{"id":43047,"date":"2009-08-02T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=43047"},"modified":"2009-08-02T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T04:08:09","slug":"they%e2%80%99re-not-going-to-take-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/08\/they%e2%80%99re-not-going-to-take-it\/","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019re Not Going to Take it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek looks at sexual discrimination in China with the booming sex trade and persistent job discrimination:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn recent years, the government has attempted to tackle the gender problem. Last year, for example, it launched a high-profile campaign against domestic violence, and in 2005 it introduced new laws against sexual harassment, though the definition remains vague.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more significantly, some Chinese citizens are taking matters into their own hands. In a number of big cities, women-run nongovernmental organizations now provide training and information to migrants to help them avoid falling into the trap of prostitution. The Internet has also helped Chinese women to organize. &#8220;It&#8217;s had a big impact in filling in the gaps\u2014you can find information about discrimination,&#8221; says Sun. Internet activism has been particularly noticeable in recent months: much of the publicity surrounding the case of the Kunming schoolgirls was generated by the blog posts of Wu Hongfei, a well-known rock singer and journalist. And the truth about Deng Yujiao, the waitress who stabbed a Hubei official to death, was revealed only after Wu Gan, another blogger, visited her in the hospital after her arrest\u2014and found her strapped to a bed. His photos, posted online, helped spark public outrage.<\/p>\n<p>These episodes may be a sign that, as Chinese society becomes more affluent and better educated, concern about the rights of women is increasing. &#8220;The young generation who&#8217;ve grown up in the cities with a good education have much more of a sense of individual legal rights,&#8221; says Jiang of ECNU. Wu, who also tried to help the families involved in the Kunming case, emphasizes, &#8220;If society doesn&#8217;t provide a fair environment and guarantee legal safeguards, then anyone can become a victim.&#8221; That thinking was on full display during the Deng case, when activists in Beijing and Wuhan <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/05\/deng-yujiao-tells-her-story\/\">staged street demonstrations<\/a> in which bound and gagged women carried placards that asked, who is the next deng yujiao?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek looks at sexual discrimination in China with the booming sex trade and persistent job discrimination: In recent years, the government has attempted to tackle the gender problem. Last year, for example, it launched a high-profile campaign against domestic violence, and in 2005 it introduced new laws against sexual harassment, though the definition remains vague. 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