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7.1. Material Conditions: Why You Can’t Eliminate Sexism Just by Eliminating Sexism

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How to Improve Women's Biding Power in Your Village

Rural china is notorious for having a strong preference for male babies. As of 20 19, you still have a hundred and 14 females born for every hundred males in china. Since the revolution in 19 forty nine, the communist party has been doing everything it can to combat this problem. Via their monopoly on education and journalism and communications, the government did the equivalent of the pink pill. Millions and millions of young children went to school and learned about male female equality. But also, having a huge population of young men destined to die unmarried can lead to all sorts of unrest and economic costs.

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