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Young feminists are sharing before and after photos of themselves on social media.When Mao proclaimed in 1968 that “women hold up half the sky”, he couldn’t have foreseen the shape of feminism in China today. Across the country, young women are shaving their heads, forgoing make-up and wearing loose-fitting clothing in a rejection of what they call “beauty duty”, the strict cultural norms that dictate how women should look.
In an increasingly globalised world, Chinese women are swayed by international feminist movements and crusades in countries such as Japan and Korea. Also, many young women were born under China’s one-child policy. “Many singleton daughters have really supportive parents. They tell them, ‘Girls are equal, girls are good.’ They want them to succeed.”A woman grieving her mother abandons her marriage and life to return to the place of her childhood.
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