Story about two cultures

1. Mongol and
Jaden Light
Prompt: Compare and contrast the role of women in
Mongol culture to women of China in the 13th century

2. Once upon a time
there was a girl
named Arban who
lived in Mongolia.
She loved to play
dolls but never had
anyone to play
with.

3. There was also a girl named
Chen who lived in China.
She also loved to play with
dolls. She always tried to
play with her sister but she
was too young to
understand what was going
on.

4. One day Chen’s
family moved to
Mongolia after an
attack.They
moved next door
to Arban’s family.

5. Arban and Chen soon
met and became
friends right away.
They soon found out
they both loved to
play dolls and finally
had someone to play
with.

6. One day while they were
playing dolls they noticed
their dolls were very
different.Chen’s doll had her
feet bound. Arban asked
why and Chen told her it was
because that’s what Chinese
women do and it’s required
to find husband.

7. This conversation lead to a
discussion about marriage.
Arban discovered that
Chinese women had no
choice in their husband.
Their marriages were
arranged by their parents.
This was very strange to
Arban because Mongolian
women didn’t have to get
married and if they did they
could choose their partner.

8. They kept talking about
their marriages and their
parents and found that
they were very different.
Arban’s parents were seen
as equals and would listen
and take advice from each
other.

9. However, Chen’s
parents were not
equals. Her dad
would talk down
her mom.

10. They continued playing
dolls and kept learning
more about each others
culture. One day they
learned that their
moms both were
responsible for cooking,
cleaning, and taking
care of children.

11. Both their moms also
had rights to property
and had the job of
tending to animals

12. As the girls kept playing dolls,
Chen found religion the most
surprising. In Arban’s religion,
shamans could be both men
and women. In fact women
were actually preferred
because they could receive
messages from other
countries more easily than
men. However, in Chen’s
religion only men could be
Shamans.

13. Chen also found it
surprising that
Mongolian women
sometimes go to war as
well.This was so different
from what she knew in
her culture.

14. Every day that Arban and
Chen played they learned
more and more about
each other’s cultures and
were able to share it with
their parents. Every day
they found something
new they would be eager
to share it at the dinner
table that night.

15. As best friends

16. •"13.6 Pba Mongol Women." 13.6 Pba Mongol Women. Web. 22 Nov. 2015.
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•(n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2015, from
http://web.clark.edu/afisher/HIST252/lectures_text/women_medieval_china.pdf
• "Ancient Mongol Women." Ancient Mongol Women. Web. 22 Nov. 2015.
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