Word: tais
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...Tai said Vietnam was a matriarchal society prior to 100 years of Chinese domination beginning in the 3rd century...
...presence of three generations in the typical Vietnamese household tends to discourage divorce which is less common than in the United States. The Vietnamese prefer informal separation rather than risk the ravages of a court divorce, Tai said...
...Tai said Vietnamese women typically perform jobs that require more business than skill. Families prefer not to give daughters, who leave home after marriage, the training required for such jobs as bank director...
Although only rich families can afford to send daughters to the university, Tai said that there is no discrimination against women in college entrance examinations...
...While Tai's father fought in the resistance against the French, her mother supported her family of eight as a seamstress. Women traditionally run grocery stores, and a man in that business would be the "object of mockery," Tai said. During the present war, women have taken over many jobs formerly restricted to men, and Tai said that she expects women to retain these positions after...