The gender inequality in China causes women to be out in situations that they are not completely comfortable. While there are laws that play a role in the gender difference the main issue seems to stem from social pressures. In the chapter from Hong Fincher, it outlines the hardships or real-estate holdings. The main issue where public opinion, family pressure and historical insure to overcome. Women may have a desire to have their names on the deed, but most are easily convinced to allow their husband to be the sole owner. The reasons ranged from the parents of the bride telling their daughter that it did not matter to banking institutions saying it would be “easier”. The notion of leftover women takes the pressure off the men to have stable
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In Kam and Lo’s chapter 3 Private Dilemma it explains the monogamist marriage laws that have been in place since the 1950s. These laws have caused women’s place in Beijing and Shanghai to be more static and immobile. Like when buying real-estate the man has more say and if the woman is unmarried than she is seen as not having much say in the world even if she is successful in her workplace and education. The Lalas in the cities of China is similar to left over women, but they are doubly marginalized they are sexual deviants as well as social deviants. Family and society place pressures on women to be married so they have to be in situations that they are unhappy with. Such as buying a home or marrying a man so that they are financially stable, as we see in the previous reading that the man is not always the one who is the most financially stable. Women are seen as best to just stay single then to declare a homosexual status. Like with pressures to marry for status and benefits pressures to stay in the closet also exist this pressure is more prevalent in women than men. Homosexual men are a deficit to society and outcast, but homosexual women are ignored. Homosexual women as well as women who choose to be single are seen as “abnormal” and unwanted they are not freely mobile a typically are persuaded to stay in the home with the parents. It is interesting that women are seen
In Kam and Lo’s chapter 3 Private Dilemma it explains the monogamist marriage laws that have been in place since the 1950s. These laws have caused women’s place in Beijing and Shanghai to be more static and immobile. Like when buying real-estate the man has more say and if the woman is unmarried than she is seen as not having much say in the world even if she is successful in her workplace and education. The Lalas in the cities of China is similar to left over women, but they are doubly marginalized they are sexual deviants as well as social deviants. Family and society place pressures on women to be married so they have to be in situations that they are unhappy with. Such as buying a home or marrying a man so that they are financially stable, as we see in the previous reading that the man is not always the one who is the most financially stable. Women are seen as best to just stay single then to declare a homosexual status. Like with pressures to marry for status and benefits pressures to stay in the closet also exist this pressure is more prevalent in women than men. Homosexual men are a deficit to society and outcast, but homosexual women are ignored. Homosexual women as well as women who choose to be single are seen as “abnormal” and unwanted they are not freely mobile a typically are persuaded to stay in the home with the parents. It is interesting that women are seen