Message from victoriachan

[Anonymous]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35994366
I came across this video about women in China who are shengnu, or “left-over” women. It’s saddening to see these women suffer and lose their sense of self-worth all because they aren’t married. Some of them are “left-over” because they are highly educated, and men typically don’t want to marry a woman who is more educated that they are. I can see how not being married becomes a burden on these women because it is a societal expectation for children to marry and to have kids to fulfill this sense of filial piety. This is one aspect that I wish would change in Chinese society so that these unmarried women wouldn’t have to feel such shame, and I hope the viral advertisement sparks the beginning of this change.