Contemporary China?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 853
EP  - 857
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.625
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