‘Female morality class’ sparks backlash
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Chinese authorities have shut down a “female morality class” that provoked anger by lecturing women to accept a second-rate role in society, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
In viral video that surfaced on China’s Internet, an instructor in the class in the northeastern province of Liaoning tells students that “women should talk less, do more housework and shut their mouths.”
The teacher also said that “women should not strive to move upwards in society, but should always remain at the bottom level.”
Another instructor said: “If you order food delivery instead of cooking by yourself, you are disobeying rules for women.”
The class was launched in 2011 in the northeastern city of Fushun by the Fushun Traditional Cultural Research Association, established in 2011 with approval of city authorities.
Its aim was ostensibly to reinforce Confucian values, part of a growing national embrace of traditional teachings, but video of the lectures angered many.
“This is female slavery, not female morality,” was one online comment.
Education authorities in Fushun said the class had been launched without authorisation and would be stopped immediately, Xinhua said.
“Female morality classes” are sometimes offered at Chinese schools and teach traditional culture such as Confucian morals, calligraphy, martial arts and appreciation of classic texts.
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