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Women’s Role/Status in China and US A Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis . Lv Junmei Introduction Nowadays ,when we talk about women, we will think of the term “half the sky”.This term has two sets of meanings .The first is that women in modern times enjoy equal rights as men.The second is that women play an equal role in society.But this is not true.This article is going to provide some evidences to prove that opinion from a synchronic and diachronic point of view. Situation before the late 19th century Commonality： Bfore the late 19th century, women had no choice but to obide by all kinds of doctrines ,staying at home .There is no chance for them to play any role in society.However competent they could be,they were inferior to men.Meanwhile ,once they committed a mistake ,nobody would forgive them. Situation before the late 19th century，in China In ancient China，tradional Confucianist ，represented by the famous Confucious，set crual doctrines on women Situation before the late 19th century，in China Some doctrines 孔子: 唯小人与女人难养也 《礼记.效特性》：妇人，从人者也。糼从父兄，嫁从夫，夫死从子。 朱熹 （宋）: 三纲：君为臣纲，父为子纲，夫为妻纲 Situation before the late 19th century，in US Everybody was born equal。 In the USA, women were situated in an inferior status when they were created by the God Situation before the late 19th century，in US The Bible (The Old Testament): And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name. And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help. And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place. And the