Under the influence of the patriarchal ideology of the Qing Dynasty, female homicide cases occurred from time to time. Academician Wang Bangxi once wrote: "There is a bad habit of drowning women in various provinces, especially in Jiangxi."
For this reason, Jiangxi Provincial Criminal Law Officer Huang Long ordered that anyone who kills offspring or descendants who have not committed any crime shall be punished with 70 A stick and deportation for a year... However, such punishment still cannot change the deep-rooted bad habits.
Zeng Guofan’s mother Jiang almost became a victim of female abuse. The Jiang family is originally from Jiangxi Province. After they moved to Hunan, the whole family still followed the ancestral motto of "Nine Generations of New Women".
This is a folk Feng Shui custom of killing the first-born daughter for nine consecutive generations to protect the prosperity of the male in the family. This practice is tantamount to murder. What's wrong with the eldest son's daughter? She'll be a victim as soon as she's born.
Zeng Jing’s mother is the first daughter of the sixth generation of the Jiang family. After she was born, her father, Jiang Peilin, threw her under the bed and tried to freeze the child to death. However, Jiang Hao survived that night unharmed.
Seeing this, Jiang Peilin tried to beat him to death with a stone again, but when he tried to move the stone, he accidentally hit his foot. The pain was unbearable, but Jiang Hao regained consciousness immediately.
It hurt so much when the stone hit his feet, not to mention that his daughter was still alive and beaten to death? In the end, Jiang Peilin found his conscience and showed sympathy for his daughter, and Jiang Peilin survived.
The Qing Dynasty has long since declined, but the concept of favoring boys over girls still exists, and many girls suffer abuse, humiliation, violation and exploitation.
The online drama "Ode to Joy" once became popular on the Internet, and the role played by Fan Shengmei was even more heartbreaking. Many girls struggling in the city will find their own image in Fan Shengmei.
Facing the unbridled demands of their families, these girls are forced to become what men call "Voldemort."
Faced with such a tragedy, we can’t help but ask, is this raising a daughter or a female slave?
Twenty-two years ago, a 12-year-old girl in Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province was sold Died after 4 years of bleeding, she supported her four brothers in college.
The media widely reported that this was a "touching event", praised the girl's "wise behavior" and described her brothers' "gratitude and memory" for her.
This poor girl was praised by the village after her death and was buried in the family grave.
It is chilling and infuriating that such a story is glorified as a "touching story" and the ruthless exploitation of girls.
Aren’t four grown men ashamed of relying on a teenage girl to sell blood and study, even though their families are struggling?
The girl’s name is Chunling remarried her mother Shen Shuping in 1994 in Houzhongzhuang, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province. At that time, Shen Congwen already had four sons. His eldest son is studying at a university in Xi'an, and the other three are studying at county middle schools.
For a rural family, including Shen Chunling, the cost of education for five children is a huge burden. Fortunately, Shen Shuping is a skilled carpenter who works on construction sites and makes a decent living.
But in a work accident in 1995, Shen fell from the third floor and became paralyzed in bed. The backbone of the family fell, and there was no source of financial resources. Her mother also abandoned Ling Chun and left cruelly.
Shen was paralyzed in bed. His parents needed someone to take care of them, and the tuition fees for their five children also made it difficult for the family. Eventually, 12-year-old Chunling dropped out of school.
Chunling has to take care of three elderly people, farm the land, and support her four brothers in school. Such a burden is already heavy enough for an adult, not to mention that Chunling is still a minor girl.
The money earned from growing land and cotton is not enough for family expenses. In order to provide for her four brothers to study, Chunling was forced to embark on the road of "selling blood". She went to the county again and again to sell blood in exchange for her brother's tuition and living expenses.
During this period, the eldest brother continued to study for a master's degree after graduating from university, the second brother was admitted to Tongji University, the third brother was admitted to Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the fourth brother was admitted to the military academy.
Her four brothers are now in college, and Chunling's shoulders are even heavier.
The brothers clearly knew that they were spending their "stepsister's" hard-earned money, but no one stepped forward and took the initiative to shoulder this burden.
They spent all Chunling's money easily and couldn't wait to escape their poor family. The four brothers have a better future. Chunling has been selling blood for four years and is overdrawing her life step by step.
In August 1998, after selling blood, Chunling became dizzy and was hit and killed by a truck while crossing the road. She was only 16 years old at the time.
After her death, Chunling was considered a model of modern filial piety and fraternity, and was widely reported by major media. According to local customs, no funeral can be held after the death of a minor.
But stepfather Shen Shuping was so moved by her daughter's "filial piety" that he not only held a funeral for her, but also made an exception and buried the "daughter" Chun Ling in the ancestral grave.
This is obviously a tragedy of endless "exploitation and plunder" of girls, but in the end it was beautified as "a model of great love" and "a model of filial piety and fraternity", which is shocking.
I can’t imagine how these four adult brothers accepted Chun Ling’s support. Do they feel guilty?
They are boys and Chun Ling is a girl, so before they came , Chunling should provide them with some food first. Underage sister, selling blood, this is not a problem.
In the eyes of those who favor boys over girls, girls are equivalent to "female slaves" and have been squeezed and exploited. When a girl gets married, she will "open her mouth" to ask for a high dowry, and "sell" her daughter at a high price like a commodity.
In life, many girls will encounter more or less patriarchal situations and be squeezed by their families. They cry, they suffer, and their experiences are not warm at all. They should have the right to pursue happiness instead of being exploited and exploited.