False 「Jin Dong」 Event
Reflects the Emptiness of Real Emotion
According to Jiangxi Metropolitan Channel 「City Live」, Huang Yue, 61, of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province ,was smitten with"fake Jin Dong" on the short video platform on October 12th, causing heated discussion online. Behind the news, society needs to focus on the emotional emptiness of middle-aged women.
據江西都市頻道「城市直播」報導，10月12日，江西贛州61歲的黃月在短視頻平臺上迷戀「假靳東」一事引起了社會的關注。在這起新聞的背後，更需要關注的是社會中年女性的情感空洞。
In the Happy Formula, a 60-years woman insists on marrying Jin Dong (a 44-year-old Chinese actor)
Source / Jiangxi Metropolitan Channel "City Live"Report
Rural women are prone to self-neglect
Rural women often face multiple pressures that distract them from their own concerns. Usually, they lack a clear understanding of their emotional needs.
農村婦女通常會面臨多重壓力，這些壓力往往會分散他們對自身的關注。通常情況下，他們對自己的情感需求缺乏清晰的認知。
An article in the August 11 issue of China Women's News points out the multiple pressures on poor rural women
Made / Zhou Ting
The Economist published an article entitled 「Exploring the Current Situation, Causes and Countermeasures of Rural Women's Spiritual Life in the New Era」 in its first issue which states:「Rural women aged 25-35 can sum up their personality in terms of introversion and extroversion, they can describe their personality in general by introversion and extroversion, but in the older group of middle-aged and elderly women, personality is only a vague concept.」
《經濟師》雜誌在第1期刊載過一篇《新時期農村婦女精神生活的現狀、成因及對策》的調查論文，文中就指出「在25歲至35歲之間的農村婦女群體中，她們能用內向和外向來大體的描述自己屬於什麼樣的性格，但在年齡偏大的中老年婦女群體中，性格只是一個較模糊的概念。」
Women take on more household duties
The deformed concept of the division of labor in the family also affects women's emotional needs. In the inherent concept of most Chinese families, it seems that after a woman is married, she should take care of things like doing housework, educating children, and caring for the elderly, while men should just focus on their careers and work.
畸形的家庭分工觀念也會影響婦女的情感需求。在大多數中國家庭的固有觀念中，女性結婚後，似乎就應該承擔起做家務、教育子女、照顧老人等任務，而男性應該專注於自己的事業和工作。
A survey on the social status of Chinese women conducted in 2010 by the All-China Women’s Federation found that more than 72 percent of the women surveyed reported taking on 「the majority of」 or 「all」 cooking, laundry, cleaning, childcare, and other household duties — compared with fewer than 16 percent of men.
2010年，全國婦聯對中國婦女的社會地位進行了一項調查，調查發現，72%以上的受訪婦女報告說，她們承擔了「大部分」或「全部」的烹飪、洗衣、清潔、育兒和其他家務，而男性則不到16%。
But as they get older, their instrumental value to the family diminishes, creating more free time. At this time, they may rediscover or even amplify their previously repressed emotional needs and quest for self-worth.
但隨著年齡的增長，她們對家庭的工具價值慢慢消失，這也為她們創造了更多的空閒時間。這時候，她們可能會把以前壓抑的情感需求與對自我價值的追求重新找回來，甚至放大。
The State should be a solid support for women
Hu Yukun, associate professor of Population Research Institute of Peking University, has long paid attention to rural women and social gender issues. She found that the most important documents that focus on the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers seldom pay attention to rural women.
北京大學人口研究所副教授胡玉坤長期關注農村婦女與社會性別問題，她發現關注『三農』問題最重要的文件也很少關注農村婦女。
Fortunately, many countries are beginning to realize that women's disadvantaged status in the family is avoidable. On the 25th anniversary of t he United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, UN Women released the report 「Progress of the World's Women: Families in a Changing World (2019-2020)」, which suggests that countries can protect women's rights in the family by formulating norms and laws to promote gender equality in family life and providing social support and services.
幸運的是，許多國家開始認識到婦女在家庭中處於不利地位是可以避免的。在聯合國第四次世界婦女大會召開25周年之際，聯合國婦女署發布《世界婦女的進步：變化世界的家庭（2019～2020）》報告，報告提出，各國可以通過制定家庭生活中促進性別平等的規範和法律、提供社會支持和服務兩種方式保障家庭中女性的權利。
The Global Gender Gap Report 2020 shows women in China ranked 106th, which means that gender equality in China is currently in need of further improvement.
Source / Global Gender Gap Report 2020
Emotional deficiency is another deeper loneliness. If family members were more considerate towards them and encouraged them to take up hobbies and interests, the number of "Huang Yue" in society might be reduced.
情感缺失是另一種更深層次的孤獨。如果家庭成員能對中老年婦女多一份體貼，鼓勵他們培養一些興趣愛好，那麼社會上的「黃月們」可能就會有所減少。
By | Pan Yirong
Type Setting | Yang Wanying
Proofreader | He Yiyang & Sun Jiao
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