Explain the double bind facing women like Thanh from Thai’s reading. What is different about the path she chose after high school? How is that affecting her now?
What will be an ideal response?
May include the following:
a. Women like Thanh choose to continue their education and seek professional careers after high school. She is now 32 and well educated with a successful position as a part time lawyer, but she will not likely be able to “marry up.”
b. She needs education and wealth in order to marry a Viet Kieu, but these same attributes repel Vietnamese men. Additionally, she will be expected to give up her career and take care of her husband and his family instead.
c. Thanh is not interested in many Vietnamese men because she fears the lack of respect and gender expectations will lead to physical and emotional abuse.
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