The cause for this topic? Well, I read an article on the skewed gender ratio in China (in favor of males, of course). Apparently 30 million men are going to die single. I'd feel more sympathetic, but as I see it: 30 million is an even number, so why don't the men just pair off? Okay okay, so it won't be 30 million exactly: but it's either going to be odd or even. If it's odd then I guess one guy can just take one of the team and die single, or move overseas or something. There, problem solved.
I think I understand why culturally, most people in China want a son. Even if they're not against having a daughter, they still want a son. Of course some people are more extreme, and to them having a daughter is the same as not having a child, but those people don't seem very nice anyway. It's just that males have been dominant for the last couple thousand of years, and people are resistant to change?
It disgusts me to know that some people would have an abortion, abandon or outright murder because their child is female. Maybe the one child policy pushed people to their dire extremes, but that's still no excuse. I guess it can be argued that I have no right to judge, because I don't know these people personally and I don't know what's going on in their lives, but I think it's just universally immoral...
Remember how I complained about these 5 guests who stayed over for two nights not long ago? Well one of the ladies told me of a friend of hers, who prevented their daughter from going to Harvard, because "a girl didn't need to be that strong"--- as in, she didn't need such a high level of education. My expression was just "what the shit". Harvard. This is almost an impossible dream for Chinese students, since you need to do more than study to get into Harvard. And you needed a high academic achievement. And you needed to speak English well. It wasn't because they couldn't afford the fees, or because they were worried about their daughter going to America, or because of whatever other reason people usually worry about--- it was because "a girl didn't need to be that strong." Needless to say I was disgusted, and because I didn't like any of our "guests" anyway, I told her that I thought it was outright atrocious and the parents should be ashamed of themselves for stopping their daughter like that.
The lady tried to defend her friend with "oh but Chinese people just think this way, that you should find a stronger man- it's always been tradition"-- yeah well, the tradition seems like it needs breaking. And how does "finding a stronger man" have anything to do with the daughter going to Harvard? Blergh. Then I got into an argument with the lady: I know I shouldn't have bothered but she was in my room and she wasn't going to leave any time soon. It was so strange, hearing a woman herself tell me that "but women just aren't as good as men, despite all the talk." She brought up stuff like, "all else aside, a woman has her period once a month, right? That's inevitable. And during that time she's physically and psychologically handicapped--- a man doesn't have that."
...I just sat there thinking, "why is this stupid bitch even in my room"
So there you go folks--- this is apparently why men are better than women, and why it's better to have a son than a daughter: because your girls are gonna have a period once a month.
My faith in humanity has perished once again.
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