Late Post Week 12 April 2 Reading

The one picture that pops out at me is the one of the woman doing work. First of all, it is known that not a lot of women worked  during this time. It was almost unheard of that a woman would work. Not only is this woman working, she is working with a mallet and chisel (if I am getting the names of those tools right). Basically, she is carving something. Personally, I have only seen this job done by a man. I'm not saying only men should do this job, but I have never seen a woman depicted as doing it. Not only that, but this is not just a picture. This is a poster that was hung in China for everyone to see. The caption on this document says "the liberation of women from ancient limitations and oppressions in order to mobilize them for the task of building socialism" (page 1081). It also says that "'Women Can Hold Up Half the Sky; Surely the Face of Nature Can Be Transformed.'" I think what the poster is trying to say, and trying to depict, is that women should do exactly what men do. They should be able to do anything a man can do, no matter what the task is. Women are here on earth and they need something to do, not just sit home and take care of the families. Put them to work, make the work equal and be done with it. And I agree with this! I think the Chinese communists were right in thinking that women need to be equal. Women should be treated as equals everywhere.