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Gender in Vietnam

Gender in Vietnam. Boundaries and Possibilities. The Gender Ethos. Family Happiness Women responsible for family happiness take care of children and manage the family life responsible for education and upbringing of children Social Production

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Gender in Vietnam

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  1. Gender in Vietnam Boundaries and Possibilities

  2. The Gender Ethos • Family Happiness • Women responsible for family happiness • take care of children and manage the family life • responsible for education and upbringing of children • Social Production • All work and earn a living, and contribute to society • Mutual Sacrifice (Gia Dinh, Dinh, Nuoc) • Balance, Harmony and Reconciliation

  3. The World of Women • Legends of Matriarchy • History of Heroines & Warriors • Rural Women: “Face to the earth, back to the sky” -- Agriculture and Handicrafts • Market Women: Female Entrepreneurship • Motherhood and Daughters-in-Law • The Double Burden of Women • Social Oppression & the Women’s Union • Socialism and Women’s Rights

  4. The World of Men • Rural: Peasants and Buffaloes • Urban: Mandarins and Skilled Workers • Contacts and Relationships • Father as the Family “King” • Outward Orientation • Tension of Change -- Sharing Power

  5. Female primary agricultural labor while men leave to find jobs elsewhere Growth of Women in Service Sector Industries with pre-dominant female labor, low wages 17.69% women illiterate, 8.6% of men Women with University degrees -- 1.3%, men 2.5% Increasing equality between genders in rights and responsibilities of family members Political Representation increasing Laws protecting women and children developed Women 10 Years after Doi Moi

  6. Possible Responses to Entry into Perceived Gender Domains Rejection------Resistance------Resignation------Acceptance CONFLICT COOPERATION

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