China’s Unmarried ’Leftover’ Women

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 wome