China

1. Women's Lives

1.1. Possibility of infanticide for newborn girls

1.1.1. Because women are culturally devalued

1.2. Most important life event is marriage

1.2.1. Because this decides her lineage, although she can be removed from within this lineage upon divorce

1.2.2. The female's purpose is to provide the family heirs

1.3. Being a female is an extremely inferior position

1.3.1. Perceived as their gender roles; not seen as separate, individual entities

2. The Han Dynasty

2.1. 92% of the population

2.2. formed over two thousand years ago

2.3. Reformed in 1949

2.3.1. Combination of reformations led to more equality for women, positive economic advancement, and prolonged lives for Chinese men, women, and children

3. Patrilineal Kinship

3.1. Family records have been recorded since (at least) the beginning of the Han dynasty

3.2. This genealogical documentation has helped to solidify a long standing tradition of male hegemony

3.3. Alternate models of kinship make up just 8% of the Chinese population, these include

3.3.1. The Dai

3.3.2. The Lahu

3.3.3. The Mosuo

4. Politics

4.1. Kinship is highly important (lineage through the male line)