The Stereotypes About Women’s Appearance Throughout the History of China

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211120.075How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Stereotype; Women; Anxiety; Appearance; History

Abstract

Nowadays, women’s rights are improved to some degree in China. However, there are still many stereotypes about women’s appearance in China. In addition, the history of these stereotypes about Chinese women’s appearance can go back to ancient China. Like slender waist and foot binding in the past, today, people tend to find fault with women’s appearance according to a morbid unitary aesthetic. These stereotypes imprison Chinese women’s bodies and minds. In order to seek out some solutions to change this serious situation, this topic is chosen to analyze the formation reasons of these stereotypes throughout the history of China. This paper is divided into two parts: stereotypes about women’s appearance in ancient China and modern China. The feminist problems hiding behind these stereotypes will be mainly focused on. Some typical examples will be showed and analyzed. Besides, the finding of this paper shows that many of the stereotypes about women’s appearance are made by men and the stereotypes do harm to women’s bodies and minds. Because of the stereotypes, some women suffer from some physical and psychological diseases and lose their confidence. This is a serious situation. In order to solve it, many efforts are needed. Not only the government and the social media but also all of the people should make their own efforts to win the equal rights of women.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yi Tang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - The Stereotypes About Women’s Appearance Throughout the History of China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 394
EP  - 398
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.075
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.075
ID  - Tang2021
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