People in feudal society generally have their own families, if there is no male in the family, they will be looked down upon by the people of the whole clan, that is, they are very rich and feel that they have no light, not to mention the poor who can't even afford their wives. In order to continue the incense, a deformed form of marriage is born, which can solve this problem perfectly, of course, for men, because the continuation of incense is originally a man's business.
But for women, it is a deeper oppression, a more miserable life. This form of marriage developed to the extreme in the Qing Dynasty, let's see what is going on.
What kind of marriage form is the ceremonial marriage system?
On the surface, the ceremonial marriage system is similar to that of ordinary marriages, and there are also matchmakers who lead from the middle, but also have to give dowry, and there are also banquets, etc., and families with larger rules will also worship the ancestral hall and see the ancestors. But all this was not done for the sake of the woman who entered the house, but for the sake of the child who might be born later, so that he could better integrate into the family and the neighbor in the future.
And this woman, must enter the house at night, she came to this home is a fixed time, generally for a few years, more than ten years, during this time, she must live in this home, take care of the man's life, give birth to him, do housework or more heavy labor.
But when the time comes, if the family and the husband's family do not continue the agreement of the wife, then she must return to her original husband's house.
You might say, isn't that treating women like things? What do you think is a woman in feudal society? In this process, no one has thought about whether this woman is willing to leave her original husband, and no one cares whether this woman has fallen in love with her current husband after several years or even more than ten years of life, whether she has children or not, and no matter how old the children are, she must leave or go back. Because home, it's the man's, not hers.
Moreover, if you look back at history, you will find that the pawn wife was only a flexible situation in the later development of the Qing Dynasty, and at the beginning, the wife was sold.
The history of the canonical marriage system
China's history, a history of many wars, every war, will pull the people into the bottom line of survival, at this time, the first to be sacrificed is the woman, from the Han Dynasty, the wife or concubine can be sold, but that time is the buyout situation, that is, once bought, will not return to the original husband's family.
Although this is also an oppression for women, it is still good for women, at least it will not come and go. However, in the Tang and Song dynasties, the pawn wife system began to appear, but at that time it was still limited to those who were discouraged, because of economic compulsion, temporarily sent concubines to brothels or rich families, and then redeemed them when they developed, and also used wives and daughters to become slaves in the creditor's home to pay off debts.
It was at this time that people's goal was not yet achieved, just to use women as reproductive tools and for the sake of passing on the generations, at most only to change the fate of the women themselves, but in the Qing Dynasty, the situation changed.
In fact, in the late Ming Dynasty, the people's life has been miserable, after the Qing Dynasty, the general phenomenon of extreme poverty deepened the oppression of women, the pawn wife selling women has become the norm, at this time the woman is finally completely used as a reproductive tool, in her reproductive age can continue the incense for different men.
Of course, the Qing government had to take care of such a thing that was contrary to ethics and ethics, but it managed it very funny, and enacted a law that did not allow the marriage of a pawn wife, and there was no punishment for the behavior of the pawn wife, which was tantamount to an expression - only if it did not fall on paper, this thing could be done.
This has made the phenomenon of pawn wives more and more common, surpassing the poor before, that is, walking merchants, who can also pawn a woman to act as a sex slave and domestic worker when she comes. As a woman of goods, her turnover rate has been greatly improved.
The devil behind the pawn wife
Why, the suffering of women is so deep, there is no room for resistance. Because she didn't get any support.
If the men of feudal society are inheriting the three mountains of theocracy, imperial power and clan power, then there must be one more on the woman's body, that is, husband power, and the woman of the feudal society is the appendage of the man, the father, the husband, and the son are their relatives and the enemies who oppress them. They must love them unconditionally and obey them, or they will be rebellious.
Of course, the deeper of them is the reason, or because of the underdevelopment of the productive forces, as said in "Medicine God", there is only one disease in this world, that is, the disease of poverty, the underdevelopment of the productive forces, so that people fall into the situation of material scarcity, and agricultural society, is the need for men's physical strength, at this time, the first to be sacrificed, is the weak woman.
The idea of male superiority and female inferiority was also derived, and then the concept of continuing the incense was born, and a family must have boys to be called the continuation of offspring.
Under these ideas, women's status is trampled on the soles of their feet, and when they are born, if the family is unable to support them, they are more likely to drown, just to save resources for boys. When they grew up, their parents received a dowry, and they went to their husband's house, and from then on, they either pawned or sold it, and they were at the mercy of their husband's family.
epilogue
There is an article dedicated to the wife, called "The Mother of a Slave", which records the pain of a mother's separation, she has a son who is a few years old in her original husband's family, and after being pawned to another family, she gave birth to a son, she first missed her eldest son, and then the wife period arrived, she had to leave her younger son, and the eldest son who was once kind was also divided because of the long-term non-meeting.
In fact, in modern times, there are also things that use women as reproductive tools, that is, surrogacy, but it is an illegal thing, and it is not dare to get on the table, so naturally it will not cause universal oppression to women. Therefore, a woman, no matter how good, must also thank this new era for its endowment.
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