https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/326013/feed en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3196179/has-metoo-movement-brought-structural-change-asia https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3196179/has-metoo-movement-brought-structural-change-asia Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:32:11 +0000 Chef Mario Batali was acquitted on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a woman at a Boston bar in 2017 while posing with her for fan selfie photos in the latest of a handful of #MeToo era trials involving US celebrities accused of misconduct toward women. In the non-jury trial, Judge James Stanton of Boston Municipal Court found Batali, 61, not guilty of a charge of indecent assault and battery brought in 2019, saying the accuser had “significant credibility issues”. Batali displayed no visible... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3177250/us-celebrity-chef-mario-batali-acquitted-sexual https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3177250/us-celebrity-chef-mario-batali-acquitted-sexual Tue, 10 May 2022 20:05:55 +0000 Celebrity chef Mario Batali goes on trial over allegations that he forcibly groped and kissed a woman in the only criminal case to result from multiple #MeToo-era claims of sexual harassment and assault that helped fuel his downfall. Batali will appear in Boston Municipal Court on Monday on a 2019 charge of indecent assault and battery of a woman at a bar who came forward to report her experience after other women accused the chef of sexually aggressive behaviour. The woman, Natali Tene, said... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3177080/celebrity-chef-mario-batali-faces-trial-over-womans-metoo-era https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3177080/celebrity-chef-mario-batali-faces-trial-over-womans-metoo-era Mon, 09 May 2022 11:58:05 +0000 A man shown in a viral video stopping Olympic champion Eileen Gu from leaving a crossroads in Beijing has said he just wanted to ensure her safety from busy traffic. The video footage has been widely circulated online and shows a man in a black shirt taking a selfie with Gu at a street crossing. The man is then seen stretching out his arms as if to stop her as she begins to walk away after the photo was taken. The man encountered Gu on a road in Beijing’s Chaoyang Road earlier this week when the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3175562/eileen-gu-viral-video-man-who-stopped https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3175562/eileen-gu-viral-video-man-who-stopped Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:00:31 +0000 Sharan Dhaliwal, the founder of South Asian culture magazine Burnt Roti, says she has received hundreds of “d**k pics” over the years via Instagram, the social media platform on which she has more than 10,000 followers. The high-profile writer blocks these users – who send unsolicited images of male genitalia – but the abuse continues. “It’s a power play … it’s about them feeling they have power and can walk away from that saying: ‘I did that’,” Dhaliwal said. She was responding to a recent... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3175180/epidemic-misogyny-why-hong-kong-singapore-and-rest-asia-should-be https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3175180/epidemic-misogyny-why-hong-kong-singapore-and-rest-asia-should-be Sun, 24 Apr 2022 01:00:23 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3175207/singapores-egg-freezing-policy-cautious-step-right-direction https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3175207/singapores-egg-freezing-policy-cautious-step-right-direction Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:41:15 +0000 Allegations of rape and sexual assault against a deputy leader of Thailand’s oldest political party have stirred hopes for a belated #MeToo movement in the country, as the revelations also raise questions about the impunity and power enjoyed by Thai men. Prinn Panitchpakdi, 44, resigned as a deputy leader of the Democrat Party in the wake of the allegations, with at least 15 other women thought to be preparing legal action against him. The British-educated ex-banker and son of a former secretary... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3174929/thailands-metoo-moment-political-sex-assault-scandal-sparks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3174929/thailands-metoo-moment-political-sex-assault-scandal-sparks Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:59:31 +0000 The leader of one of Thailand’s biggest political parties apologised on Tuesday over the conduct of a former executive accused by more than a dozen women of sexual abuse in what some activists have called the country’s first “MeToo” moment. Prinn Panitchpakdi, 44, resigned as deputy leader of the Democrat Party last week and was charged on Saturday with sexual abuse and rape after complaints were filed against him by five women separately. Prinn, the son of former World Trade Organization (WTO)... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3174816/thai-political-party-apologises-sexual-misconduct-cases https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3174816/thai-political-party-apologises-sexual-misconduct-cases Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:34:45 +0000 Pablo Picasso’s track record with women certainly would not make the Spanish artist a feminist pin-up today. There were two wives, at least six mistresses and numerous lovers – and a tendency to abandon them when they became ill; a voracious appetite for prostitutes, and; some eye-popping age differences (his second wife was 27 when he married her at 79). Some of the quotes attributed to him would probably cause Twitter’s servers to combust if he said them now (“For me, there are only two kinds... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3173390/picasso-target-social-media-cancel-culture-artists-many https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3173390/picasso-target-social-media-cancel-culture-artists-many Sat, 09 Apr 2022 05:15:19 +0000 When Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu took to the catwalk last week dressed in a floor-length gown with a plunging neckline, online trolls were quick to comment that she had “put on weight”. On Instagram, where she has nearly five million followers, Sandhu’s Lakme Fashion Week 2022 appearance drew comments like “Plus size model”, “She’s so overweight” and “Wow, the rolls in the back!” Prominent women around the world have faced body shaming but the ferocity with which Sandhu, 22, was targeted... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3172747/indias-harnaaz-sandhu-miss-universe-2021-has-been-body https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3172747/indias-harnaaz-sandhu-miss-universe-2021-has-been-body Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:52:34 +0000 A group of more than 70 current and former Canadian gymnasts have called for an independent investigation into what they described as a “toxic culture and abusive practices” within their sport in the country. The gymnasts, who are and have been members of the Olympic and national team, said in a letter sent on Monday to Sport Canada’s director general Vicki Walker that for nearly a decade the fear of retribution prevented them from speaking out. “We can no longer sit in silence,” the letter... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3172189/canada-gymnasts-seek-investigation-toxic-culture https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3172189/canada-gymnasts-seek-investigation-toxic-culture Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:34:05 +0000 We are undergoing one of the most difficult periods in Hong Kong’s recent history. We’ve seen our medical system become overburdened, families separated and livelihoods destroyed. With such challenges, commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD) may seem out of place, but many of today’s societal pressures fall harder on women and girls, while addressing them can lift us all. That has been the spirit of IWD throughout its history. Hong Kong has all the trappings of a gender-equal society –... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/comment/opinion/article/3169560/international-womens-day-hong-kong-battle-end-deeply-entrenched https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/comment/opinion/article/3169560/international-womens-day-hong-kong-battle-end-deeply-entrenched Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:30:19 +0000 A renowned professor and doctor in Shanghai has been fired after one of his female students revealed that the married man had an affair with her and that she had an abortion after falling pregnant with his child. An investigation by the university into the student’s claim revealed Li Qi, a professor from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a leading doctor at the affiliated Shuguang Hospital, “seriously violated professional ethics as a tutor and caused bad social influence”,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3168406/metoo-china-married-academic-fired-shanghai https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3168406/metoo-china-married-academic-fired-shanghai Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:00:16 +0000 A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death Thursday, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation. Pakistani-American Zahir Jaffer, 30, attacked Noor Mukadam at his Islamabad home in July last year after she refused his marriage proposal – torturing her with a knuckle-duster and using a “sharp-edged weapon” to behead her. Mukadam, the 27-year-old daughter of a former... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3168289/wealthy-industrialist-who-beheaded-girlfriend-sentenced-death https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3168289/wealthy-industrialist-who-beheaded-girlfriend-sentenced-death Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:34:54 +0000 As South Korea enters a bitter presidential race, Hong Hee-jin is one of many young women who feel the country’s politics has become dominated by discrimination against women, even outright misogyny. “Women are being treated like they don’t even have voting rights,” said the 27-year-old office worker in Seoul. For years, South Korean women have made slow but steady progress in the workplace as they confronted an entrenched culture of male chauvinism and harassment. But this extremely tight... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3168139/south-korea-gender-wars-heat-presidential-hopefuls-court https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3168139/south-korea-gender-wars-heat-presidential-hopefuls-court Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:00:32 +0000 Two prominent advocates for sexual abuse survivors pilloried Australia’s prime minister Wednesday, decrying “weasel words” and a response to widespread abuse that had not “measured up”. Former government aide Brittany Higgins – whose allegation she was raped by a colleague, in parliament, sparked national protests – said “too little has changed” since she went public a year ago. In a widely watched speech, Higgins was sorrowful and withering about the actions of a conservative government she... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3166408/australian-pms-shocking-response-sexual-abuse-claims https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3166408/australian-pms-shocking-response-sexual-abuse-claims Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:28:01 +0000 Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai has denied accusing anyone of sexual assault, in an exclusive interview with French sports daily L’Equipe published on Monday. Peng also said she had dinner with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Saturday, when they discussed her future plans and whether she would return to competition. It was the first time Peng had spoken to international, independent media since she posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo in November that she had... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3166060/chinas-tennis-star-peng-shuai-breaks-her-silence-no-sexual https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3166060/chinas-tennis-star-peng-shuai-breaks-her-silence-no-sexual Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:11:04 +0000 At a classroom screening of North Country at a US university in October, students were startled to find their Chinese-born teacher sobbing uncontrollably. Little did they know that the film – based on the woman who won the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States – had struck a personal chord with He Qian, 33, a University of Oklahoma faculty member. Like the lead character Josey Aimes, He Qian had accused a man of sexual harassment and gone to court for it. But, unlike... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3165248/bed-nails-chinas-metoo-accusers-crushed-burden-proof-and https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3165248/bed-nails-chinas-metoo-accusers-crushed-burden-proof-and Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:30:24 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3165107/surrogacy-scandal-year-tiger-and-metaverse-wedding https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3165107/surrogacy-scandal-year-tiger-and-metaverse-wedding Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:15:16 +0000 Moroccan university students have broken their silence about professors demanding sexual favours in return for good grades, a scandal that has shaken the higher education system. Testimonies have flooded social media in the style of the #MeToo movement, encouraged by activists in the conservative North African nation where victims of sexual violence often keep silent. “I was expelled from university a year ago under the pretext that I had cheated on an exam,” said 24-year-old student Nadia, who... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3164450/metoo-wave-sweeps-morocco-students-reveal-extent-sexual https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3164450/metoo-wave-sweeps-morocco-students-reveal-extent-sexual Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:30:18 +0000 The wife of South Korean presidential hopeful Yoon Suk-yeol has sparked outrage for saying that #MeToo scandals occur because the women involved were not “paid” by men. Kim Keon-hee, 49, made the remarks to a reporter from Voice of Seoul, a YouTube news channel with liberal leanings that is supportive of the ruling Democratic Party. Yoon is a member of the opposition People Power Party. Copies of the audio recording – part of 52 phone conversations that Kim had with a Voice of Seoul reporter... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3163677/metoo-moments-occur-when-men-dont-pay-wife-south-korean https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3163677/metoo-moments-occur-when-men-dont-pay-wife-south-korean Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:13:33 +0000 India is witnessing a sharp surge in ‘panic’ or ‘distress’ weddings following the government’s proposal to raise the legal age women can wed from 18 to 21, the same as men. Girls in their late teens are being rushed into marriages by parents worried that the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 will become law and they will have to either wait for their daughters to get hitched or face the wrath of the justice system. They are willing to pay triple fees or are desperately... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/article/3162985/india-parents-race-marry-teenage-daughters-government-urges-raising https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/article/3162985/india-parents-race-marry-teenage-daughters-government-urges-raising Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:18:38 +0000 Hong Kong’s leader was sent a razor blade in a threatening letter delivered on Monday to government headquarters, sparking strong condemnation from her office. The package addressed to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor arrived at the administration’s Admiralty offices at about 11am, a police spokesman said. A statement from Lam’s team said the blade – of the type typically found in safety razors used for shaving – was detected during a routine inspection of mail. The Chief Executive’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3159559/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-sent-razor-blade https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3159559/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-sent-razor-blade Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:42:25 +0000 More than 110 alumni of the British Chevening Scholarship have urged Beijing to unconditionally release detained Chinese activists Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing. Huang, an independent journalist known for her #MeToo activism, was awarded the prestigious scholarship and planned to start a master’s degree at the University of Sussex before she was detained three months ago in the southern city of Guangzhou. Her friend Wang, a labour activist, was also taken into custody. In a joint... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3159062/group-chevening-scholars-call-china-release-detained-metoo https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3159062/group-chevening-scholars-call-china-release-detained-metoo Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:27:03 +0000 It was a click that was heard around the world. Early last month, the send button was pressed on a post on Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai’s Twitter-like Weibo account. The post alleged sexual assault against a former senior Chinese politician, a claim that was equally sudden and explosive, coming out of nowhere and rippling around the country before censors stamped out mainstream discussion online. Nevertheless the post continued to be relayed as screenshots, graphics, links and even on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3158544/how-peng-shuai-fanning-embers-chinas-metoo-movement https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3158544/how-peng-shuai-fanning-embers-chinas-metoo-movement Sun, 05 Dec 2021 15:30:23 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3158703/once-chinas-golden-flower-tennis-star-peng-shuai-now-centre https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3158703/once-chinas-golden-flower-tennis-star-peng-shuai-now-centre Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000 A bipartisan pair of US lawmakers introduced a resolution on Friday accusing the International Olympic Committee of helping Chinese authorities whitewash tennis superstar Peng Shuai’s sexual assault claims against a former senior Communist Party official in Beijing. “Three-time Olympian Peng Shuai went missing after she said in a since-deleted post on Chinese social media site Weibo that she had been sexually assaulted and forced into a sexual relationship with Zhang Gaoli, who was the Chinese... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3158432/us-congressional-resolution-says-ioc-aided-beijings-disappearance-peng https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3158432/us-congressional-resolution-says-ioc-aided-beijings-disappearance-peng Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:48:59 +0000 Beijing has said politics should be kept out of sport following the Women’s Tennis Association’s decision to withdraw from China over the case of former champion Peng Shuai, who accused a former senior official of sexual assault. Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the ministry, responded to the withdrawal, which includes tournaments in Hong Kong, by saying: “We’ve already expressed our view. We’ve always been against behaviours politicising sports.” Over the past three weeks, the ministry has... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3158152/beijing-warns-against-politicising-sport-after-wta-pulls-out https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3158152/beijing-warns-against-politicising-sport-after-wta-pulls-out Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:13:56 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3157476/peng-shuai-stolen-ashes-and-changing-face-hunger https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3157476/peng-shuai-stolen-ashes-and-changing-face-hunger Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:00:28 +0000 Felicia Szeto did her first private photo modelling shoot six years ago aged 18. That one went well, but sadly the Hong Kong freelance model can’t say that for all the shoots she’s done since. “When I started out, some photographers took off my bra and touched my breasts, others took off my underwear during shoots,” she says. “Today I’m more aware of my rights, but harassment still occurs.” Eilia (she does not want to disclose her full name) is 25. She also models for private shoots and says... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3152873/hong-kong-models-reveal-sexual-abuse-private-photo-industry https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3152873/hong-kong-models-reveal-sexual-abuse-private-photo-industry Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:15:10 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3149121/incel-culture-beauty-queen-against-communism-and-modernising-mooncakes https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3149121/incel-culture-beauty-queen-against-communism-and-modernising-mooncakes Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:35:25 +0000 As South African-American actress Charlize Theron turns 46 on August 7, STYLE spoke to the award-winning star of Mad Max: Fury Road and the Fast & Furious franchise about portraying strong women, balancing fame with motherhood, and the influence of her own mother on her life. As a young actress you are always in a situation of having to defend yourself against unfair perceptions and harassment. It’s an exhausting rite of passage which I hope women can one day finally leave behind Charlize... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3142050/charlize-theron-46-oscar-winning-fast-furious-star https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3142050/charlize-theron-46-oscar-winning-fast-furious-star Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:00:24 +0000 Women’s voices have grown loud in recent years, fuelled by global campaigns such as the #MeToo movement. In South Korea that’s also true, with the feminist movement growing through campaigns including #EscapeTheCorset, which pushed back against the country’s rigid beauty standards. Political shifts in South Korea have boosted the movement. In 2020, the Women’s Party, the country’s first feminist political group, was formed to make sure women’s issues remain on the agenda in what remains a deeply... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3137632/women-directors-rise-patriarchal-south-korea-feminist https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3137632/women-directors-rise-patriarchal-south-korea-feminist Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:15:00 +0000 One of China’s most famous scions of an ultra-wealthy family is taking heat after a series of leaked WeChat conversations showed he bullied, threatened and begged a woman who rejected his advances. Wang Sicong, the 33-year-old son of Wang Jianlin, the billionaire founder of Dalian Wanda Group, has been accused of using his status to pressure an online celebrity into dating him.  Wang has long been a celebrity in China, and at one point was called “China’s most eligible bachelor”. Dalian Wanda is... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3137493/scion-dalian-wanda-accused-sending-abusive https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3137493/scion-dalian-wanda-accused-sending-abusive Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 A government official in northeastern China has been fired after a video emerged of a woman attacking him with a mop while accusing him of sexual harassment.  The 14-minute video that went viral shows the official’s subordinate, surnamed Zhou, throwing items on his desk before retrieving a mop to attack the man, surnamed Wang, the deputy director of the poverty alleviation department of Beilin district, in Heilongjiang Province. While Zhou, who authorities later said has a mental illness, is... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3129320/chinese-government-official-fired-over-sexual-harassment-claims https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3129320/chinese-government-official-fired-over-sexual-harassment-claims Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:15:14 +0000 It might have a reputation as the birthplace of sexy lingerie, but even in France, titillation is taking second place to comfort and practicality. The very word “lingerie” is a French export – used from Japan to Holland to Brazil – but France has been slow to adapt to a changing mood in the global industry, which no longer treats expensive underwear primarily as a weapon of seduction. The shift has been noticeable in recent years in other Western countries, measured most notably in declining... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3125200/end-sexy-lingerie-even-french-are-changing-priorities https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3125200/end-sexy-lingerie-even-french-are-changing-priorities Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:15:16 +0000 This story about gender discrimination against job seekers is part of a series of stories on women’s issues in China and Asia to coincide with International Women’s Day. How many boyfriends have you had? That is the latest question to join as the long list of sexist and stereotypical questions levelled at women looking for work in China.  Last week a woman revealed on Chinese social media that when applying for a human resources job with a car service company she was asked how many romantic... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3124236/gender-discrimination-against-women-job-seekers-china-rife https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3124236/gender-discrimination-against-women-job-seekers-china-rife Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:30:09 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3118117/victim-shaming-kamala-harris-switcheroo-and-kimchi-wars https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3118117/victim-shaming-kamala-harris-switcheroo-and-kimchi-wars Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:30:39 +0000 A Chinese company’s new video advertisement for women’s makeup remover wipes has been savagely panned by online critics, forcing the ad to be pulled and the company apologizing twice. Purcotton, owned by Winner Medical Co., released the video last week on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showing a young girl scaring off a would-be attacker with her naked makeup-free face after using the cleansing wipes. The 26-second video ad was pulled after online users denounced it as “demonizing”... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/enough-victim-blaming-ad-pulled-after-women-lead-internet-outrage/article/3117543 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/enough-victim-blaming-ad-pulled-after-women-lead-internet-outrage/article/3117543 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:02:03 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3112605/lunar-newsletter-chinas-metoo-pioneer-indian-witch-hunts-and-more https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3112605/lunar-newsletter-chinas-metoo-pioneer-indian-witch-hunts-and-more Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:42:28 +0000 In a darkened room, pieces of paper with pencils stabbed through the middle tell the stories of sexual abuse and harassment. On the floor, speakers play a loop of monologues from victims. In another corner, a giant mosaic spells the English word “Resist.” These are installations at an exhibit named “Her Story – Eliminating Gender Violence 2020,” an exhibition launched by feminism activists in Beijing that ran between November 25 and December 1.  The display followed their #MeToo exhibit last... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/movement-beijing-exhibition-aims-keep-metoo-alive-china/article/3112125 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/movement-beijing-exhibition-aims-keep-metoo-alive-china/article/3112125 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:12:35 +0000 China’s education department issued a new regulation on November 11 banning postgraduate tutors from having “improper” relations with students to prevent instances of exploitation.  Postgraduate tutors are often treated as guiding mentors, or even employers, by students who face immense pressure to achieve high marks in China’s notoriously high-pressure academic culture. The relationship dynamic has resulted in sexual misconduct or bullying from teachers, and in some cases resulted in the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/education/chinas-guide-ending-abuse-students-college/article/3110163 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/education/chinas-guide-ending-abuse-students-college/article/3110163 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:06:26 +0000 Despite arrests and censorship campaigns, China’s #MeToo movement has succeeded in shedding light on problems of sexual harassment in the country, particularly in universities.  In once such recent case, a former vice-president of a top Chinese university was fired over allegations of sexual harassment after a six-month-long investigation.  Cai Xiang also faces charges of corruption and has been stripped of his Communist Party membership.  China’s education disciplinary commission and the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/vice-president-metoo-firing-highlights-issues-sexual-harassment-universities/article/3045305 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/vice-president-metoo-firing-highlights-issues-sexual-harassment-universities/article/3045305 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:12:24 +0000 By her account, Chinese-born photographer Pixy Liao was a feminist before she even knew what the word was. As a child in Shanghai in the late 1990s, when China was still opening up to the world, Liao would buy CDs from the black market. Her favorite artists: Sinéad O'Connor and Björk. “They helped shape my expectations of who I wanted to be as a woman.” Pixy Liao “I found I was only attracted to these female singers,” Liao says. “They helped shape my expectations of who I wanted to be as a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/culture/pixy-liao/article/3000967 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/culture/pixy-liao/article/3000967 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:27:21 +0000 Yang Jing remembers the first time she learned about feminism as a film student at Beijing’s Communication University of China. There were just 11 people in the class, out of a student population of more than 13,000. Yang and her classmates struggled to keep up with the lecturers. “We were at a loss with all the concepts and theories,” she says. “We were just hearing them for the first time.” “We were at a loss with all the concepts and theories. We were just hearing them for the first... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/culture/women-are-making-waves-chinas-male-dominated-film-industry/article/3000493 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/culture/women-are-making-waves-chinas-male-dominated-film-industry/article/3000493 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:59:22 +0000 2018 was a strong year for women around the world, from a record number of women elected into office in the United States to a global #MeToo movement that shook the status quo. In this episode of Best of 2018, we take a look back at some of the fearless women featured on Goldthread and what the #MeToo movement looked like on this side of the world. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/videos/goldthreads-best-2018-fearless-females/article/3000386 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/videos/goldthreads-best-2018-fearless-females/article/3000386 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:49:46 +0000