In the ancient Indian world, women were expected to be subservient to men. We have seen this in the Ramayana. After rescuing Sita, Rama would not accept her back because she may have been raped while held in captivity. “Wives were instructed to be attentive to their husbands’ needs and ready to obey their every command.”

Family was important in Indian culture.

“ [B]y the middle centuries of the last millennium B.C.E., the extended family was increasingly regarded as the ideal. Those who could support such large households, which normally meant only the highest caste groups, gathered all the male members of a given family and their wives and children under the same roof. At times up to four generations, from great-grandparents to their great-grandsons and great-granddaughters, lived together in t

In ancient china also, Women were to be subservient. “Despite these promising trends, women at all social levels remained subordinated to men. Family households were run by the older men, and although women could inherit, male children normally received the greater share of family property.”

Stearns, Peter N., Adas, Michael, Schwartz, Styart B., and Gilbert, Marc Jason. World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Addison-Wesley educational publishers Inc. 2001.

During Chinese rule by the Han Dynasty there was a possibility of moving up in the social stratus of the caste system by taking the civil service exam. The highest class was the scholar-gentry class, and to become part of this class you had to pass the civil service exam. Only the commoners were allowed to take the exam, however. The commoners included: peasants, artisans, and merchants, in that order. These people were considered the “honorable” people. The “mean” people were not able to take the civil service exam, and could not marry with people from the “honorable” castes. The “mean” people included: entertainers, ethnic minorities, bondservan

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