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emailThursday, October 25, 2012
Righting the Gender Gap in China?
Susan Greenhalgh, , Professor of Anthropology, Harvard
University
Since the introduction of the 1-child policy in 1980, the gender
gap among Chinese infants has soared, leaving China with a huge
surplus of boys and deficit of girls. Today, as the first
generation of singletons begins to marry in large numbers, 10
percent of men – mostly rural, ill-educated peasants – will not be
able to find brides. How has the PRC regime sought to address these
problems? What framings and measures has it used, and with what
effect? In this talk, anthropologist Greenhalgh argues that state
policy on the gender gap has been heavily biased in favor of rural
women, with the result that older rural men, dubbed "bare sticks,"
now face social marginalization, political exclusion from the
category of deserving citizens, and the prospect of reproductive
extinction. In Chinese population politics, the woman question has
become a serious man question, to the benefit of none.
Lunch will be provided. An RSVP is not required as this is an open
event.
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- Date:Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Time:11:40 AM
