Since the socialist revolution, the rights of Chinese women have been written into the country's constitution. Under Mao, unprecedented numbers of women joined the workforce and they were celebrated as ""iron girls.""
But now, China is home to a fifth of the world’s women whose status as equals is dwindling. Domestic violence rates in the country have soared, marital rape is not considered a crime, those who dare to call themselves feminist activists are being detained by the government, and unmarried women older than 27 are commonly referred to as ""leftover women.""
To find out what lies behind the drastic shift in women’s social status in China, we track down feminist scholar and ""iron girl"" Wang Zheng and spend a day with one of China’s so-called leftover women. We also explore the extremes of China's wedding industry and its defectors before meeting Wei Tingting, one of the five women's rights activists detained for trying to start a campaign against sexual harassment on public transportation.
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Being leftover is better than a marrying a wrong person.
Agreed
agree to disagree still you can learn quite a lot from that, nothing's permanent.
@@charlesdesouza9313 learning never ends. Life is short, we need to cherish the moments we have. Get married if u find a good partner but never get married just because other people are getting married or u want to experience married life.
True, but you also left to think about not finding anyone at all for the rest of your life
A Wong person kkkk
A society gaslighting women for being leftover when there’s more unmarried men
Those unmarried men won't procreate and their bloodline will die out 😁
So basically, we shouldn´t talk about a problem because there are other problems around? Damn flawless logic, son.
@Charles Huang "women's sexual value peak around 23 then decline" damn son have you missed out the entire porn category out there called MILF??
Charles Huang that is just so untrue lol. MILFS? Like the other guy said. Cougars? Dawg women forever stay sexy until they become actual elders, and even then a lot of women are still sexy with their grey hair
Charles Huang are you married? Obviously you have only met very few types of women. how sad it must be to live such a closed, inexperienced, ignorant life such as yours
Did she say the domestic abuse rate was up to 50% holy shit!! That’s terrifying
Actually, they changed the definition of Domestic Abuse long ago.. now having requirements from your wife, like not wearing slutty clothes, or not wasting money, are classified as "abuse"... raising your voice also, etc etc
Yeah they pushed that b******* here I had an idiot ex-wife that was always spending money on friends rather than me. @@SirViving
@@SirViving Please just stfu. Nobody changed the definition of anything, keep dreaming and living in your small a@s bubble.
@@SirVivingraising voice is obviously abusive, it's weird that they changed that recently
@@SirViving welll, duh, because controlling an adult human being and dictating what they can and cant do/say/wear is a form of abuse and i hate to tell you this but that stuff has ALWAYS been a form of abuse, but formally calling it abusive has just taken ages to do because it would mean a lot of people would have to come to terms with the fact that they are being abusive which people dont want to do! "having requirements for your wife" LMAO youre insane
'Leftover'.... that term itself disturbs me. As if people are consumable products are those who are not consumed are leftovers.
Pretty much why your job has a “Human Resources” department
women are pretty much products , men are buyers sad but truth
Give me 7...
In America, it pronounced "male loneliness. "
Women are products like alkohol or drugs but much more expensive
>Looks beautiful > without a single wrinkle >young >she's 32 years old Him:ToO OLd
Vladimir Lenin you’re right and also bc usually it’s easier to dominate younger women. Older women are wise or more experienced and thus are believed to be dominating this type of society. I’m from A similar society, it’s not that extreme here but it’s always there in the back of the mind of the parent’s.
Abu Hassan our men and their happiness is not based on the “western hoe” . It’s mostly the system. And our women are happier too. There are just people(all genders and classes) capable of doing good or bad. Not good or bad people. The world isn’t so black and white
@Abu Hassan Seriously you are being ignorant and so dump right now.
Empty carton of eggs
@Abu Hassan lol you dont think the suicide rate has anything to do because of the slave labor in large american corporations overseas?
"Female infanticide was not an issue for the government, but man not finding a wife is an important issue" really broke my heart 😔
Women are the main group to be pro-abortion
@@lucasdutra67 because husbands want a son to inherit the family name and possessions. Plus poorer families couldn't afford more than one child since the country wouldn't cover costs of additional kids. So the burden and expectations of birthing a son was put on the mother who knew that having a girl would "bring shame to the family" and it would make family life difficult for both the child and the wife. There, a little bit of context behind your statement.
Female infanticide was something they took for granted, unfortunately. My grandma told of how her grandma crushed her newborn baby granddaughter with a stool while the parents watched on, too afraid to say anything. This was way before the one child policy (my grandma's 90). It's been done for centuries. The way women were viewed in China pre cultural revolution was similar to how women are viewed in rural India or Saudi Arabia these days. It was practically Sharia law with no god. There were honour killings (if you committed adultery, they drowned you in a pig cage). Girls were often sold into slavery (my other grandma was sold into slavery as a child and married a guy who was 40 years her senior to be a a sister wife/baby maker just to get some financial stability) and polygamy was very normal. China has always had a high percentage of unmarried men because the rich men had multiple wives and concubines and there has always been female infanticide.
@@francescalee2497 idiot do you have any idea how they view women in Muslim countries? They were not property and they have equal rights, 50%50%. Women and men are not the same, but they are equal in Islamic view.
That was deep
Imagine, I didn’t find my soulmate until age 48. There is life after 30
@@landyapandu7903Not everyone is interested in being a spring chicken so you can stop with this nonsense about ‘ child bearing ‘ FTK’s cos no one asked for it
Yea, you settled with an elderly loser simp
Yea, an elderly 0verwe!ght l0ser s!mp
Cope
i found my wife as a virgin here in america as a 19 year old female,. so any american man can get virgin 19 year old american right? no problem? its common right?
I'm 31 and I'm leftover. I wouldn't say i was career oriented, though it seems normal for adult healthy person to be able to do some work, earn money and pay bills. I was just rejected by all boys i was in love with. And the older you become the harder to deal with rejection. I guess I've just broken. I do not have any hard feelings against men and do not blame other people in my failure. In the end i had psychological problems in childhood and youth and now I've got consequences. It's like natural selection in action. I can't say that I feel miserable all the time. Rather sometimes when i remember those guys i feel sad. It's like when you remember spring during the winter 🌿 As for me it's better to get married and have children earlier cause it's aligned with natural flow of life, cause these young feelings are so honest and genuine, without impurity of bitterness and hidden search for benefits... 🌿 A rose will bloom, it then will fade.
I really appreciate your positive view, wish you a prosper long life.
@@yasmin_the_asian thank you, dear!😌 Happy New Year! I wish your dreams come true this year! At least -- some of them!🥂 Health and good luck to you and your loved ones! 🤗
Chased all the hot bad boys eh? 😂
@@glaya7548you seem wonderful 🌸🤍😇
From what you've said, I think there are two possibilities for your situation. One- you chose guys who are attractive for the superficial reasons but didn't have good character. Two- you chose relationships doomed to end, as in you didn't see them working out in your head in the first place. Both cases are like what you described- a rose that blooms for a short while and then fades. It's just passion that dies out. You're mature and you need a guy who has that maturity. So change the way you approach guys. Ask a good friend or family to set you up. Meet more people by living a fulfilling life. But listen, You only got one life. You can find love. You're still really young. Just don't put yourself down in the guise of trying to better yourself, cause this world will tear you apart for no reason. Even after you get married happily ever and have everything perfectly great in your life. So when you're struggling, you are the only one who can fight for yourself. And well, I'm cheering you on too!
Just gotta love Chinese. They’re just different. With 20 Millions extra men. They’ve managed to label women “leftovers” 😂
Although I vehemently disagree with this, I imagine the thought process is considering how many men there is, if a woman doesn’t have one then there must be something wrong with the woman, compared to the men not having as much choice
men can't give birth. women can. China wants future generation to continue its struggling economy. many countries have this problem.
Also men could possibly marry as they get older, the case is clearly not the same for women. A man can peak well into his 40’s and marry a woman in her 20’s
@@GidiLad yes men have lot more time and can be fertile till 70 or 80. nowadays women are infertile by 25. that's a huge gap. but feminism will take care of them
@@sharathvasudev because women find wrinkly, saggy-butt men soooo hot.
When you're genuinely seeking a date but get interviewed by Vice instead... :(
lmao, even more disappointment
Right LOL
An absolutely gorgeous Vice employee at that! Feelsbadman
lol i guess she was only trying to expose and highlight the reality of China. I think this happens in societies(especially Asian countries) that are close minded and non progressive.
random person damn I finally found someone like me POG
Also. The concept of a “date” is VERY different in China. The intentions are directed straight towards marriage and even the process of spending time to get to know each other to seek the fit could be criticized as “not taking things seriously”. Then the purpose/expectations and timeline to marriage after the date is unrealistic and hurried.
So it's not really so much "dating" as it is courting.
Wow as an ambitious 26 y/o Chinese girl who was adopted (bc she was given away because of the one child policy), this gave me REAL goosebumps. I am in a stable relationship right now but I can't imagine marrying right now. I feel bad for that young girl because she is so cute, so open, so ambitious and can really "fight" the entire world imo. It soothes me that she doesn't really care that much :-)
get married this year
Idk but what Chinese men see as left over women, men everywhere else are 👀👁️👄👁️
1. Men don't want ambitious women. We don't care about your career. 2. Hurry up and get married before he leaves you your 27 by now 3. No need to put your sob story in the comment
America needs the policy
They can woman stupid emotional usless now they beg us to marry their sons.
She's a leftover woman at 26. Then I must be a real trash in China at this age
bts hartu 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Same!
Women over 25 and not a virgin would be look down on in ancient cultures, because she could carry another mans DNA through sex. If not married they would become concubines. Today they call them damage women.
@Jenny V a christmas cake
Kpop fans are trash everywhere not only in china
@@protruth5133 Still seen today, that's why a lot of American women lost their hype.
Interesting - the 5'10" woman is "to tall". My late wife was a bit over 6'0" and I am 5'10". We were married for 45 years. It was the definition of heaven! I will ALWAYS love her!
Aww, that’s really sweet 😭💕
Bless your heart
You have been living a dream life, you are lucky guy!!!!!
aww Bless you 🥺
but u know...in western countries height difference dont matter much but in Asia if the woman is taller than the woman its seen as odd or even funny to the ppl arnd they would judge u everytime u go out...finally these little things would go a long way and end up bad.But western countries dont mind it and im so happy tht u lived ur life the best way possible! prayers for ur family.
I really appreciated everything Nicole and Wang Zheng the professor said, they have a very balanced view of the situation. Like Wang Zheng said, it is a paradox and you need to see the issue as a whole. Women should be treated with kindness and respect because they are humans, with minds and thoughts of their own. Men should be treated that way too. I hope the girls and women in China, and everywhere will live happy lives and be treated well.
This mind virus is a serious problem. Feminism is a social contagion meant for population control, and it works well. All you got to do is come up with an ideology which gives women an excuse to worship themselves, and they'll strictly adhere to it. Even if it doesn't make sense.
Imagine being arrested for speech and thought. It happens a lot around the world.
Chinese parents: We need a baby boy for this family! The same Chinese parents after 25 years later: Why won’t any girls marry my son?!
The world: Men die more frequently, and live shorter lives than women China: We need a baby boy for this family!
"How come there aren't many women around!? It's not like we aborted and abandoned baby girls to die- oh yeah..."
Same in india
@@fetchstixRHD They did it so they could send the boy away to slave in a factory to support the family. Those boys were not born into any privilege. These women are from the middle class who already had means and could afford to have a daughter which they could send to university.
Walker Smith rude much?
I'd rather be a left over woman any day with a career then a domestic abused one in a marriage that only makes my parents happy. Edit: Because some of you don't understand that other countries exist outside of your own and the standards and what we perceive in western society as normal might not exist or is just developing in other countries. So yes, other countries exist outside of your own and have different standards and it's baffling how some people cannot understand that.
@@koihc I don't think all men in China feel that way, different countries have different cultures and expectations of their people. There is alot of things in China that is only in a males favor while a woman just working lables them negativity and not being married in their 20's makes them old. It's "it's the woman's fault she's not young or married not the mans" is the mentality of the older generation.
The mentality of the older generation also expects men to be obliged to take on responsibilities, so it isn't just one sex's problem.
@@koihc but little boys weren't killed for being born, given up or sold
@@lynne99 True that's a deep cultural issue that requires solving, like male genital mutilation in the west.
AC: Don't worry, we men will be glad to leave you to get old alone with your cats.
"Marry or get called leftover." What kind of choice is that? It's just horrible how women are forced into getting married or they force themselves to get married out of shame because their parents want them to get married, and their parents will be heartbroken if that happens, which is because of how unmarried women are treated. If unmarried women weren't called derogatory terms, maybe so many single women wouldn't be pressured into marrying.
If they don't get married in their teens where they are the most fertile, they become bitter and start becoming a degenerate whore lusting for Chad and Tyrone. They do this until their 30s when they can't attract men and are left to die alone and childless and infertile with cats and box wine.
Yes, very horrible. I'm sure its 100x more horrible then the actually left-over men, who will never find a partner and still have to struggle for the expectation of making as much money to buy useless and extremely expensive property. Like you women have 12 years of finding a partner and "living the life" in this society and "get picked" by some handsome and upperclass guy, while society expects the men to work himself to death just so he can afford to even start dating. Women are always the victim. Zero self-responsibility. Disgusting.
Be a "strong independent" women no one is telling you not to be...but if men don't want you you cry... really doesn't make sense
@@jamalahmed6957 Who cry?
@@jamalahmed6957 It's men out there who cry for being rejected
"Unmarried women older than 27 have been called leftover women." Me in my un married 50 years old : Lucky not being that part of society.
Leftover grandma 😂
@@lycan2494 incel
@@lycan2494 Incel spotted
Bet your house smells like cat piss… 🤭🤭🤭
I can smell the cat piss over here 🤭
Imagine being picky when theres 20 million more men than women
It's like you almost got it... but you didn't. Every single woman there can marry a man better than her. Just on the numbers. But she's even pickier than that... that's why they get backlash.
The laws of economics and human nature always win in the end.
Yeah, China has a limited number of 878 Billionaires and 4.4 million Millionaires. Those ladies need to be picky!
@@alexandercrush I thought that too. Looking for a partner is a balance between demand and supply. I bet a lot of boys would take any girl. The leftover grils got to pick the leftover boys: poor, unsmart, small and ugly guys. They are late to the party. Now they get whats left. But they dont want them. Women tend to look for a equal smart or even smarter guys. Guys can live with it if the girl fits his needs. Better than no girl. In every society you can observe that high qualified girls cant find a match because of their high expectations and unwanted boys are leftovers. Beeing lonely. Thats the price for beeing picky. And the real ones suffering of this problem are the unwanted boys. Because they got no choice.
@@alexandercrush doubt. You are right. This is a general rule which applies to anyone. But we are talking about patterns we can describe which lead to problems we can observe.
Mr. Yan could have been the CEO of Tinder if only he learns how the internet works.
#LearnToCode
😆😆😆
hahaha this!
IF THE INTERNET WASN'T REGULATED AND CENSORED IN CHINA......
You forget one thing. You dont have "liberal" internet in China :)
This shows how far we are as a stable human being with a stable society. Being single is not a big deal and its better to be single then getting married to the wrong person
yes, stable
Being single is definitely a “big deal”. It’s just not as bad as being stuck in hellish marriages
Maybe a big deal in certain cultures yes. Some places think if you are not married by 30, it is kind of a bad thing. But realistically outside of culture, it does not mean someone is ugly or not a good person just because they are unmarried@@corpsefoot758
Being happily single IS need, being in a relationship isn't. End of story.
This documentary is one of the best documentaries that I’ve seen. I feel so sorry about what happens with Chinese women, and I’d say I feel similar feelings even living in Brazil. Even occupying an important position in the government, it’s so frustrating to feel like a secondary kind of citizen. I hope to see this bright future for all of us. We deserve it.
men don't care about your position, maybe that whats wrong with a lot of these women...
The more I learn about the world, the more I realise I like my home country just fine.
@Psyborg Punk punk
Where r u from? Sweden , europe
Meeee tooooo.
So true. I'm just so thankful I was born in a country where I am socially allowed not to marry if I don't want to and persue my career goals even if I do. We tend to take this things for granted
Same
The way I see it you have four kinds of people. 1. Happily in a relationship 2. Unhappily in a relationship 3. Happily single 4. Unhappily single
I’ve been all four.
Five kind : the neutral ones !
Unhappily in relationship is the worst one , happy in relationsip is the best. Everything is in between.
You forgot one type. 5. Forever alone
There are only two kinds: unhappily married and happily single :-)
Im a woman and the older I get, the wiser I become. Today I know what I need from a relationship. Nobody can rush that. If you are in a rush to get into a relationship you may very well find yourself with a partner who is abusive, who suffers from many illnesses and diseases or a mental disorder. Imagine how difficult it is to leave then. Shame on those who shame others into mattiage and into parenthood. As I always say, I am the one who is going to live with this person, not you!
Yes plz west people should continue to have this kind of mentality of freedom , so that enjoyment will be the priority u have in ur life. IT will help us Asians to get better job in ur country.
Plz continue to empower women so that u all don't get marry at all and in future our people can enjoy the luxury u have build
Currently Asians r build ur society , how they r able to do it because of support and sacrifice. If u will find only enjoyment in life and go for shortcut then ur community will not last.
Nicolas Tesla is the reason u have electricity in ur house, What did he get after inventing AC motors ,only debt because of which he has to do sucide. If he would have thought about himself,he would have been alive and our world woundnt have got electricity.
Sacrifice is the only way human civilization can grow and support help humans to carry on.
Wish this documentary had Chinese subtitles so I can send it to my parents. They each sent me a video of a woman (different women in each video) saying how she regrets never getting married. The women in those videos were probably around 40+ years old. In my mind, they can still get married if they wanted to, it's never too late to get married if you find someone who's right for you. They don't even realize that's propaganda meant to brainwash people. My mom keeps saying our (younger people's) way of thinking is skewed and says that if I don't get married and don't have kids, I'll be all alone when I'm old. I'd rather be alone than to be with someone who isn't right for me and makes me miserable. And it's not like people who get married and have kids don't end up all alone when they're old as well. But my parents just don't agree and don't understand. Also, it's so hypocritical to call older unmarried women "left over women" because there are way more men who can't find wives and some of them even have to resort to buying their wives through human trafficking. It's infuriating. And the criteria of a "desirable partner" is even more favorable for men, because you will always get older, but you'll never get younger. Even nowadays with the advantage of science, women in China are the first ones to be blamed for a couple's infertility and they even get blamed if they don't birth a son instead of a daughter. As if it wasn't the sperm that determines the gender.
You better listen to your mother. You young women are being sold a bill of goods. No one is saying you should marry someone who is an abusive arsehole or a complete loser like me, 😅, but don't set yourself up mentally to avoid the prospect of settling down. I have seen several ageing career oriented women in my own family who are very isolated or died alone without children. It's never a cute or content way to go out. People with children and spouses have significantly higher quality of later life experience. Don't believe the individualistic Western hype.
@@JasonOrtiz-ye1do did you even read what I wrote? Where did I say I'm avoiding it or that I don't want to get married? Read properly before you reply to a comment
@@JadeCaro I read it just fine but it seemed you were implying that you were against marriage and avoided opportunities to do so.
I think the previous replies were probably made by some guy whose previous life was that of a triggered mother sending her annoyed daughter videos about old women dying alone😝🤣🤣. I'm sure he/she's in a different headspace than what you are going through. There are studies about family, friends being important for a long life. But there are also TONS of sad young women suffering and dying, after getting abused by their husbands. That shit happens too. Way too much. Talk about fear for their lives and being force to satisfy somebody else by getting married. But otherwise, power to you! I hope that you can get out of the shitty crap of being tormented by your family for not wanting to settle and lower your standards, just for them. If the girls have worked and studied hard, then they deserve to have standards for guys to match up to them. I have standards as a guy. 🤷♂ I'd avoid a girl who's easy. The most important thing, is that you find someone you want to be with for the rest of your life. I hope you meet a great dude, fall in love and marry him cause you want to share the rest of your life with him. Dont let your parents ruin your wish to connect, meet, date or love. They stay out of the picture, or otherwise help you get the kind of guy you like☺. Period.
China: No dating until after college also china: u need to get married by 24 or 25
The first statement is valid for men mostly + the criterias are clear you own a big property in the capital, tons of money, have a good height and great features - you qualify.
Also china: why do you want to get married while in college?
Essentially what they're saying is find someone in college. Which to be honest, isn't a bad idea. At least both of you will know their partner is educated.
so true!!!
Ancient Chinese Taoist philospher YangTzu says something like Don't worry about pleasing society. He's the Chinese old man to listen to.
Poor guy who just wanted to be on a date and got stuck with an interviewer 🤣
Ooof, he knew there was a ZERO percent probability he was going on a second date.
Yea did you guys at least buy him dinner?
@@macumezahn interesting that you are concerned for the Guy, not for the victims of Chinese devaluation of women.
@@lordilluminati5836 omg where can i learn to be that smooth! That slays! Here, have a like good sir.
@@condotiero860 😂
Imagine living in the most populous country in the world but still can't find someone to settle down with. Kinda frustrating
Definitely doesn't put these women in a good light 😂 all those choices with men greatly outnumbering women and they still can't get anyone
Did you not watch the video? The point wasn’t with not having options , it was on how much pressure is put on them into a rushed marriage that many of them obviously don’t want
It is almost that a relationship is more than status or looks. Does NOT matter how many people surrounds you. You still will be the match of very few considering the numbers.
@@JohnDoe-pt7ru Misogynist society, that's why women don't want those men
This was an excellent documentary. Thank you!
"Female infanticide was *not* a concern for the government....but a man (who) cannot find a wife *IS* a concern for the government" - The lady fuckin' nailed it with this quote. 5:58
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It never occurred to them that the first abomination caused the second problem. So obvious that if you kill girl children, they will not come back to life to become men's wives a few years later. So stupid.
Completely different things. In general men are the way more disposal sex in the eyes of most. Get sent off to wars and get killed
@@allahbless2278 Nope. It has always been eomen who are the 1st to be sacrificed in face of any issues. They are seen as burdens. Men on the other hands are seen as assets, because they are the "stronger sex", they will carry on the family line, however women will not do so, as they cannot pass on their family name. Hence, even in this case, when they had to keep only one child, the girl children were the first to be sacrificed. Men are seen as important, so they are sent to wars, to protect the country, while women, are seen as useless, so they just become another object for exchange, through marriage, to become the background against the man, as a wife, cooking, cleaning, serving him, so he can do all the important tasks. Women are obviously, treated as secondary.
you know women are worth nothing back then, is all the feminist movement which destroy our society
Forced abortion has to be one of the most traumatic things a woman could experience. So sad. And now their society sees the consequences.
No, a thing more traumatic than that has to be forced sterilization.
@Time waster Alright, picture yourself being a woman (not sure if you are or not) and people force you into a clinic to remove your ability to give birth even if you always wanted a child. Reasons for this could be, but are not limited to ancestral insanity, racism, and policies like the one-child policy. With an abortion, as tragic as it is, at least you have another shot at having a kid. With sterilization, that gets taken away altogether.
That wouldn’t be a nightmare here in the USA women would love that free apportions
STATE FORCED abortion... think about it. Some Orwellian shit man this is why you NEVER fully trust a government and you NEVER give them too much power over the people.
@@HighScarlettFever lol in a way it's actually a good thing. The resources of earth is depleting.
I find it hard to believe any Chinese woman could be left over when there are a reported 80 million men who will never have a wife due to simple demographics. Therefore to my mind if they are "leftover" it is solely by their own choice. And that is fine
Chinese men have standards They would rather be alone than be with someone they don't want
This is Asia. Your "own choice" must fit in the societal expectations there, or your choice is your peril.
@marcusaureliusantoninus2597 I live in Asia buddy maybe you could.learn something by visiting
Amazing documentary 💯👌🏻, some mentalities need to change 💔
Says who?
Absolutely not.
“Female infanticide is not a concern for the government, man cannot find wife is a concern for the government” 😶
Killing people cannot be a big issue than lack of producing people
"Female infanticide" Uh it's called abortion. I thought that feminists where in favor of it.
@@comicsans3845 not when they're forced to do it... We're pro choice, not pro abortion
Stonks*
@@xypaisb8026 haha...yea pro choice is worse...we choose to kill our babies
Why can't people just let you be single and happy
Because women are never truly happy when single in their later years. It may be fun in your 20s but after that, women will then try to reverse the odometer by lying about who they are and what they've done as they start to see their peers abandoning the single life out of fear of loneliness. Women biologically need men's protection and guidance in order to be truly happy.
Sean FL ofc a man would say this. Stfu ur unwanted
@@seanfl4015 Sounds like b.s, smells like b.s.....oh yeah, because it's b.s.
@@seanfl4015 Dumb
@@seanfl4015 why would i need a man's guidance since i can think for myself. do you really think women are so incapable of thinking?
what's funny is that this is not everyone's standards and there's plenty of women over 30 getting married and are desirable,. if you choose to live like your youth is over and you have no chance once youre 26 or older that's a sad way to live. People fall in love at all ages so live life. it also odd seeing comments of some men being happy to see women being rejected most likely bc they also get rejected. just live your life bro
Why do so many men around the world assume they're entitled to a "perfect" woman when they themselves are below average? Reminds me of my boomer uncle in the US who is physically, financially, and intellectually deficit, but still thinks he deserves a hot 20 year old wife.
Well for 1 men's looks are not that important in society. And 2 men of financial means can get a hot 20 yr old. Understand this, men of means can afford a hot young woman. Men and women are not the same. Different expectations come from both genders. That's just the way it is buttercup. This is a man's world. Better get use to it.
@@edgar22452And 99% of men make no more than 60k/yr. Young women want SIX FIGURE MEN, no exceptions! We want traditional men who can provide
Ikr they're delusional
Women do the same.
@@MrJames-eb6rp True. I firmly believe women and men are very closely equal except for our physical limitations. After that I see women and men doing the same terrible and wonderful things. A lot of the things men put on women and Vice versa could be said for the other side.
Wouldn’t it be “left over men” if there’s 20 million more ?
Pretty sure there's an urban rural divide.
@@tonyr.2321 there are ‘left over men’ in china. There is a video about it too.
No one cares about broke men
There’s a part in the documentary where it explains that the term was made to shame women into marrying because there is a shortage of women in general
No, they won't be leftover if the females weren't so radical... Like you can be "provider" and "marry", so you just dodging coz you're unable to take responsibility or are a se xual? How's that femimizt
How could there be leftover women if there are millions of unmarried men?
Spin
Poor man is not human being in some girls’ eye
@Joey Mantka exactly so well said
Because no one cares about men who end up lonely and poor. Men aren't leftover, they're forgotten. That's one interpretation.
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I got married at 23 and am still married over 10 years later. I may have married young but I'm glad I wasn't exposed to the toxic ageism of marriage that some parents seem to push.
Great reporting Vice 👍🏼💯🙏🏼
14:09 this guy was hoping for a date, but he got interviewed instead
You could see him die inside, sad
I felt bad for him
"I want a guy that's intelligent and reads a lot" lol !!! They weren't ready for a western girl. Having financial stability is such a given that it doesn't even cross their mind.
*Got rekt*
lol he's like "bro there are 20 million more dicks in this country trying to find a hole and ur wasting my time with this BS gtfo"
HOLY PROJECTIONISM : women are "leftover" when there are way too many men ?! wow
Two things are vast.... Universe And Human Stupidity I am not so sure about the first one...
@@mohitthakur6314 Albert Einstein
This is focusing on the women who are too 'old' to be considered for marrige, but there are many reports on the male Chinese demographic. This video is just for women.
@@utrix_1121 This video is focusing on older women who don't want to settle for a mediocre paid/status male but are too old to chase after older established/rich/high status men who are seeking younger women. This is already common in the US as many women who were fed the feminist (we don't need no man) are finding out that being single in their 20's isn't the same as being single in their mid 30's or 40's. The irony is striking about how many articles are publish in the US about how good it is being single and then often by some of the same authors, how lonely they've become or that they can't find good men. If I'm in my late 30's or 40's, rich, etc and can date a woman in her 20's that will cherish me now, why would I settle for an older crusty woman in her 30's or 40's that has spent half of her life complaining about men?
@@brainplay8060 do you assume every single woman over the age of 30 is a tyrannical feminist?
The moment I knew they lost it is knowing they have a tv station dedicated left-over women condemnation. Women needs to start a Left-Over men campaign via social media, influencers etc
Imagine going to a blind dating event and than get paired to a vice reporter 😭
"The issue is actually the leftover men" most powerful line in the segment. Well done everyone.
@King Delevingne lol you call yourself "king" nuff said
This is kinda strange since there's many Chinese mainlanders whom seeking Chinese women overseas, especially in Southeast Asia like my country that actually had matchmakers agency for Chinese mainlanders men 🤦
Exactly. That’s the irony
@香港废青，时代垃圾 cancer keeps the human population (aka earth cancer) in check ... so in a way, cancer saves the planet. Just like feminism will save us all in the years to come. You'll see, my friend.
Sam Dawes youre so sexist
"Nice guys" in America: *It's free real estate.*
@Tony Pajamas is my name Yeah but the concept of "importing" asian women because they're more submissive and respectful of male authority is primarily a Western idea because eastern women are already like that so eastern men don't want to import anyone else. And I used America as a general stand in for the West.
I don’t think they are eligible 15:30
@@GQ-ih1iu WTF it's your duty to call the cops asap.
@@GQ-ih1iu phone the police and report him and KEEP DOING IT>>> unless you live in a leftist governed city..then the police wont arrest anyone anymore due to the police being defunded and criminals being let out of the jails and the mayors telling the police departments to stand down and enable rioting protesting looting n burning of businesses and the general public...
@@GQ-ih1iu simple trick, ring the doorbell and run(if you don't want police)
I know this is completely unrelated but those persistence of vision moving ads at 18:46 are freaking genius.
Stay strong, ladies manifest, positive❤
Translation: Cope ladies, feminism have ruined your lives.
The Chinese spend the better part of their youth studying and doing exams. From 15 to 22 they have no social life, their only goal is to get into the best college. How do you expect them to get to know people like that?
22 to 27 is 5 years...
@@jorgehuezo1378 And those years go by fast... literally. They probably aren't stable enough and work hard then they realize oh shit I missed my mark. It happens.
@@jorgehuezo1378 And that's the problem here, life i just too short and there is never enough time for anything.
Parents shouldn’t be so hard on their children. Let them have a balance life.
Same goes in India as well.
Being a woman in China seems depressing asf
What? no...I knew a nymph who have sex with 3 guys in a day.
Really just in any culturally conservative country.
What's more depressing than being a woman in China is being a boy in the the states
@@AsemNoufal I doubt that.
@@davecullins1606 who are you to tell ?
We need to teach the next generation how to love and have empathy and have stable relationships with others.
Very interesting. Thanks. However, this documentary was made before Covid , right ? How have things changed /evolved since ? What's the latest update on feminism /feminist activism in China at this time (January 2024)? Maybe we need a newer episode or a sequel ?
25 is actually a young age, most people finish their colleges and get jobs at this age, does people in china marry during their college life?
Only a few decades ago people in China would marry with elementary school girls. Not surprised
Same goes in India. As soon as done with college. And the matching thing ...that's the norm here, leftover or not (arranged marriage and matchmakers).
@@athulyamuralidharan9421 arranged?
@@randombully3798 matchmaking , yes
25 is peak fertility (actually 24 is but close enough). It's all downhill from there which means if you're 25 and unmarried you're already late for the party.
Being married is not a guarantee of being happy or successful. Sometimes, you are better off single.
These women are not leftover, they just want the top 10% of men. There 35 million more men than women in China. It should be called leftover men.
Marriage is not about being happy or successful in a lot of eastern countries. It's how it's supposed to be and if you're not married you're basically a loser
@@user-uy1rg8td1v not even true, lol. I dated multiple self-made women and heiresses when I lived in Hong Kong and they all just want someone that treats them like a human being, not be cheated on, and loved. It’s not really picky top 10% standards
Whats important isnt the marriage, but the long term relationship.
I am much, much happier now that Im married and have a family.
"We have to act weak but think like a man" very sad they have to hide their strength like that.
No this is cultural expectations, this was the case in the past. Now they have a choice. That's the difference. In the past they didn't have similar choice.
It feels great to be leftovers as most of the guys don’t deserve any of these ❤:) Chinese Chanel stays single and is being responsible to help through making the right choice. We are proud to be the leftovers🎉
14:07 lmfao my boy just wanted a girl and he got an interview instead 😂🤦♀️
Feels bad man
Lool 😁😀 tot so too
Maybe he got a tippie touch
With a super hot interviewer.
Poor guy!
I'm in my 30s and never married, most of my friends are either married and unhappy or divorced. Sometimes being a leftover is WAY better than the alternatives.
Yeah I’m in my 30s too and sometimes wish I had a special someone but then I see my married friends drama and horror stories and realize being alone is not that bad.
You're not a leftover. You're a person living your life on your terms. Just staying facts.
Being single in your 30s is fun, in your 40s+ it is just sad. But by that time it's just too late, unless you're really rich
@@julioservantes8242 You define life on your own terms. If it's sad, that's only because you decide that it will be.
Key word to not overlook : SOMETIMES lol
They have eliminated their baby girls like an undesirable pest and now their millions sons think they can be picky ?? Lol. Sooner or later, karma strikes.
I didn’t get married until right before I turned 39 literally a month before my birthday,so I would have been past my leftover status
Having had just seen another video estimate 33 million single men and 6 million single women I can’t understand at all why a woman regardless of her age would be considered leftover
True and most comments around here I see are bashing the women for being too picky? Like what
Maybe all the carona deaths will be men to even things out a bit
@@linehandibew6205 Lol That's a cruel thing to say. First, because we're talking deaths here, and second, because it's painfully true...
@Luke L. Because theres 33 million single men and 6 million single women. See Im no expert but from those numbers Im gonna say theres not enough women in China for these men. Even if all the women are married off, theres still gonna be leftover men.
@fane babanu The difference is that men will lower their standards. These "Leftover" women won't.
As she said, " Female infanticide was not a concern for the government but man not able to find wife is a concern for the government. " This is so horrible.
the government is stupid...
There's no such thing as female infanticide 🙄 I thought u guys thought fetuses were not babies 🥱
@@theusareview7960Well they kill them when they know their gender. The fetus is technically already someone at that time like 5 months in the womb. It’s hard to get an abortion in the US at 5 months (if that’s where u are from) even harder now. To kill a fetus only because of their gender after carrying it for so long now that’s really messed up😳China on another lvl. How do these women get these abortions?? Are they safe? Or do they kill them after they come out the womb.
@@mynty_me idk where they get the abortions but my point is that these feminists argue fetuses are just a thing, a collection of cells until viability occurs - which is at SIX months. It's just funny now hearing them have the audacity to argue that getting an abortion is murder when it aligns with their narrative 😬usurprising
both are problematic stop crying
theyre literally running short on women and men still wanna complain about stuff like height??
It's amazing what a whole culture of insecure and delicate masculinity looks like.
if there's more men than women how comes there's 'leftover' women?
Sadie Marie high standards
Sadie Marie this is what we call a classic Patriarchal Reversal.
Sadie Marie One of the biggest patriarchal reversals that is also being touted here is the idea that “women need men”. Women don’t need men at all, and have to be continuously brainwashed and socially shamed into believing that they need a man, because it’s actually men who need women.
Because vice is lies and propoganda. Seriously, why watch their garbage.
@jmarks881 pussyfied males
This made me a remember of a Chinese friend I know. She's currently working in Japan and refuses to go home because she's escaping marriage and her family there 😂
I have a Chinese friend who loves Japanese woman for many reasons kind of makes me wonder if they'd get along
That's not funny it's devestating.
I'll be the next
We need A.I female to replace these asexual ones
That's the bad side of ethnicity,I like their family values and rooting for each other but the huge pressure put on individuals to get married is wrong.
Great stuff.
I’m 27 and don’t desire getting married at all 😩
Ego and pride. She's too tall, he's too short, she's too old, he's too poor.
Pretty much 🤔. These leftover women probably have a huge list of all the guys they rejected. And the left over men as well. The men think they deserve a super model and all the girls think they deserve a rich man.
it's the strict narrow path in CCP oppression embedded since birth that always stops anyone from publicly admitting that grey areas exist... because... tank tread
Yeah, sometimes people are like what you said and are also so hyppocritical that they forget what their actions entail
They want a supermodel but don't understand that women built like that naturally are going to be tall. At 183cm I'm in the height range of most supermodels.
@@jaymieindigo-blue4203 I'm 166cm and my girl is 167cm. We do make jokes about my height but it doesn't bother me. And she knows I'm not insecure about it. I had a girl who was 170cm and the only reason we ended was because I went away for a very long time
« Female infanticide was not a concern of the government but man cannot find wife IS a concern of the government » wow.
20 million leftover men not a concern for vice. "Leftover" (picky) women, 30 minute documentary.
That's communism in a nutshell. Anything that's good for the communist government is good, anything bad for the communist government is bad. It's estimated that the Chinese communists killed 60+ million Chinese people to force communism on China, those are the conservative numbers. To give you an idea, about 25-30 million total people died in WW2.
@@Abereality The world does revolve around us, we created everything and we are the best, you are shit at everything.
it's biased to say "man cannot find wife is a concern" because the actual, larger implication is lower birth rates, labor shortage, economic stagnation, and not enough young people to care for the older generation. Sex imbalance is an issue for ANY country (Japan for example) so why is VICE shitting on China for this? oH right, because ComMUnISm = BIG BAD right??
@@Abereality What is really the point?
that AD though 😂😂😂
"How old are you?" "32" "A little old 😂😂😂" That old man was brutal lol
Fertility is important. Can't blame him.
"Every generation has to fight the battle".............these words are stuck to my mind. Pretty powerful words.
Every generation has a legend.....-The Rise of Skywalker.
Life is fleeting, fragile and precious. We are always one generation from extinction. I'm very concerned for the survival of humanity with our current culture. So few people are focused on the important issues in life. So many people spend their whole lives peering into a glass window in their hand instead of having real life interactions. Technology is making us dumb, lazy and uninterested in procreation.
@Notre Aira No. The Earth is NOT over populated. Only people who live in giant concrete toilets called big cities believe such nonsense. I live on 23 acres. My property is small in comparison to all of my neighbors. There are only 10,000 people in my whole county. My county is only one in a huge state with many counties even more sparsely populated than mine. The whole of the western United States is almost 90% uninhabited government owned land. Go get on an airplane and see all of the huge areas of nothing but green. Look at google earth, zoom out and look around. The Earth is NOT over populated. If you are an obtuse, self centered imbecile then it is probably best if you don't have children. If you don't want to have children then don't have sex. That probably won't be hard for you.
How about a 30 years old divorced? I don’t even have a chance to be advertised in China 😂
Puff, you are done
You do have a chance, soon
Nutcases is what they are Jokes on them because men from other countries would die for a day with you
😂
Do you have any other social account?
In America there is a solution for leftover women, it’s called cats.
Anti-depressants*
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Muy buen documental, con información de primera y una guía que se adentra en las dinámicas.💯💯💯
Homie went there looking for a soul mate. Gets interviewed by vice 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 he was actually feeling her and thought it was going somewhere. harsh
He deserves compensation for having his time wasted😆😆
travel squadd. She deserves compensation for being handled by a creep.
travel squadd. she deserves compensation for wasting her time.
Booo hoooo.
"female infanticide is not a concern of the gov't. man cannot find wife is a concern of the gov't" ... disgusting
And also disheartening
Akshay Jb sad really
Look up one child nation in amazon
It’s because unmarried men pose a massive threat to unpopular regimes, because they have little to nothing left to lose. China’s communist regime only cares that men marry so that they won’t fight against the government.
@@saltyhiggins4525 they do recruit a lot of them for the army though.
This is so strange for a country where there’s a huge shortage of women. I don’t understand!
I'm a 26 years old, I don't even date, I love to be independent and I feel it's not the right time to be responsible on a man, with punch of kids, I feel there are lots of things to do before that. Who cares about others if I didn't find someone who really deserves my heart I won't be engaged ever.
The older lady commenting is so beautifully spoken, I could listen to her forever.
I love listening to people of non English speaking background who speak English so eloquently in their nation's accent.
Woman at 19:05 is amazing!
I wish I could listen to her read poetry
Yup
Ikr... She is so amazing
there's not enough women to go around and these men still gonna be picky?
Both sides are picky. The women also want a guy who's good looking, owns a house or property, has a car, is financially stable etc. There are lots of guys to go around, but with the housing crisis situation in China(empty buildings being built skyrocketing house prices which seems like a huge housing bubble scheme) it can be difficult for a lot of men. Especially in rural areas I'm guessing most there would be out of luck.
parents* still gonna be picky.
of course - they want a good obeying servant and some women dare not to be ones
I think the women are the ones being picky. With so many extra guys I'm pretty sure there was someone who would want them but they're probly just not good enough. A successful career woman is not gonna wanna settle for anyone with a lower status than her. And that takes time for her to build that success. But why would a successful man want to start a family with an older girl when he has the means to support a beautiful young girl and a child himself........ The differences is a man can be happy with a poor woman. But it dont work the other way around.
Romantic Outlaw ikr like god damn
This is fascinating.
I married a Chinese "leftover" woman and we divorced! cause I caught her stealing from my wallet! My Japanese girlfriend on the other hand is capable and earns up to 9000£ per month. Heck that even beats me and I'm capable too. Moral from all this is to go with the Chinese girl, no one wants a lieutenant ordering them around after all.
Giving the TOEFL teacher subtitle is a whole new level of shade LOL
Sana M.Soltani HAHAHAHAH TRUEEEE
She doesn't speak English well, especially for an English teacher
@@luongcamtu875 She DOES speak English VERY well. She is fluent. She has an accent that may be hard to follow for people. I could understand her just fine. You have to actively listen, but she is very good and qualified to teach people English IN CHINA. She wouldn't teach Hispanic people English bc she doesn't have their accent and it would be extremely difficult for them to follow.
@@MBrocroyal1 Speaking competently is one thing. To speak well you speak it in a proper accent in this case either British or American. If you can speak like a native from one of these countries then one can say you speak the language well.
@@JohnDoe-gn4xj i don't agree. Almost no foreigners can speak well by that definition. Most will retain the accent from their native country but speak english fluently. Pronunciation is important but only until native speakers can understand you. A foreigner continuing their education of the english language until they get the exact accent that we speak with is great! And shows even better english BUT if they don't do that, it doesn't make them have bad english. You can't become extra fluent. Learning a language is learning vocab, grammar, and basic pronunciation. Once youre fluent, youre fluent. Once natives can understand them and they've got the vocab and grammar pretty much down, they are fluent and speak GREAT english, like the girl in the video. If accents matter so much, i can't understand some native speakers in America because of their accents. Are they bad at english now bc they don't have the basic accent (which what even is that? There are so many sub accents, england, ireland, Australia etc included) Once you're fluent, you're fluent.
Leftover women? Sounds to me like something a frustrated man would say after being rejected by the so-called leftovers
Or simply a propagandatool to keep marriages alive... hypergamy isnt going to workout in longterm because we would have to kill 80% of men which are useless (no property, low salary etc.) And make the 80% of wimen to sugarbabes for the richest 20% of men... you know what i mean right... You know sometimes the gouvernment is like a dad.. he decides over your head because you are still to small to understand..
Or just Peer pressure
@Wren Linnet declining population and especially quality of population would mean less workforce would mean less economic growth would mean less competitiv ressources to keep up with other countries. Divorcerate cooralates with GDPgrowthrate. why do you think the West is losing their power slowly. 1 of 2 marriages in the west are breaking up nowadays. Why do you think the bible teaches living like sodom and gomorrha will end up your population weak, beeing enslaved and stolen. What happens in a revolution? Deaths.. why? The richest percents opressing the poorest... would you be happy with a wife on your side and 3 children? Or would you be happy beeing single the whole life while the richest are producing sugarbabes through hypergamie? Wouldnt you fight for the same goals then Che guevara and kill people? You wanna live like a slave? I know 2 female friends sucking old dicks for money.. no joke.. To understand the statement i made you need to have been at a certain shitty point in live.. congratulations to you my friend i hope god will carry on beeing on your side🙏
Wren Linnet men age like wine while women age like milk is a great way to put it. If you’re suggesting men and women age equally, then that is not supported by modern science. Men can have children well into their late years, while women become less fertile and make for having a child much more dangerous in their 30’s. While men have acquired more resources to support the family while she is with child. You can’t fight biology or evolution...even though feminism sounds cool.
leftover women was made up by women, soooooooo.... there goes your frustrated man theory. in fact it was feminists who came up with it. gee, wonder why
Very interesting video
"How old is she? - "32." "Too old." *burn*
@IMxYOURxDADDY welcome to real life
@@vladimirgorea8714 Unfortunately these delusional women don't t understand that mother nature doesn't give a fuck about their feelings "Thirthy is not the new twenty for women ! ".
the wall is real
@jenny moe I got you, but I bet you are the nowadays widespread type of modern woman who confuses relationships and hook ups...
I will try say it politely. It is not sad, it is just truth, after wall (30+) women is not attractive for mens anymore same as before, so what they expect?
This is one of the reasons why I like KZhead, you can learn so much.
It's a very beautiful domain for wisdom/knowledge.
@@Universalbeing0 but also a place of racists 😥
@@philni8378 Racism is apart of evil, you need it to exist or there's no balance.
When you should be studying nationalism in Europe for the test next day...
Yes!! And travel all over the world!
She’s a leftover woman? Dang she’s beautiful, she seems super outgoing and funny, and genuine, I’ve never been a huge fan of long distance but if it took that to meet someone If you aren’t having any luck..love has no limits, including distance.
"Unmarried women older than 27 have been called leftover women." Me a single 27 yr old: don't let my aunts see this!
Get to work lady! You still got some months
@@Darakkis funny. Bruh.
hello leftover !...lol had to say it.
Girl you are running out of time ⏲️
@Vou h ah ah that’s a wishful thinking that will never happened
My boy was just trying to speed date and she just interviewed him :(
rip in mongolia
Thinking the same. Likely already has a tough time and she taking away his chances with others by wasting his time. Boy has got to mingle...
I think it's rude to call someone left over.
The answer to the question "-Why?" is: because "society" uses people until they're not needed then they are discarded like trash. Society actually means "people in power".
That one older lady with short hair is so well-spoken. I am amazed at her classy vocabulary combination. So articulate and very knowledgeable on the matter.
Cringey ass comment. Reminds me when old white women hear a young black person speak "proper english" and say... "Oh my you're so articulate and well spoken" smh.
I've been in China for 12 years and it's extremely rare to hear someone speak this level of sophisticated English in Mainland China unless they grew up overseas, which it seems this lady didn't. This paired with her knowledge on the matter is incredibly impressive, I agree.
Most likely she is single...
@@Chris-wb7wf It's the kind of cringe that is similar to what is caused by your classical playlist. It reveals that the person who created it doesn't actually understand and appreciate classical music - they only listen to it because they think it makes them more intelligent. A bunch of "best of" videos - you even added a video that promotes the "Mozart Effect" BS. And the one piece you decided to feature from Tchaikovsky is the Waltz of the Flowers.
@@julius7539 lol, I take no offense in my Playlist. If you have suggestions to go along with your "criticism" then state them already.
This should have been a full documentary on Wang Zheng. Her parts were the most interesting and enlightening. Great interview
she spoke well and she had deep insight. The other younger girls did not nearly have as much insight as her, not even close. They sounded like my high school students who throw around words and terms because it sounds cool.
A Z a damn commie though
@@clappedclipco You sound like an idiot. Just stop before it gets really embarrassing.
@@clappedclipco Well, it was communism what gave women in China an opportunity to liberate themselves, while capitalism brought back oppression and class warfare with it. It's almost as if communism was a system that helped most people, while capitalism only helped a few at the expense of the rest.