TBJ: In your last book, you wrote about the concept of leftover women in China and gender inequality mostly through the lens of what it is like to be considered "unmarriageable". This year, Fincher is gearing up to release her follow-up book Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China, her first and widely acclaimed book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China in 2014. But that's not to say it wasn't having its own moment.īelow we speak to the acclaimed sociologist, journalist, and writer Leta Hong Fincher about her take on how views on and openness about sexual assault are changing outside of the western sphere. While the western world was closely following the movement's trajectory, with outrageous stories surfacing almost weekly and tarnishing the careers of many previously admired men, the chatter of sexual misconduct on the Chinese internet was notably much quieter. 2017 will largely be remembered in the west as the year the #metoo campaign came to prominence and for the many women who broke their silence on prolonged and pervasive experiences of sexual assault.
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