Mistresses look to foreigners for support
By Xu Chi |
February 25, 2011, Friday
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CHINA'S mistresses are seeking the support of foreigners as they campaign to lose their scandalous reputation and gain social and legal status.
An "official" website at www.xeixe.com - apparently operated by "China's Association for Mistresses" - now includes a banner on its front page welcoming "foreign friends."
This follows a Shanghai Daily report which the group claims led to large numbers of foreigners visiting the site, asking if there was an English version. Daily traffic increased from around 2,000 visitors to 12,000, causing their server to crash, the group says.
While the site is still mostly in Chinese, it includes a proclamation entitled "A Letter to People All Over the World."
China's marriage law discriminates against them, giving all the advantages to wives, they say.
To publicize their grievances, the mistresses are holding a festival on March 3. "Someone has to take the very first step," said the owner of the forum, a 23-year-old from Chongqing identified as "Sister Three."
Mistresses call themselves the "Little Three," indicating that they are the third person in a married man's relationship.
The festival will be limited to online discussions, as they fear a negative reaction if they appear in public.
"We are not challenging social morality," said Sister Three, who claims she is not a mistress herself. "But mistresses are human beings too and deserve legal citizens' rights."
However, opponents are unimpressed. "What a joke," said Zhang Yufen, a 54-year-old woman nicknamed "Mistress Killer", leader of a wives rights protection group. "These women are damaging the country's reputation and the sanctity of marriage," claimed Zhang.
An "official" website at www.xeixe.com - apparently operated by "China's Association for Mistresses" - now includes a banner on its front page welcoming "foreign friends."
This follows a Shanghai Daily report which the group claims led to large numbers of foreigners visiting the site, asking if there was an English version. Daily traffic increased from around 2,000 visitors to 12,000, causing their server to crash, the group says.
While the site is still mostly in Chinese, it includes a proclamation entitled "A Letter to People All Over the World."
China's marriage law discriminates against them, giving all the advantages to wives, they say.
To publicize their grievances, the mistresses are holding a festival on March 3. "Someone has to take the very first step," said the owner of the forum, a 23-year-old from Chongqing identified as "Sister Three."
Mistresses call themselves the "Little Three," indicating that they are the third person in a married man's relationship.
The festival will be limited to online discussions, as they fear a negative reaction if they appear in public.
"We are not challenging social morality," said Sister Three, who claims she is not a mistress herself. "But mistresses are human beings too and deserve legal citizens' rights."
However, opponents are unimpressed. "What a joke," said Zhang Yufen, a 54-year-old woman nicknamed "Mistress Killer", leader of a wives rights protection group. "These women are damaging the country's reputation and the sanctity of marriage," claimed Zhang.
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