Male Dominance - China

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China, the number one country out there in the world today particularly in the economic area, was not always the gigantic powerhouse that we are used to seeing it as. It too just like the United States of America was once a small country that was very small and weak although there are some differences between how they went about in the early development stages of becoming a full country. First, China was independent unlike us so help from others was not provided if they were in need. Second, more importantly, China was isolated through both its geological location and also by the choices of the leaders that sat in their thrones and governed the country. Leaders are the last big factor that has separated China from being like other countries by enforcing it through straight out rules that kept other countries out. The Chinese are male-dominated and isolated which led them to build their social infrastructure on personal desires that later caused both the life of the individual and the country as a whole to fall apart.

China was established in a place of natural isolation. From all sides, there were the Himalayan Mountains, The Gobi desert discouraged any entrance through the promise of painful, tedious travels, and lastly the Pacific Ocean was China’s natural sea barrier to the east and partially south. From the start China was separated from others of the world but they did not stop there in their attempt to cut themselves off from the world. In the early B.C., by none other than the emperor Qin Shihuang, the Great Wall of China was instructed to be built as a barrier that would protect them from the barbaric tribes that ravaged the northern lands. While this was all good and well thought it was an early hint at just how isolated China was going to become. A second isolation factor that was made was by the leaders of the Ming Dynasty and their decision was that there was not to be abundant trade with other countries. The strict rules of trade...