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Women during the feudal society period had no social status to speak of and their fate was in the hands of what?

Feudal society period of women do not have any social status to speak of, their fate can only be mastered by men. Ancient feudal society, men had the supreme position, feudalism thought led to the male and female social inequality, in the eyes of all the women are just a tool to carry on the family line, they do not have the opportunity to realize their own ideals, from the moment of birth is destined to be someone's wife, the son's mother, can only play the role of these two, the only two women's roles by the community to recognize and respect, the mothering of children is a very important part of the life of the family. The only two roles that women are recognized and respected by society is that of a husband and a mother, which is the most noble ideal of a woman's life.

The feudal ruling class force-fed this idea into people's minds. The most important choice in a woman's life is to find a good husband. In this kind of marriage, the man has the absolute right to speak and take the initiative, and the woman can only passively accept any decision made by the man, and there is no reason to refute it, and the fate of her life is in other people's hands. In the new era, we now have strong gender equality in society, but there are still patriarchal and patriarchal ideas in society, and there is gender discrimination in some industries, which is a historical problem left behind by thousands of years of patriarchal society, and it will take a longer time to wear down.

Of course, if women in feudal society wanted to control their own destiny, they needed the right time, right place, and right people, and they needed to put in more effort to break through the shackles of feudalistic society. History has seen the emergence of several women who have influenced the development of the times, Empress Dowager Xuan of the Qin Dynasty, Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty, Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, who broke the shackles of male superiority and inferiority of women and stood at the apex of the dynasty, with millions of males having to kneel at their feet.

The success of a few people cannot change the status quo of the development of society, the existence of feudalistic society can not eliminate the inequality of men and women's fairness. Women can not escape the social shackles, gradually accepted the judgment of fate, can only expect themselves to marry a good husband who takes care of himself.