Chapter 5_ Reflection_Yoyo

  Chapter 5 mainly discusses about the masculine and feminine culture in different aspects. Here, I’d like to share some of my thoughts about the masculine and feminine cultures of America and China.

Personally, I don’t think that America is typically masculine. I agree that America is more masculine when analyzing it in the state level because it aims at achieving high economic growth with little regards on the environmental protections. The state endorses economic liberalism in high competitive market and small government providing little welfare. Money/capital is important and people live in order to work. Conflicts solved through force with the examples of the Vietnam, Korea and Iraq war. However, if we analyze it at the society level, I’d say the American society is more feminine rather than masculine. The society promotes more gender equality. More women can take the management positions and they are not viewed as the only one who is responsible for childbearing. Girls and boys are equal and no single gender is superior to other.

By looking at the differences between Masculine and Feminine cultures, it’s also interesting to think whether China is more masculine or feminine. Personally, I think China is more masculine. In the recent decades, china’s economy grows rapidly and the government aims at achieving higher growth every year by making numerous ambitious and strategic economic policies and programs. China government puts more attention and allocates more resources on economic development, while put less resources on social development, like social welfare system. China government also spends lots of money in expanding its military forces and enhancing military capacities. At the society level, China is traditionally a patriarchy society. Men are viewed as superior to women, no matter in the workplace, family and school. It’s not difficult to find out that most of the political leaders in China are men. The percentage of male mangers is higher than female mangers in corporations. Because of the traditional thought that boys can continue the bloodline of the family, a lot of Chinese parents favor boys rather than girls. It’s sad that some female babies are killed by their parents because of the One Child Policy in China.