Chinese Culture and World Outlook Vs. European Culture and World Outlook

Justin Wickett 5/25/2004 Chinese Culture and World Outlook Vs. European Culture and World Outlook <Tab/>During the 1400s to the 1700s, both the Chinese and the Europeans viewed themselves as superior cultures. Both the Chinese and the Europeans thought that they were the center of the world. The Europeans spread their culture and world outlooks outwards, but the Chinese decided to close their nation off from the outside world and tried to …

…to bind their feet in hope that a man would find them pretty. In the European Empire, women were allowed to work real jobs and could be educated. Although they were not treated fairly, women soon realized their power leading to the future Women's Rights Movement. Although both the Chinese and the Europeans viewed themselves as superior, they had different ways of acting when it came to certain issues of cultural values and world outlook.