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Thread: Q and A with a Chinese student.
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[quote=BENJAMIN,226768]Part 1I interviewed one of my female students. This is a brake down of her response I compiled. I found her to be honest, interesting and very insightful. Q: What do you think about education and why is it important to you.A: To get a good husband in China you must be well educated even if you only get married after studying for a long time and not going into employment, it helps with your future prospects - to present good social status is a prerequisite to a good life. A husband will not select a girl who is uneducated this would only lead to loss of face. Even the prettiest country girl would find it difficult to gain a well educated husband. So education is crucial for a girl’s presentation and partner appeal.Q: So regardless of the expense and the over abundance of qualified graduates looking for positions its more than just a avenue to a good job.A: Of cause.Q: Do you find less opportunity in China being a woman? Do you think there is equal opportunity in today’s China?A: I have two brothers and I think that my life is a lot easer than theirs they have the responsibility to find a good job and income and to be the financial family support. Even though I work very hard at University, I have a lot less stress in my life. There are less and less job openings in China each year and more students looking for employment - the preference are clearly in favor of bright, attractive and well educated females, in urban and city companies. Most men are unable to gain a job as easily as a woman after graduation.Q: Do you think most women live a happy and fulfilled life in China?A: Yes, most Chinese women are happy with a simple life, so I think so. But everything has two sides when we get married we take a lot of the husbands family care and maintenance as our burden however this helps ease the pressure on him to some extent. And when we have children some of the pressure of child rearing is taken on board by the extended family.Q: Is this a good thing?A: Yes, but this way of living is becoming less common, as people are having to travel further and furtherer from home for work, effecting the traditional Chinese family unit.Q: Would you prefer to be a man?A: No!Q: How does inequality affect you?A: I’m very lucky I think that my life is better than most Chinese. There is a large gap between the poor and farming communities. Most Chinese look down on people from the country side and young people move to the city to find work and an income to support their family at home. Lots of men are unable to find a partner in China with little money and education, if from the country they stand little hope with out proper education.Q: What do you think about sexism?A: Men are sexism. [/quote]
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