Liaoshen Evening News, March 8, 2010
The Anshan (鞍山) edition of the Liaoshen Evening News is celebrating International Women’s Day by detailing:
- What to cook for a woman on this day (which has the headline “It’s not dinner I’m making, it’s affection!” 老公做的不是菜, 是爱心, a parody of the World of Warcraft “brother” and “legend” catchphrase).
- All women need on this day is to feel important: the article begins by talking about women schoolteachers who can’t take the day off, and goes on to describe how some women will spend the day － shopping with their boyfriends etc. It ends with a nod to “girls” 女生, who’d rather not celebrate it because of the word for “women” 妇女, used in Women’s Day (三八妇女节). “Old women”, 老太太 might also think that they don’t fall under the category of “women” (妇女), despite that all women over 18 should be included.
The interestingly-designed front page poses many questions: Do you know that you have a half-day holiday today? What to do if you can’t enjoy holiday with pay? What are their real feelings? What have men prepared for them during this day? What are men thinking on this day? Are they happy purely because they get a holiday? Where do full-time housewives get their happiness? Presumably some of the answers can be found in the two features mentioned above, on A11 and B13.
Readers can also call in to reflect their views on the topic.
Links and Sources
- Liaoshen Evening News (Chinese): Her Day