The Taiping Rebellion mentioned women's social status in its discussion, which contained some progressive views while retaining some traditional limitations. This point deserves further study.

The Taiping Rebellion presented some progressive views on the status of women.

During this period, the situation of some women improved to a certain extent and within a certain period of time.

During the war, some women participated in tasks such as supplying materials to the rear. Compared with the feudal era, this was actually an extension of women's social roles.

The Taiping Rebellion promoted some concepts of equality, and treated women relatively fairly within its organization, especially in matters such as the distribution of supplies.

This progress is also reflected in some small aspects of social life.

Women in some places have gained a wider social space and are now able to join various folk gatherings.

This allowed women to initially feel the existence of social status in the social structure of the Taiping Rebellion, and they were no longer limited to the small circle of the family.

However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom still failed to break the traditional pattern of male superiority and female inferiority.

From the perspective of family structure, the pattern of men taking charge of the outside and women taking charge of the household is deeply ingrained.

Men are still the main providers of family income, while women are mainly responsible for handling internal affairs of the family.

In terms of high-level decision-making in politics and society, men basically dominate.

Taking the Taiping Rebellion’s official system as a guide, it is extremely rare for women to hold important positions. Under this social structure, women have extremely limited opportunities to speak out in officialdom and decision-making.

The Taiping Rebellion was still a male-centered society.

All kinds of social activities basically revolve around men.

Men are usually responsible for the main agricultural work in the fields, while women are mostly responsible for helping or performing some auxiliary tasks.

In terms of educational resources, men have higher priority than women.

Men have more access to educational resources such as books and schools.

Women generally only have access to basic educational content, and the proportion of educated people is quite low, which greatly restricts their ability to improve in society.

Women at that time were dependent on men.

In terms of employment, women mostly follow men's work and participate in some auxiliary parts.

While men engaged in business activities, women were often limited to organizing merchandise at home or taking on minor logistical tasks.

In society, if women lack the support of male family members, they often encounter a lot of unfair treatment.

During the Taiping Rebellion, it was difficult for widows to independently obtain social assistance or means of production.

Hong Xiuquan and others did not have the concept of equality between men and women in the modern sense.

Judging from the various policies and leadership models they formulated, they are all male-dominated styles.

Within the group led by Hong Xiuquan, senior positions are almost exclusively reserved for men.

Moreover, in the cultural dissemination of the Taiping Rebellion, the idea of ​​equality between men and women was not actively promoted.

The doctrines and ideas promoted mainly emphasized the leadership role of men in the family and society. This concept did not really improve the status of women during the Taiping Rebellion.

The status of women in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a lot of impact at that time.

The stagnant status of women resulted in their enthusiasm and innovative abilities not being fully utilized, which had a negative impact on the productivity progress of Taiping society.

In the long run, this also limits the Taiping's potential to compete with other forces.

Because women's potential is not fully utilized and their own strength is lacking, it is difficult to achieve better results in all-round development and competition.

After understanding the situation of women during the Taiping Rebellion, we can’t help but think deeply: In today’s society, how can we effectively eliminate the constraints of traditional gender concepts on women’s status?