Leftover Women

Today Xiaoxin referred to "leftover women" as women who were unmarried mostly because they were either unsocial or unattractive to men. While the reasons for remaining single appear to be out of choice, financial conditions and traditions in China leave most of these women little choice but to remain single. To most Asian cultures, education is synonymous to success. Education, culturally, is vital to most Chinese women which ultimately creates more competition among the Chinese students, resulting in the need to study and work even harder. According this article http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/asia-pacific/not-enough-jobs-to-go-round-for-chinas-6-3-million-graduates-a-year, education only provides an opportunity for students to obtain a fairly decent, sustainable job and unfortunately not a guarantee. The nebulous, depressing outcomes after education only persuades female students to work even harder in an attempt to surpass the competition and stand out among the rest. Although some may argue that these women should just marry other men who already possess a respectable job or career, it is much harder than the proposal sounds in that most Chinese men do not prefer to marry women of high education and potential. These men traditionally like to be the "men in charge" in the household. In essence, "leftover women" do not choose to be single, but it is rather how Chinese society indirectly coerces most of these women to be single.