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China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27

The Giant Noodle

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This is just unreal. Their 'culture' feels that a 27+ woman is leftover. Its sad, disgusting and..... to ME depressing. :2no4:

Huang Yuanyuan is working late at her job in a Beijing radio newsroom. She's also stressing out about the fact that the next day, she'll turn 29.
"Scary. I'm one year older," she says. "I'm nervous."
Why?
"Because I'm still single. I have no boyfriend. I'm under big pressure to get married."
Huang is a confident, personable young woman with a good salary, her own apartment, an MA from one of China's top universities, and a wealth of friends.
Still, she knows that these days, single, urban, educated women like her in China are called "sheng nu" or "leftover women" - and it stings.
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BBC News - China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27
 
Sensing vulnerability, the predatory Goshin swims to the East and begins circling his prey, waiting for the right moment to close in for the .... OOPS oh, heh, hi there, errum, saw me coming did you? Well I was actually just on my way to the market you see...


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The Giant Noodle said:
This is just unreal. Their 'culture' feels that a 27+ woman is leftover. Its sad, disgusting and..... to ME depressing. :2no4:



BBC News - China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27
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She's not exactly unattractive (as others have suggested). Her intelligence and accolades are simply too intimidating for men with a well groomed superiority complex, which is unfortunately quite common in China. When a culture demands gender roles that aren't supported by biology, the outcasts are ostracized. It's no more disgusting than our repulsion of women who dare not perfectly manicure their genitals or our discrimination of gays and lesbians.
 
Helix said:
this is odd, considering :

China's biggest problem? Too many men - CNN.com
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They might well be facing cultural issues similar to the Japanese.

One Quarter of Japanese Couples Do Not Have Sex

Japanese Singletons At Record Highs

idk said:
It's no more disgusting than our repulsion of women who dare not perfectly manicure their genitals
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To be fair, that expectation can have a tendency to go both ways these days (my Scotch-Irish-Italian-German-French-Norwegian ass is pretty much gentically screwed when it comes to body hair, trust me). Besides, who wants to be constantly picking hair out of their teeth? :lol:
 
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The Giant Noodle said:
This is just unreal. Their 'culture' feels that a 27+ woman is leftover. Its sad, disgusting and..... to ME depressing. :2no4:



BBC News - China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27
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I feel her pain. Well, sort of. I'm 29 with no ambitions to get married or have children, and the pressure to "change my ways" from family, friends, and even society could make diamonds. According to societal standards in the US, I'm just an old loser because I didn't knock some chick up 8 years ago and get locked into a life that would make me want to eat a bullet.

Slateriesling said:
Must be one ugly b...:lol:
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She didn't look bad at all. A little "frumpy", but nothing the right clothes and a little makeup can't fix.
 
She's overqualified to have a male partner in traditional Chinese society, which is the demographic that most of those 40 million extra men come from.

Calling them leftover women is just sneering discrimination from China's right wing because she didn't do the right thing and stay at home living with her parents until they coerced her into getting married and having a child.

Note that there's no equivalent term for a successful, single independent professional man, despite equal pressure being placed on them to find wives and start the next generation. Only women get this shameful title for wanting to embrace modernity.
 
Chinese society has certain expectations on its people. Those individuals who do not meet those expectations should not expect to be welcomed with open arms. What do they think this is, America; where we have no expectations or standards for our young people?
 
Plenty unmarried slacker men in the U.S. would probably love to be kept boys for many of these women. Not handsome enough to make the grade here in the U.S., they can tout their wares on the internet and see if a more desperate Chinese woman is willing keep them in PlayStation games, Hot Pockets and weed for the rest of their lives.
 
Northern Light said:
She's overqualified to have a male partner in traditional Chinese society, which is the demographic that most of those 40 million extra men come from.

Calling them leftover women is just sneering discrimination from China's right wing because she didn't do the right thing and stay at home living with her parents until they coerced her into getting married and having a child.

Note that there's no equivalent term for a successful, single independent professional man, despite equal pressure being placed on them to find wives and start the next generation. Only women get this shameful title for wanting to embrace modernity.
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Women LOVE to blame men for their singleness ... no ... men are not "intimidated" by women who have carrears, and chances are if you're thinking like that, you're probably a twat that is not pleasant to be around.

Women love to say "oh a man can't deal with all of this," well if you're something a man has to "deal" with, why would a man want to be with you?

idk said:
She's not exactly unattractive (as others have suggested). Her intelligence and accolades are simply too intimidating for men with a well groomed superiority complex, which is unfortunately quite common in China. When a culture demands gender roles that aren't supported by biology, the outcasts are ostracized. It's no more disgusting than our repulsion of women who dare not perfectly manicure their genitals or our discrimination of gays and lesbians.
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See above. But also no one is "repulsed" by women that don't shave down there, some people don't want to have sex with them, and if you don't like that don't sleep with those men.
 
Tigger said:
Chinese society has certain expectations on its people. Those individuals who do not meet those expectations should not expect to be welcomed with open arms. What do they think this is, America; where we have no expectations or standards for our young people?
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Exactly, and the US has certain expectations, for example, respect for the equality women, and if you live there you should follow those standards, if not then piss off.
 
RGacky3 said:
Exactly, and the US has certain expectations, for example, respect for the equality women, and if you live there you should follow those standards, if not then piss off.
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You are correct, that if you live somewhere you should either a) follow the standards of that culture/society OR b) expect to not be accepted by that culture/society.

There is nothing saying you have to accept the standard way of doing things; but to ignore the standard then complain that you're being austracized because of it is extremely silly in my mind. Thankfully, many of us more Traditional gentlemen here in the United States are often able to find a more Traditional woman, if we're willing to wait long enough (38 years old in my case). I'm not sure that's going to happen in China, but maybe then it's time for those women to seek their fortunes elsewhere or to conform more to the society if they wish to be accepted by it.
 
You can tell who's a male and who's a female in this thread pretty easily.

Women: This is an OUTRAGE! Women should be RESPECTED! She's doing EVERYTHING in a MAN'S world!

Men: She's an uggo, what's the prob?
 
Gipper said:
You can tell who's a male and who's a female in this thread pretty easily......

Men: She's an uggo, what's the prob?
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I never said she's ugly. I simply stated the obvious truth that when individuals choose to go a different way than the society/culture they are raised with, they should not expect to be welcomed with open arms. I can state that from personal experience, Gipper.
 
Well no one is forcing them to get a mate in China alone, right?
 
Gipper said:
I like my mail order brides Russian, thank you very much.
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I was with a Russian (Ukrainian, though Soviet port city) in Europe, the States and Africa. Met her in our grad class. Her accent was so thick it made me feel like James Bond all the time. Pic in album, '09.
 
ecofarm said:
I was with a Russian (Ukrainian, though Soviet port city) in Europe, the States and Africa. Met her in our grad class. Her accent was so thick it made me feel like James Bond all the time. Pic in album, '09.
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Ivana Humpalot?
 
Gipper said:
Ivana Humpalot?
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Olga Gymnastbody, with an ass that could knock people over on the other side of a room. We were something at Haulover Beach.
 
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