In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Leta Hong Fincher joins us to discuss the legal and social status of women in China. Dr. Fincher, who has written widely on gender issues in the PRC, reviews the history of Chinese marriage and divorce policies with an eye towards China’s contemporary feminist movements. She speaks to how the privatization of housing in the 1990s led to widening gender income gaps and the way women are increasingly discriminated against in the workplace. She highlights, amidst China’s ongoing demographic struggles, the plight of so-called “leftover women,” or ..read more

I could use some help tracking down an old story: Back in 2008 I advocated for better women's safety resources at my college and a male feminist called me a ? apologist who was victim blaming. I checked in on him a year or two later... It turned out he got convicted of groping a passed out student and filming it with his phone. I know he was an RA, but I don't remember where and I didn't remember his name. It was in the US and I'm 95% sure he was white. But the crazy thing is he told the judge that he did it because he couldn't overcome his "Patriarchal programming". Was dead serious about it ..read more

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Hi! I’m a year 12 student completing a P.I.P (personal interest project) on radical feminism and radical feminist movements across the globe! I just need help gathering some secondary data for my project. My questionaire will not gather your email info and will be purely used as stats for my assignment! So please fill it out, it will be MUCH appreciated!! ALSO if there’s any Gen X individuals that are interested in getting interviewed in DMs it would be much appreciated! submitted by /u/tomAAtoeCAn [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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In her 1971 book "The Dialectic of Sex," Shulamith Firestone argued that curing aging and eliminating death by old age was necessary for feminist revolution to fully liberate women from the unequal labor burden of child-raising. There will be no need for society to produce or raise children once we no longer have an aging population: [Firestone's] view is that it is because women bear children that it has been possible for men to gain ascendancy over them, for the subjugation of women is rooted in the division of labor which begins with the differing roles males and females have in the repro ..read more

So I see the sub isn't very active but I would like to know if anyone could provide me with some examples of how women today are oppressed for their biology and societal pressures that women as a population still face. I have a list already made but want to check with women who are more informed and see if I can get a few more additions. Thank you! submitted by /u/Decaying_Noir [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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