This is a very common sight in Toronto, which has a large asian population.
In China, alpha males carry designer purses
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#12The USA variant of this is the briefcase or (more recently) the messenger/laptop bag. Not quite as expensive, but (arguably) still used as an indicator of social status.
I recently bought a messenger bag. Does that make me an alpha male or a sissy? But I have learned by personal experience how women accumulate all that crap ion their purses.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
maybe in China.. but definitely not in all of the East
Very true point, China has a good record of gender equality. Much better then it's neighbors and also the West.
Foot binding?
Not saying things might not be generally 'equal' for women in China now, but things are generally 'equal' for women in the West. For certain values of generally.
Seems to me societies have traditionally objectified/oppressed women world over.
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#14Since it's China may I assume a good portion of the handbags are the same counterfeits you buy for $10 on a street corner in Manhattan?
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
maybe in China.. but definitely not in all of the East
Very true point, China has a good record of gender equality. Much better then it's neighbors and also the West.
They have over 30 million more males than females. The Chinese may have equality, but that's a lot of sexually frustrated men that's going to contribute to unrest.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very true point, China has a good record of gender equality. Much better then it's neighbors and also the West.
Foot binding? Not saying things might not be generally 'equal' for women in China now, but things are generally 'equal' for women in the West. For certain values of generally. Seems to me societies have traditionally objectified/oppressed women world over.
> Foot binding?
One unequivocally positive outcome of the communists winning over the nationalists that even an ardent anti-communist like Jung Chang will attest to was their gender equality reforms. The first and most symbolic act was a serious crackdown on foot binding.
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#17The USA variant of this is the briefcase or (more recently) the messenger/laptop bag. Not quite as expensive, but (arguably) still used as an indicator of social status.
Actually I would think the US version would be a nice watch. The article seems to stress that it is a status indicator for business purposes.
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#18The 20-year-old office clerk at a Beijing cosmetics manufacturer knows it could set him back more than $1,000. He'll have to save for months. But he said it would be money well spent. "As a man, you must have one of those bags," he said. "It will bring you status, dignity and boost your image."
Petrifying though that may be, that's only months. We saddle ourselves with six years of payments for the status symbols we can't afford.
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#19A similar fad was popular in Eastern Europe when I lived there (may still be):
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
maybe in China.. but definitely not in all of the East
Very true point, China has a good record of gender equality. Much better then it's neighbors and also the West.
I would dispute this - China did not permit women to own land until 1950. Furthermore, laws against domestic violence weren't enshrined until 2001.
China certainly has been liberalizing its gender laws at a faster clip than the west, which took the Women's Suffrage Movement several centuries.... but it's never been ahead of the curve.