Vietnamese Women in a Confucian Setting: The Causes of the Initial Decline in the Status of East Asian Women

Frenier, Mariam Darce; Mancini, Kimberly

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“…In Korea, young boys were separated from girls to thwart their developing sexual interests (Frenier & Mancini, 1996;Youn, 2001). Korea adopted the rigorous Chinese examination system, which became the new index of social status instead of wealth (Frenier & Mancini, 1996). To this day, many Korean, Chinese, and Japanese parents expect their adolescents to devote themselves entirely to their studies, and any association with sexual activity is frowned upon, as it would interfere with future success (Youn, 2001).…”

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“…In Japan, it was stressed that a woman should obey her parents until her marriage, after which point she followed her husband and his family or faced divorce due to disobedience (Hirayama & Hirayama, 1986). In Korea, young boys were separated from girls to thwart their developing sexual interests (Frenier & Mancini, 1996;Youn, 2001). Korea adopted the rigorous Chinese examination system, which became the new index of social status instead of wealth (Frenier & Mancini, 1996).…”

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“…This trend was strengthened during the succeeding dynasties and continued even long after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Japan and Korea, which also adopted Chinese philosophies, slowly evolved into patriarchal societies (Frenier & Mancini, 1996). In Japan, it was stressed that a woman should obey her parents until her marriage, after which point she followed her husband and his family or faced divorce due to disobedience (Hirayama & Hirayama, 1986).…”

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Acculturation and Sexual Function in Asian Women

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Cultural effects on sexuality are pervasive and potentially of great clinical importance, but have not yet received sustained empirical attention. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of acculturation on sexual permissiveness and sexual function, with a particular focus on arousal in Asian women living in Canada. We also compared questionnaire responses between Asian and Euro-Canadian groups in hopes of investigating whether acculturation captured unique information not predicted by ethnic group affiliation. Euro-Canadian (n = 173) and Asian (n = 176) female university students completed a battery of questionnaires in private. Euro-Canadian women had significantly more sexual knowledge and experiences, more liberal attitudes, and higher rates of desire, arousal, sexual receptivity, and sexual pleasure. Anxiety from anticipated sexual activity was significantly higher in Asian women, but the groups did not differ significantly on relationship satisfaction or problems with sexual function. Acculturation to Western culture, as well as maintained affiliation with traditional Asian heritage, were both significantly and independently related to sexual attitudes above and beyond length of residency in Canada, and beyond ethnic group comparisons. Overall, these data suggest that measurement of acculturation may capture information about an individual's unique acculturation pattern that is not evident when focusing solely on ethnic group comparisons or length of residency, and that such findings may be important in facilitating the assessment, classification, and treatment of sexual difficulties in Asian women.

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“…However, in practice, Confucianism in Vietnam appears somewhat different from its largest neighbor, China. Even during the Colonial period, French observers wrote eloquently about the strong position of Vietnamese women as opposed to Chinese women (Woodside 1971;Frenier & Mancini 1996;Belanger et al . 2003).…”

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We examine the extent of change in gender relations within the Vietnamese family in the Red River Delta over the last four decades. During this time socialist policies emphasized gender equality although recent commentators speculate about negative effects of the transition to the market economy. Data come from a survey of three cohorts married during periods corresponding to the war with America, reunification, and economic renovation and permit comparisons of the situation at the early stages of their marriages. Overall our findings suggest that continuity rather than change characterizes domestic gender roles across the cohorts. Overwhelmingly, wives took primary responsibility for common household chores. There is increased involvement of husbands in household budget management and modest increase in sharing of childrearing responsibility. Still, despite over a half century of socialist policies, considerable gender inequality in domestic domains is still the rule. The evidence does not, however, support claims that renovation has increased the inequality.

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“…As Confucianism spread to Japan and Korea, both societies became patriarchal. Virtuous women were to be seen only by males in their families and the sexes were segregated after the age of seven in Korea (Frenier & Mancini, 1996).…”

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Do East Asian and Euro-Canadian Women Differ in Sexual Psychophysiology Research Participation?

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Brotto

Yule

2009

The Journal of Sex Research

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Evidence from studies of ethnic differences in sexual conservativeness and Papanicolaou (Pap) testing behaviors suggests that there may be culture-linked differences in rates of participation in physically invasive sexuality studies, resulting in volunteer bias. The effects of ethnicity and acculturation on participation in female psychophysiological sexual arousal research were investigated in a sample of Euro-Canadian (n = 50) and East Asian (n = 58) women. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires and were given either course credits or $10 for their participation. Participants were then informed about the opportunity to participate in a second phase of the study, which involved psychophysiological sexual arousal testing and which was completely optional. Contrary to expectations, the results showed that the East Asian women were more likely to participate in Phase 2 than the Euro-Canadian women. Among the East Asian women, greater heritage acculturation and lower mainstream acculturation predicted a lower likelihood of Phase 2 participation. The findings suggest the need to be wary of overgeneralizing female psychophysiological sexual arousal research results and may have implications for improving Pap testing behaviors in East Asian women.

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Vietnamese Women in a Confucian Setting: The Causes of the Initial Decline in the Status of East Asian Women

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Acculturation and Sexual Function in Asian Women

Acculturation and Sexual Function in Asian Women

Gender Roles in the Family

Do East Asian and Euro-Canadian Women Differ in Sexual Psychophysiology Research Participation?

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