"The rich don't add to the rich, and the poor don't add to the women" is an old proverb.
It means that the rich do not need to have sons, and the poor do not need to have daughters.
Why is there such a notion?
What does it have to do with the fact that many people commit crimes and go to prison?
And what can be done to avoid sin?
Next, I will use my own experience to talk about my own views.
Because in ancient China, it was mainly an agrarian society, and the land area was large and the land was sparsely populated, which would lead to a lot of land that could not be developed efficiently.
If there are more people in the family, especially men, it is a strong labor force that can do more farm work, generate more economic income, and improve the standard of living.
In addition, the ancient concept of male superiority and inferiority of women is that men inherit the family business and continue the incense, and one more man will have more income and one more possibility.
Therefore, in poor families, the more sons there are, the higher the chance of making a fortune.
For the rich, there is no need to do the farm work themselves, there are tenant farmers who do the work for themselves, and they just lie down and collect rent.
Therefore, having too many sons will not mean anything to themselves, but will cause civil strife among sons due to competition for family property.
For example, the Xuanwumen Revolution in the early Tang Dynasty, the nine sons in the Kangxi period, and the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Jin Dynasty were all chaotic because there were too many sons and they had to compete for the family property.
Therefore, "the rich do not add to the rich" is the advice to the rich family!
Let's talk about "poverty does not add women".
For the ancients, giving birth to a daughter was a "money-losing goods".
Why? Because "the male should get married, the female should marry", he worked hard to raise his daughter for more than ten years, and had to buy a dowry for her, and finally became a member of someone else's family.
The already impoverished life is even worse.
Therefore, from the perspective of economic cost, it is not cost-effective to have a daughter, and there is a saying that "poverty does not add daughters".
Despite the changing times and social progress, sexism and prejudice still exist in our lives.
Unequal treatment of the roles of men and women persists in some regions and among specific groups, especially in economically backward rural areas.
Let's take it personally.
I grew up in a rural area, my family was very poor, and I was the eldest son.
Therefore, "a collection of tens of millions of pets in one", the elders are very doting on me, what is delicious and fun, they are all for me to enjoy first.
When I go to school, I will be given more living expenses.
As long as it's my needs, it's almost always responsive.
Even if they don't have the ability to give it to me, they will try to find it for me, even if it is to borrow it from someone else in a low voice.
My younger siblings, on the other hand, are no longer blessed by me.
Therefore, due to the doting of my family, I have formed a selfish, leisurely and hard-working character since I was a child.
I can't endure the hardships of learning and brainpower, and I can't endure the physical hardships of low-level workers.
The heart is higher than the sky, and the body is lowly.
The final result is that he has no ability, he can't endure hardship, his family has no resources, and he is still delusional about getting rich overnight.
Then you can only take a risk, touch the red line of the law, and lead to imprisonment and a few years in prison.
Therefore, some feudal dross concepts are very harmful to people!
We need to reflect on this traditional notion and recognize that everyone should have equal rights and opportunities.
There should be no discrimination or restriction on the basis of gender.
At the same time, we should attach importance to gender education and promote the cultivation of awareness of equality between men and women.
Gender education is an important way to cultivate awareness of equality between men and women.
This requires the school, family and society to work together.
It is all the more necessary to strengthen legal protection, safeguard the equal rights of men and women, and carry out effective supervision, and only the law is an important means to ensure equality between men and women.
Advocate a social atmosphere of equality between men and women, and promote social justice and progress!