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Confucius didn’t care much for women: When a girl, obey your father; when a wife, obey your husband; when a widow, obey your son. But when I was a girl, I obeyed my mother; when I was a wife, I had equal say to my husband; and now that I was a widow, my only son had to obey me. This was not the case in many households. I was glad I wasn’t a daughter or wife now, and that my son knew better than to test me.

“We were told the Americans would bring democracy and quash communism, but most of us didn’t know the difference between the two. Meanwhile, the Americans dumped Japanese rifles and artillery into the sea, exploded tanks, and set aircraft on fire.”

“Men,” huffed another. “They can’t help it. They have weak and idle minds. Men always put things off…” “It’s true. They have puny thoughts. That’s why they need us.”