What was the conditions like for girls in ancient China

Not very good. Women in ancient China (like Modern China) were treated very harshly. They were considered a step below men in ancient society in most cultures, China being one of the worst. The father of the house, if he was poor and needed food, he’d let a nobleman rape the girl in return for wheat or rice. Even today, if a girl has been sexually abused, the police will usually not bother investigating the crime, and may even blame her for it. Now with the one-child policy installed in Chinese cities, if a women is pregnant with a baby girl, the communist government will pressure her to have an abortion and try for a boy. The country has an aging, mostly male population because of this. Because girls aren’t as athletic or strong as most men, they couldn’t do hard labor, thus bringing no value to the country as a whole. This has been the social norm in China for thousands of years, and it’s likely not to change just because of some protestors. China has many other problems, and how they treat women is not on the top of their list. The man would always pick the bride of a wedding, whether the girl says yes or no to it. Things like these are steeped into tradition, and politics, too. It would be like giving gays the right to marry in all 50 states in the U.S. The emperor would have a different sex slave for each night.The jobs women had were sparse and simple, because employers didn’t trust them.