Monday, February 23, 2009

About feminism and women sexuality in China

Here you are the opinion of a Chinese friend, Zhao Ying, female, from Guangzhou (Canton) about feminism and women sexuality in China. Really interesting and enlightening I think:

首先关于女权主义。现在看现象是有萌生的苗头,但是我不认为在中国可以成熟的起来,因为我们的法律并不像意大利或很多其他西方国家那样特别去保护女性。没有这种保护,女权主义只是“口头的”。口头的就是说,很多女人看上去很强势,总是说自己在遇到感情或婚姻的问题的时候,不会怎样去妥协自己的男性伴侣,但是实际情况是,到最后女人总是要妥协。女权主义说白了就是男女权利的平等,别说在中国了,我觉得在西方国家也不一定能实现的。女性在生理上本来就是inferior的,因为结婚,生育,身体状况,精神体力等问题会自然的处在一个不如男人powerful的地位,我认为很正常呢。
我觉得其实现在女性还是比较不方便表达自己的性欲的。第一我觉得中国男人的性欲不会像西方人那么旺盛,也可能身体状况不如西方人吧,他们的忍耐力可厉害了。如果女孩子要求太多,太多表达自己需要sex,会让男人觉得很受威胁的。第二,中国男人传统的来说还是比较喜欢含羞,欲言又止,欲拒还迎的传统挑逗方法(flirt),如果女孩太open了,太热情了,会让中国男人失去兴趣了,简直就会不举(not going up)。

And this, by Michelle Zhang, from Tianjin:

Market opening-up policy,economic development,globalization,higher education,feminist... 都直接带动了中国的发展,解放了人们的思想,人们逐渐认识到了 sex 也是一种权利,而且不仅仅是为了生育,也是生活的一种享受。 关于同性恋或者两性恋的问题,确实也是个人的权利,不应该作为illegal的事情来看待。我也可以理解一些这样的想法,但是在发展过程中教育是至关重要的,直接影响到人们是否正确的认识,看待Sexuality。在一些大城市,受过高等教育的一些人们,我觉得他们中的大部分会正确的看待这件事情。随着大趋势的发展,一些没有受过高等教育的人,也会有好奇的心理,或者其他一些别的原因,因此也会在婚前或者单身时期“享受”sexuality,但是却不能正确的对待认识其中的道理。在这种情况下就大大增加了同性恋,双性恋,以及日后的婚外恋。我觉得相对来讲,也会间接或者直接的影响到社会的健康发展,影响到一部分人的人生观价值观,我认为其影响会非常大。所以对于解放思想,受教育的问题上应该进一步重视,政府或者社会还是应该正确引导年轻人。sexuality不是一个单独的社会活动,正如经济发展,改革开放带来性解放是一个道理,在发展的过程中我们应该多讨论多学习多认识性问题。 在信息时代,从网络上可以搜集到各种各样的信息,无论好的坏的,都会渐渐的影响到社会影响到人们的思想,针对于中国的现状,必须承认有相当一部分人未受过高等教育,所以,我认为在中国现在社会来看,特定的时间,政府也是有必要对于这些信息散播进行一定的控制。

And this one, by Li Xian, from Sichuan:

I am really happy with people's changing attitudes toward sex: It is regarded as a pursuit of happiness and premarital sex is no longer seen as immoral. But I am also concerned that young people are more casual with sex especially if they simply copy what they have seen from western movies. It is sad for them. I really appreciate some traditional part of my culture. For gays, it is a joke if you say a respect for differentiation and diversity are now well established and perhaps even flourishing in an atmosphere of confidence and optimism. As what I have seen, gay culture is still underground and people are never as tolerant as you think. The good thing is that Internet and club culture have provided them communities. Feminist-I really doubt there is real feminist existing in China. More and more people are aware of gender equality but society still remains as male-ruled and most women follow the rule. I admit that women are more respected as people are more civilized and educated.To conclude, there are great improvement we can see for people's attitude toward sex and gender but still a long way to go. Women need more self-discovery.

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