Mao Zedong may have famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky,” but many of today’s Chinese career women feel their high-flying ambitions have feet of clay. “Yeah, we hold up half the sky,” recently quipped a female senior manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company, “but there are 5,000 years of history dragging us back.”
Elder Care, Child Care, and the Struggles of Chinese Women
Mao Zedong may have famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky,” but many of today’s Chinese career women feel their high-flying ambitions have feet of clay. “Yeah, we hold up half the sky,” recently quipped a female senior manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company, “but there are 5,000 years of history dragging us […]
April 08, 2011
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