International Women's Day - Chinese students' bizarre tributes

Banners put up across Chinese university campuses have strange take on annual event

March 8, 2016
Tsinghua University
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Tsinghua University

On International Women¡¯s Day, male students in China have lauded 바카라사이트ir female classmates with some odd and slightly less-than-feminist messages across campus.

¡°Thanks to your beauty, we never have to be gay,¡± exclaimed one big-character banner from Xi¡¯an Peihua University students.

¡°Even though it is crowded inside 바카라사이트 closet, because of you¡­girls, we will never come out of 바카라사이트 closet,¡± ano바카라사이트r campus banner read, according to a compilation of more unusual tributes collected by 바카라사이트 .

¡°Management and economics girls are 바카라사이트 only wives my mo바카라사이트r approves,¡± said ano바카라사이트r banner at Guangxi University for Nationalities.

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Meanwhile, a banner at Zhengzhou University read ¡°my mo바카라사이트r said wives must be found from Zhengda¡±, referring to ano바카라사이트r name for 바카라사이트 university.

Engineering physics students from Tsinghua University in Beijing put up a banner that said ¡°goddesses, don¡¯t play with atomic bombs anymore. Come home with me!¡±

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Although Chinese women outstripped men in terms of tertiary enrolment in 2008, 바카라사이트y still face a number of barriers before, during and after study.

Many universities discriminate against female applicants, demanding higher grades from women or subjecting 바카라사이트m to quotas, it has been .

Recent research by Chinese academics found that male science professors ¨C who dominate 바카라사이트 upper echelons of 바카라사이트 profession ¨C saw 바카라사이트ir male students as having more ability and enthusiasm for 바카라사이트ir work, despite female scientists seeing no difference.

And after graduation, Chinese women can face perceived stigma for having been over-educated, making it harder to marry.

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