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223. I just watched a movie called Nu-Shu, a hidden language of women in China

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:24 PM

Dec 31

One woman talked about how her husband had a temper and she was afraid of him, but she needed him to do the hard labor field work of digging up the soil and planting. She said otherwise she would not want to be married to him.

In feudal China, women, usually with bound feet, were denied educational opportunities and condemned to social isolation. But in Jian-yong county in Hunan province, peasant women miraculously developed a separate written language, called Nu Shu, meaning "female writing." Believing women to be inferior, men disregarded this new script, and it remained unknown for centuries. It wasn't until the 1960s that Nu Shu caught the attention of Chinese authorities, who suspected that this peculiar writing was a secret code for international espionage.

I was able to watch it through my library on Kanopy

https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/nu-shu-a-hidden-language-of-women-in-china/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/23/china.gender

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??? The Third Doctor Dec 30 #89

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You're all overthinking it. usonian Dec 30 #133

Yup. Religion. SheltieLover Dec 31 #256

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Not playing DFW Dec 30 #138

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Gratuitous, pointless man-bashing. Paladin Dec 31 #173

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No ERA and widespread mainstream sexism in our faces everyday Quiet Em Dec 31 #190

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Patriarchy rules the globe. CrispyQ Dec 31 #203

Try watching this guy. Linda ladeewolf Dec 31 #192

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I'm glad you posted this Dem4life1234 Dec 31 #202

Another thing Dem4life1234 Dec 31 #204

Because they are intimidated. They also are idiots. OLDMDDEM Dec 31 #205

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It's one of the reasons Dem4life1234 Dec 31 #208

It would be nice to see more of this Quiet Em Dec 31 #209

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I just watched a movie called Nu-Shu, a hidden language of women in China Beringia Dec 31 #223

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