Saturday, February 03, 2007

Disappointed by 龙应台's writings. She seems to think that Chinese people are sheep incapable of thinking or acting for themselves and therefore must be guided like children (shown in 中国人,你为什么不生气?).

She also helped promulgate the stereotype that Shanghainese men (and of course by extension - Chinese men) are effeminate.

This reminds of me of something in our 12th grade AP U.S. history book. It mentioned an American female (anti)feminist who urge women to wait for their husbands to get home from work by wearing an apron, "and that's all!".

Ok, the comparison is a bit crude and comic. So are 龙应台's writings.