Violence against women leads to robbing the aspiration and self-esteem of women which possess life-long psychological cost. Enter your Blackboard ID (your Runner email name, e.g. Its transnational and integrated approach connects the cultural, economic, and social developments in East Asia … Trudy Jacobsen, “Introducing the Goddesses,” "Devi, Rajñi, Dasi, Mat," and “Behind the Apsara,” in Lost Goddesses: The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2008), 1-73. The Philippines is a bright spot in Asia with regard to the status of women. Final Exam: 25% (includes objective-style questions, short identifications, and an essay). The 11 countries of Southeast Asia include over 550 million people. One of the major indicators of such politico‐administrative development is the extent of citizen participation in governance through … Androcentric, single-sex models of humanity and … A major impediment to lifting children out of poverty in South Asia is an extreme gender equality gap. However, most countries have enacted laws to change this. Blackboard 9 Go to the Blackboard link at the CSUB homepage (Runner Courses) and click on Log In Here. c! 2/21 Kate Frieson, "Sentimental Education: Les Sages Femmes and Colonial Cambodia," Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 1 (2000): 1-34. Christine Doran, “Women, Nationalism and the Philippine revolution,” Nations and Nationalism 5 (1999): 237-258. As a result of the NEH Summer Institute, I have revised the course to a considerable extent; the little that remains from the course as most recently taught (Fall 2010) is highlighted in red. In this course, we will explore gender relations and the role of women in East and Southeast Asia beginning as early as the evidence will allow to the present. You are required to clear your topic with me before beginning work on the paper. Aside from the above text, all assigned readings will be available on Blackboard 9. She is the author of Unarvum Uruvamum (Feelings of the Entire Body), the first of its kind in English from a member of the hijra community. In Asia, men were figureheads, and women were unimportant side characters. Susan Mann, "Presidential Address: Myths of Asian Womanhood," The Journal of Asian Studies 59 (2000): 835-862. Sedition and anti-nationalism. Asia’s New Mothers, through a focus on childcare, offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia. 2011. They also correspond with the cultures that developed within the region.Asian women can be categorically grouped as women from the Asian subregions of Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Asia (aka The Middle East). ×! C h a r l e s H o l c o m b e ( C a m b r i d g e : C a m b r i d g e U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 2 0 1 0 ) , 1 - 1 0 . Bookmark this article … Bibliographic information Once again, women got the short end of the stick. DUE: Short Paper #1 1/31 Barbara Watson Andaya, “Women and Religious Change,” in The Flaming Womb: Reposit i o n i n g W o m e n i n E a r l y M o d e r n S o u t h e a s t A s i a ( H o n o l u l u : U n i v e r s i t y o f H a w a i i P r e s s , 2 0 0 8 ) , 7 0 - 1 0 3 . UNICEF works with partners, with both men and women, to address gender disparities through programmes and policies that respond to the needs of boys and girls, that transform gender norms and uneven power relations, and that ensure equal opportunities for all. “Across all four countries, we see that one of the biggest disrupters of gender inequality is when men take on more of the activities in the home typically defined as women’s roles.” Ban Zhao, “Lessons for Women,” in Nancy Swann, Pan Chao: Foremost Woman Scholar of China (New York, 1931), 82-90. h e š D � ¬ è è è è è D ¬ ¬ è è Å ò ò ò è ¬ è ¬ è ò è ò ò ¬ ¬ ò è Ü €Ï¼W½[Ì ¤ è ò Û 0 Though family structures and gender roles have greatly modified of late, the traditional stereotype based on a male breadwinner is still prevalent in most countries, which has a negative impact on women and men workers who try to both work and care for their children. If pursuing gender equality is positive for business and the economy, then Indonesia is in a good position to benefit, while Malaysia and Vietnam will struggle unless action is taken. Asia has been given 6 trillion reasons to act on gender equality, following another damning report from the OECD.. In the short papers you will analyze two of the assigned readings from a designated week. 4. We will also consider how different classes of women remaining beyond the confines of the palace confronted orthodox constructions of womanhood through the religious and economic activities of some together with the writings of others. Men were usually regarded as important, powerful figures, while women were seen as soft, gentle, relatively unimportant homemakers. Winter 2012 I will offer the course again, revised to include Southeast Asia. 2/16 Ann Stoler, "Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers: European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial Southeast Asia," in Frederick Cooper and Ann Stoler, eds., Tensions of Empire (Berkeley: California, 1997), 198-237. 3. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5 - 4 percent, which … Asia has been given 6 trillion reasons to act on gender equality, following another damning report from the OECD.. Comparative discussions of East and Southeast Asian societies are especially welcome. Languages available: English. The end of World War II signaled the demise of European colonialism in Southeast Asia. Women take on the role of child bearing, while men are the breadwinners. (Graduate students will be expected to use at least eight additional sources beyond those already assigned in the course, and to write something in the range of 15-18 pages.) Gender Indicators in South Asia. Understanding Gender Roles in Southeast Asia’s Fisheries Sector: Key Challenges and Recommendations for Gender Equitable Research Women make up half of Southeast Asia's fisheries sector, often performing key processing and selling work that gets the seafood caught to local and international markets. N o r m a n G . Great progress has been made in East Asia and Pacific towards girls’ school attendance and gender parity in education, but deeply rooted gender inequalities in the region keep girls and boys from having equal opportunities in their lives. These factors may explain why the value of daughters was never questioned in Southeast Asia as it was in China, India, and the Middle East; on the contrary, ‘the more daughters a man has, the richer he is’ (Galvão, 1544: 89; cf. History is about context. Preparation/Participation: 5% Classroom Etiquette Students are expected to observe normal courtesy in class. Sometimes, the WPA explains, “Women are forced to abort a female fetus.” Nearly 30 per cent of the Philippines’ lower house is occupied by women, and women form a quarter of the upper house. Arriving late and/or leaving early, engaging in unrelated personal conversations, using cell phones, texting, eating, sleeping, and/or reading irrelevant materials during class are rude and disruptive behaviors. The seven East Asia countries are: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea DR, Korea Rep, ... gender data for the ten Asian countries in 1990/91 and 1995/96. Gender in Modern East Asia explores the history of women and gender in China, Korea, and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present. The long road to gender equality in southeast Asia Singapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in … Recent progress in East Asia and Pacific: Gender gaps in access to education have closed dramatically – including at the secondary and tertiary levels. 1.1 Marriage postponement These ideas produce discriminative behaviors among people. Traditional gender roles dominate the region. List of Figures Figure 1 The five ESCAP subregions 7 Figure 2 2013 Human Development Index and Gender Inequality Index rankings for countries in Asia and the Pacific. Despite its latest decline, the Philippines remains the highest-placed Asian country. The Foundation's work in Southeast and East Asia is aimed to support political, economic, and social developments. Their reproductive role gave them magical and ritual powers which it was difficult for men to match. Download file to see previous pages Burying a newborn child because that is female, limiting the access of women to education, work and health, burying the wife of a person who dies are some common examples of gender discrimination in East Asia. This essay discusses how gender and sexuality are implicated in the construction of identity, citizenship, or community in an Asian perspective. H! The aim of this research paper on “Gender roles in south east Asian countries” has been explained with case study examples. This learned behaviour makes up gender identity and determines gender roles. Despite great linguistic and cultural diversity, the region is characterized by the relatively favorable position of women in comparison with neighboring East or South Asia. 4) observed that the ĞÏࡱá > şÿ Q S şÿÿÿ P ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿì¥Á '` ğ¿ 0 „\ bjbjLULU *^ .? Susan Mann, “The Virtue of Travel for Women in the Late Empire,” in Bryna Goodman and Wendy Larson, eds., Gender in Motion: Divisions of Labor and Cultural Change in Late Imperial and Modern China (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005), 55-74. I argue that gender roles from the Neolithic Revolution through the Classical Age continued to have male superiority over women in both East and South Asia. Joan Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” in Gender and the Politics of History (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), 28-50. Improve skills in writing papers. 2/23 Anne-Marie Medcalf, “The Archives’ Tales: Gender, Class and Colonial Migration Practices in Vietnam, 1897-1920,” Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific 21 (2009). The semi-sacred ‘third gender’ of South Asia. Contact Services for Students with Disabilities (654-3360, voice; 654-6288, tdd) so that your needs can be met as fully as possible. The higher value placed on boys can lead to sex selection before a child is even born. °A ÿÿ ÿÿ ÿÿ ¤ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ À ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ $ È À Deeply rooted inequalities keep girls and boys from having equal opportunities in their lives. Thankfully, this has changed in most cases. One of the key tenets about South-east Asia as a region distinct from East and South Asia is the relatively high status of women. The WHO gender policy 2002 defines the terms below. Understanding Gender Roles in Southeast Asia’s Fisheries Sector: Key Challenges and Recommendations for Gender Equitable Research Women make up half of Southeast Asia's fisheries sector, often performing key processing and selling work that gets the seafood caught to local and international markets. There are many different ways in which we classify women from men and the different gender roles each of them play. Women planning to teach in Asia can expect gender attitudes that are outdated by Western social standards. However, I hope this introduction to themes associated with gender as witnessed in East and Southeast Asia may serve to inspire further study of both the concept and these regions. Great progress has been made in East Asia and Pacific towards girls’ school attendance and gender parity in education, but deeply rooted gender inequalities in the region keep girls and boys from having equal opportunities in their lives. Gender Roles in Different Countries By Sheyenne Grenier. Your research paper may focus on any of the assigned readings from the course, but should also utilize at least four additional sources not included in the assigned readings for the course. The ‘How the gender pay gap varies across south-east Asia’ report from the Financial Times provides an overview of the gender pay gap in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, drawing on a number of recent studies. Gain a greater appreciation of the depth and diversity of East and Southeast Asian cultures and peoples. The article sites an FTCR survey of 5,000 urban respondents in five Asean economies in December 2017 found that Indonesia is the only country where satisfaction over career progression is higher among women than men. In ò ÿ è ÿ ò ÿ ¬ ò è è ò è è è è è D D è There are many different ways in which we classify women from men and the different gender roles each of them play. We will examine normative gender roles, challenges to and accommodations of these normative roles, and changes in gender roles … 1/17 Liu Hsiang, Lieh nü zhuan (Biographies of Eminent Chinese Women), Albert O’Hara, trans., Position of Woman in Early China. Therefore, we focus on gender differences in predictors of happiness of individuals and attempt to answer four questions: (1) Do gender differences in happiness exist in East Asian countries? This book is unquestionably a substantial scholarly volume that examines the intersection of gender, health sciences, and technology in modern (or the comparatively modernised parts of) East Asia. Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific: A Companion to the World Development Report FAO. As part of USAID Oceans’ critical … Throughout the world, the dreams and potential of girls are often thwarted by discrimination, violence and lack of equal opportunities. Also see: East and Southeast Asia: Annotated Directory of Internet Resources HYPERLINK "http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/general-history.html" http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/general-history.html Course Requirements Midterm Exam: 20% (includes map, objective-style questions, short identifications, and an essay). Obviously the timeframe and diversity of these regions (both within and between the individual countries involved) demand a certain amount of generalization on the one hand and complete neglect on the other hand. East Asia China ... with women outnumbering men in senior and leadership roles while having a high level of gender wage equality. 9 Figure 3 Reported range of proportion of female populations living below national poverty lines, by ESCAP subregion 17 Figure 4 Percentage of 2014 Beijing+20 respondent countries that reported national macroeconomic policies Finally, gender will be associated with "female subjectivities" as witnessed in, for example, women's writings. Violence against women and girls is another result of gender inequality. Gender role theory posits that boys and girls learn to perform one’s biologically assigned gender through particular behaviors and attitudes. jscott) and your Password (the last 5 digits of your Runner ID) and click Log In. While legendary women assume important roles in Japan and Vietnam as well, the written record and archeological evidence suggest that queens may indeed have ruled in early Japan, Korea, and Cambodia. One of the key tenets about South-east Asia as a region distinct from East and South Asia is the relatively high status of women. The distinguished historian Anthony Reid (1988a; 1988b, chap. In general, Asian gender roles were very similar (if not identical) to Western roles. Vietnamese heroines, the Trung Sisters HYPERLINK "http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/051272-trung-sisters-temple" http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/051272-trung-sisters-temple Balinese witch, Rangda HYPERLINK "http://www.asianart.org/blog/?cat=24" http://www.asianart.org/blog/?cat=24 1/19 J o a n P i g g o t t , " T h e L a s t C l a s s i c a l F e m a l e S o v e r e i g n : K Mk e n - S h Mt o k u T e n n M, " i n W o m e n a n d C o n f u c i a n C u l t u r e s i n P r e m o d e r n C h i n a , K o r e a , a n d J a p a n , D o r o t h y K o , J a H y u n K i m H a b o u s h , a n d J o a n P i g g o t t ( B e r k e l e y : U C P r e s s , 2 0 0 3 ) , 4 7 - 7 4 . Share on Twitter. Body. The distinguished historian Anthony Reid (1988a; 1988b, chap. Recommended textbook for gender historians and Modern East Asian specialists. Our class time will focus primarily on group discussions of our reading assignments. East Asian cultures are based on a traditional societal hierarchy in which women are the lowest members and must show deference to males. People are born female or male, but learn to be girls and boys who grow into women and men. In this respect, we see gendered relations as relations of power that are made in processes of negotiation. In Europe, men used to wear stockings, perfume and silks. Theoretically, the independent states that emerged over the next 15 years were committed to gender equality, but this has rarely been translated into reality. Great progress has been made in East Asia and Pacific towards girls’ school attendance and gender parity in education, but deeply rooted gender inequalities in the region keep girls and boys from having equal opportunities in their lives. Early Modern (1400-1800) Manipulation of Gender Roles Focusing on palace life continues to offer a site where we may examine both the elite and commoners engaged in various forms of production and reproduction. Gender role theory emphasizes the environmental causes of gender roles and the impact of socialization, or the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to group members, in learning how to behave as a male or a female. Nissim Otmazgin and Eyal Ben-Ari, eds., Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2011). The facts, dates and names, stripped of context, are meaningless and dull. Yet as foreign belief systems (Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism) begin to intrude, access to the throne is likewise prohibited to women in these areas. - East Asia or South Asia- Gender- Race or Ethnicity Candidates must have an emerging research record and trajectory in political science, evidenced by existing or shortly forthcoming articles in highly rated academic journals and/or books with leading academic presses. ò è è è è è è è è $ ı This may be witnessed in Shang burial sites and oracle bones as well as in legend (Lady Han, Mulan); however, by the Han Dynasty, the “woman warrior” is confronted with the virtuous wife and mother. Trân My-Vân, “‘Come On, Girls, Let’s Go Bail Water’: Erotica in Hô Xuân Huong’s Vietnamese Poetry,” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 33 (2002): 471-94. In other words, we will consider how imperial regimes attempted to impose notions of gendered and racialized difference on colonial subjects, and how women and men accommodated and resisted these colonial constructs. Asia’s New Mothers, through a focus on childcare, offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia.Taking into consideration the historical and cultural differences and similarities among the societies in the region, the authors employ indepth researches of people’s everyday experiences. Anne Walthall (Berkeley: UC Press, 2008), 22-44. If you have a temporary or permanent disability, please discuss your needs with the instructor within the first week of class in order that we can identify any necessary modification or adaptations. Gender is used to describe the characteristics of women and men that are socially constructed, while sex refers to those that are biologically determined. è è è è À À À ä ¤ À À À ¤ À À À ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ÿÿÿÿ Gender in East and Southeast Asian History Hist 421 Winter 2012 Orliski [NOTE: I have taught Gender in East Asian History for eight years. Throughout the majority of Southeast Asian countries, research has shown that the majority of men routinely believe that the company they work for … Share using Email. 2/28 Martha Tocco, “Norms and Texts for Women’s Education in Tokugawa Japan,” in Women and Confucian Cultures, 193-218. 2. Her book is part of research project for more than 100 universities. Barbara Watson Andaya, “Introduction: Gender and the Historiography of Southeast Asia,” in Other Pasts: Women, Gender and History in Early Modern Southeast Asia, ed. In a report released as part of … Gender role theory emphasizes the environmental causes of gender roles and the impact of socialization, or the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to group members, in learning how to behave as a male or a female. "A groundbreaking work that brings together the gender history of China, Japan and Korea. D! Gender Roles in Different Countries By Sheyenne Grenier. By Aida Akl. Social role theory proposes that the social structure is the underlying force in distinguishing genders and that sex-differentiated behavior is … Gender Stereotypes in Laws and Court Decisions in Southeast Asia: A Reference for Justice Actors Authors/editor(s): Evalyn G. Ursua. These papers can be read against the background of three main themes, which, though not exhaustive, we believe form an essential analytical and thematic framework within which to understand the family in contemporary South Asia: the individual-family-community nexus; gender roles and agency; and technology and media. At the Entry Page, click on Log In to myBlackboard. Required Texts Wil Burghoorn, Kazuki Iwanaga, Cecilia Milwertz, and Qi Wang, eds., Gender Politics in Asia: Women Manoeuvring within Dominant Gender Orders (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2008). University Policies To drop the course without penalty and to understand what qualifies as a violation of academic integrity, please see the guidelines listed under “Academic Information and Policies, Winter 2012” on the CSUB homepage. East Asian cultures are based on a traditional societal hierarchy in which women are the lowest members and must show deference to males. The paper particularly focus on gender stereotypes in laws, legal processes and court decisions in Southeast Asia, with examples from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam. on Boards in Asia-Pacific, shows that women only make up 9.7% of boards of directors membership of companies in Thailand, 9.4% in Hong Kong, 8.1% in China, 7.8% in Malaysia, 7.3% in Singapore, 4.7% in India, 4.4% in Taiwan, 6.0% in Indonesia, 1.9% in South Korea and "Introduction: What Is East Asia," in A History of East Asia: From the Origins o f C i v i l i z a t i o n t o t h e T w e n t y - F i r s t C e n t u r y , e d .