THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF CARE IN MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG-KONG

The aim of this paper is to explore the extent to which the sexual div ision of domestic labour in Hong Kong and mainland China is influenced by traditional Chinese values and contemporary political and economic factors, It discovers that women in these two societies assume far mo re caring responsibilities than men. This is similar to women in tradi tional Chinese society. An important reason is that the political and economic conditions in Hong Kong and mainland China favour the reprodu ction of traditional Chinese values. Hence it can be argued that the u nequal division of domestic labour between men and women will continue as long as the political and economic conditions are unfavourable to women.