Bound Feet and Western Dress -Chang Yu-Is Struggle with...

Chang Yu-is Struggle With Identity Are you are confused as to where you are going in life? Do you sometimes feel like you just do not know who you are, or who you want to be? Do not worry, this is not uncommon. In fact, according to psychoanalyst Erik Erickson (1902-1994), most young people ages fifteen to twenty years of age feel the same way. Erickson, a psychoanalytic theorist, took the human life cycle and categorized it into eight stages. One such stage would be identity versus role-confusion. During this stage, adolescents begin to truly form who they are in life. They form their present off of the good and bad experiences of their past. Erickson believes that the stages in the life cycle apply to nearly everyone. It does not†¦show more content†¦Finally her sibling Second Brother went to their mother and told her to stop. Her mother did not want to hurt Yu-i, but felt that if Yu-i did not have beautiful bound feet, she would not find a suitable husband. Only when Seco nd Brother promised to take care of Yu-i should she need to be taken care of did their mother relent. Though her mother relented, many people, especially the elders, thought that bound feet were still necessary to find a good husband. Although Yu-i was happy with her bound feet, many others had mixed feelings about them. This added to the difficulty of finding herself as Yu-i grew up and tried to become her own person. Another change was the education of women. The education of women in China was viewed as unimportant. A womans job was to serve her husband, and she did not need to know the Confucian classics to do that. Growing up,Yu-i had a desire to learn, although she did not know where she got it from. Of the four girls in the family, I was the one who cared the most about education, even from the very beginning. (Chang, 56). Though she was the only girl in her family who desired to learn, many other women of her generation also were starting to become educated. This was another change for China, and another sign showing how important the Western world was becoming. Although Yu-i could not say for certain where her love of education came from, she did believe that it had something to do with how much she respected her Second and FourthShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesCharacteristics of the U.S. Workforce 41 †¢ Levels of Diversity 42 †¢ Discrimination 42 Biographical Characteristics 44 Age 44 †¢ Sex 46 †¢ Race and Ethnicity 48 †¢ Disability 48 †¢ Other Biographical Characteristics: Tenure, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity 50 Ability 52 Intellectual Abilities 52 †¢ Physical Abilities 55 †¢ The Role of Disabilities 56 Implementing Diversity Management Strategies 56 Attracting, Selecting, Developing, and Retaining Diverse Employees 56 †¢ Diversity in Groups 58 †¢ Effective