THE IMPACT OF FEMINISM ON THE AGING POPULATION: THE CASE OF CHINA’S COMPULSORY FAMILY PLANNING (2010-2016)

Abstract

China's compulsory one-child policy began in 1967. The implementation of this policy has played a very important role in the development of feminism in China. With the family planning policy as the carrier, feminism has successfully helped Chinese women break through the shackles of Confucian traditional thoughts on Chinese women. But it is because of the compulsion of the family planning policy that the population of China decreases rapidly in a short period of time. In this case, China has rapidly entered an aging society. The conclusion of this study is that the feminism plays an important role in the population structure, feminism is the push factor that influence the women's performance on marriage having children. this change has indirectly impacted the one child policy to the point of the causing phenomenon of "aging population" The study was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020. The research uses qualitative methods to explain the data and theory into the paper. Resources used in this study include books, journals, websites, and news articles.