1. How does gender affect the way one relates to law? To kin? To community?
First is the female’s interaction with law during the mid 17th century T’an-Ch’eng. This interaction is best seen in the last two chapters of the book describing the story of Woman Wang and the trial that occurred after her death. It seems that females had very little influence on the law. The way punishment was handed out was at the discretion of men, and in most cases, the husband of whom the woman was married to. For example, when Woman Wang ran away, and before long returned back home, Jen did not carry out what the law said could have been done. Unlike society today, the whether or not the law was carried out was completely by choice of the husband. Instead of following the law, Jen decided to carry out his own justice. Ironically, the most interaction with the law that Woman Wang had was after she had died. While the truth had been revealed about her murder, Jen was let off with a lighter......
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