simply said that she was being a good and obedient wife, An-Mei knew that she was following in the same footsteps as her and her mother before her. Secondly, An-Mei and her daughter struggled over the issue of who would get the property after her divorce. After initially asking for nothing in the divorce, An-Mei enforced upon her daughter that she is worthy of demanding both the house and her daughter. She knew that by asking for nothing, she would once again believe in that sense of worthlessness that she and her mother felt before her.7.While the Chinese men and the community are very influential agents of socialization for women, probably the greatest influence on a woman’s socialization is her mother. For the mothers in the film, their mothers strongly attempted to instill self-esteem, strength, and identity for their daughters. It was these grandparents that received the greatest amounts of negative sex-role stereotypes from society, such as the treatment of rape victims and the expected behaviors of a woman in society. After witnessing the struggles that their mothers had gone through, the mothers in the film exerted great efforts make sure that their daughters did not suffer from these same negative sex-roles. It was this possible over-exertion that caused their daughters to experience these same sex-roles, although to a lesser extent. For example, June’s mother was so steadfast on having her daughter become a successful and a worthy member of society by becoming a great piano player that she ignored her own wants and desires. This eventually caused June to feel like a failure for disappointing her mother.8.Probably the most evident of a relationship having been affected by sex-role expectations was that of Rosie and her husband. One way that these sex-roles helped to structure the relationship is from Rosie’s constant catering to her husband’s needs and wants. For example, if he were to ask he...
