Comparative Analysis of Women’s Rights in the United States and Modern China

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10.2991/assehr.k.210806.080How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Women rights, legislative history, comparative Analysis, China, United States

Abstract

In most contemporary media coverage and public impression, the legislation in the United States and certain European countries are perceived to place a high emphasis on human rights and individual liberty. Additionally, the western-style legal systems are universally recognized as the modern form of law for human society. In contrast, the laws of traditional eastern countries such as China are often depicted as corrupted, outdated, irrational, and hierarchical, which contradicts the fundamental principles of humanitarianism. This paper analyzes the legislative history of women’s rights in the United States and modern China. Through a close reading of both countries’ legal codes produced during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this paper seeks to provide a revisionist understanding of the interactions between the development of legislation, social movements, and individual perception of the law.

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© 2021, 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  - Jinyu Xie
AU  - Chuanji Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - Comparative Analysis of Women’s Rights in the United States and Modern China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 426
EP  - 435
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.080
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210806.080
ID  - Xie2021
ER  -