妇女在社会上无地位，被要求在家从父、出嫁从夫、夫死从子，没有独立的人格和身份，被剥夺了接受文化教育和参加社会活动的权利。

• Having no social status,women were forced to obey their fathers before marriage,their husbands after marriage and their sons if they became widowed. They had no personal dignity or independent status,and were deprived of the right to receive an education and take part in social activities.