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1、【标题】中西方妇女地位对比研究【作者】闵荣霞【关键词】妇女地位；家底；社会；屮国；西方国家【指导老师】宋家陵伍海英【专业】英语【正文】I•IntroductionThestatusofwomeninsocietyisneitheranewissuenorisitafullysettledone.Today,peoplearemoreandmorecaringaboutwomen'sstatus.Womenarenotaseparatedindividual,butdeeplytietothesoc
2、iety,andtheyplayveryimportantrolesineveryaspectsofthemodernsociety・Sowomen'sstatusnotonlyconnectstowomenthemselves,butalsothesociety'sdevelopment.Therefore,bothwomenandthegovernmentshouldtrytheireffortstoenhancewomensstatusandadvaneetheequalrightofmen
3、andwomen.InChinaunderthesevaluesofmoneyandsocialstatus,wornontheycan'tenjoyahappymarriageandtheirfreedom・Andtheyaredeprivedoftherighttoreceiveeducationandtakepartinsocialactivities.Becausetherearenoneedsforhighereducationforthem,andevenifthereisnonece
4、ssitytoreceiveahighereducation,itisjustforself-enhancementorforp1easingtheirhusbands.InancientChinawomenhadinferiorstatus,whichcouldbereflectintheoriginofChineseCharacter"女”.TheoriginoftheChineseCharacter"女”candatebacktotheYinshangperiod-Atthattime,th
5、eworld“女”means"apersonkneelingonthegroundwithherarmsfoldedinfrontofherchest.”1ThenintheXizhouperiod,itwasalmostthesame,butabarwasaddedtomeanvariousdecorationsonwomenJshair.Later,itbecame"女”,fromwhichthekneelingfigurewasnotsoeasilyrecognized.Butanyway,
6、fromtheoriginof“女”wecantellthesubordinatepositionofwomenbeganfromslavesociety.InEnglishlanguagealsoreflectswomen'sinferiorstatus・AccordingtotheBible,womanisaribofman.Thisideafindsproofinwordsformation.Besides,somefemininephrasesarealsoman-centered,e.g
7、.femalejudge,madamchairman,ladydoctor.Someunhappythingsarelinkedwithwomen.Forexample,blackMaria（囚车）,Venusflytrap（捕蝇器），HurricaneBetsy（飓风）.Womessubordinatepositionhelpedcreatemanynegativewordswhichareusedasaffirmativeoneswhenusedtodescribeaman.Thefollow
8、ingexamplesareverysupportive,bachelor:（happy）unmarriedmmi—spinster:（queer,cold)unmarriedwoman;governor:ruler—governess:tutor(hiredbyothers);warlock:巫师(normegativemeaning)—witch:巫婆(ugly,queer);king:sometimesmeanaverysuccessfulmaninacertainfield
