In Dr. Virginia Drachman’s American history class, “Rise of the Modern Woman” (2014), she discusses that the American idea of the “new woman” deals heavily with the transition of women from staying mainly in the private, home-based …show more content…
It follows a Western view of a modern woman being urban, independent, and still feminine. Yet, the similarities between Chinese and Western women are not absolute. Many Chinese women, both lower and middle class, experience pressures from the traditional system, especially in terms of marriage. Young factory workers are expected to return home and eventually marry a man and perpetuate the rural lifestyle (Pun: 68). Urban career woman fear being called a “leftover woman” if they fail to get married at the socially prescribed ‘right age’ of younger than 26 (Gaetano: