No Name Woman

"No Name Woman" is the first chapter in Maxine Hong Kingston's novel The Woman Warrior. The story that Maxine's mother tells her about her no name aunt illustrates the importance of the daughter withholding the family honor in Chinese culture. This story reminded me a lot of the disney movie Mulan. In China women are obligated to follow the orders of men and expected to be silenced when told to do so. Maxine is told about her father's sister whom committed suicide because she had an affair and became pregnant. That act would also be considered disgraceful in my culture. However, what bothered me the most of the story is how the aunt only got blamed and the man who got her pregnant was never heard from. She might've even got raped, but she was the one to get her clothes ripped off and her house destroyed. Even nowadays men blame women for a baby that took two to make, not only in Chinese culture. To me that is very sad.