Scripting Extramarital Affairs; Marital Mores, Gender Politics, and Infidelity in Taiwan  

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Chang, Jui-Shan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Modern China vol. 25 no. 1 (Jan. 1999), page 69-99.
Topik: Marital Mores; Gender Politics; and Infidelity in Taiwan
Fulltext: 69MC251.pdf (112.69KB)

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Historically, Chinese culture considered sexuality mores as a natural urge rather than as a social encounter. Sexual activity was not normally associated with sin or moral guilt as long as sex was with the right party in the right place (Hsu, 1983; van Gulik, 1974). Historically, the “right” party for Chinese men within the household could include the group denoted by the phrase “three wives and four concubines” (san qi si qie) (Lang, 1968). In addition, prostitution provided a further sexual outlet for men (Baker, 1979; Lang, 1968). In this society based on familism, a large extended household with san qi si qie and “five generations” under the same roofwas seen as a cultural ideal across all social classes even if, in reality, only wealthy men could afford to achieve this ideal (Baker, 1979). Although concubines and polygamy have been replaced by modern monogamous marriage arrangements since early in this century, this cultural legacy, some have argued, has kept Chinese women’s tolerance of their husbands’ extramarital activity relatively high (Lin Fangmei, 1996; Jian Chun’an, 1996). Extramarital affairs should therefore be relatively invisible.

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