Scholar-Gentry Social
Dominance
nPeasants were forced to become tenants or landless
laborers.
nThe Ming period continued the subordination of women to men, and youths to elders.
qExceedingly harsh laws forced obedience.
qOpponents, including women, had to go underground to
improve their situations.
nImperial women continued to be influential, especially
with weak emperors.
