Pretty amazing what happens to the social norm in just 75 years. For example here in China:
"The accepted attitude of a man towards his wife was summed up in the old saying: a wife should be treated like a horse--driven and beaten regularly. If any husband didn't beat his wife, people thought he was afraid of her."
Another solid family tradition included:
"After a girl was married she was scolded and beaten by her mother-in-law. When she grew older and became a mother-in-law herself, she scolded and beat her daughter-in-law in turn. If she behaved any other way, she wouldn’t be considered a proper mother-in-law."
So basically in their Buddhist context, if you were a woman back then you keep your fingers crossed that in your next life you're reincarnated somewhere between a cricket, a horse, or a toenail.
At least they don't have to bind and wrap their feet anymore like a bad masochistic Christmas gift.
Happy thoughts from Jinan!
--dt willy
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