Are concubines legal?

Are concubines legal?

When a man and a woman live permanently as husband and wife without the benefit of marriage, the woman gets the status of a concubine. Although a concubine serves the functions of a legal wife, she does not enjoy any rights in a family or any spiritual comforts. A concubine is denied certain legal protections.

How are concubines chosen?

During the earlier dynasties, concubines were frequently chosen from poor families and so often parents obliged, assuming that their daughters were embarking on a better life inside the palace. The ideal concubine was expected to be virtuous, docile and listen to her Emperor.

Do concubines still exist?

While concubines are taboo, they are everywhere, but are not allowed to speak, and certainly not to strangers. She moved to Shenzhen to work as a hostess in a karaoke bar, and, before she knew it, had become the concubine of an older man. As is often the case, he did not tell her he was married.