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Similar trends of liberated and autonomous women with high education and employment refusing to date down have been observed in a variety of countries, e.g. in China, the U.S. and Japan,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/for-chinas-educated-single-ladies-finding-love-is-often-a-struggle/246892/</ref> and have been hypothesized to be evidence of an innate [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] mate preference, e.g. by public intellectual [[Jordan Peterson]] and others. | Similar trends of liberated and autonomous women with high education and employment refusing to date down have been observed in a variety of countries, e.g. in China, the U.S. and Japan,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/for-chinas-educated-single-ladies-finding-love-is-often-a-struggle/246892/</ref> and have been hypothesized to be evidence of an innate [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] mate preference, e.g. by public intellectual [[Jordan Peterson]] and others. | ||
As can be expected from the massively male-skewed [[sex ratio]], rampant hypergamy, [[gold-digger|gold-digging]] and self-display of Chinese women in social media have lead to a rising popularity of memes and slang in attempts of regulating what is perceived as pathological female behavior. Along with ''sheng nu'', these memes include ''green-tea bitch'' (referring to [[female sneakiness|sneaky]] gold-diggers who pretend to be pure and innocent),<ref>https://www.theloophk.com/canto-slang-green-tea-bitch/</ref><ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=green%20tea%20bitch</ref><ref>https://www.whatsonweibo.com/dangerous-women-the-green-tea-bitch/</ref> ''sau bing'' (women who exploit the sexual frustration of their male coworkers),<ref>https://www.theloophk.com/canto-slang-101-sau-bing/</ref> the [[princess syndrome]],<ref>https://zula.sg/princess-syndrome/</ref><ref>https://myhongkonghusband.com/2016/01/11/%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%BB%E7%97%85%E5%BE%B5-princess-syndrome-characteristic/</ref> ''gong nui'' (referring to gold-digging ''Hong Kong Girls'' in particular).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_nui</ref> | As can be expected from the massively male-skewed [[sex ratio]], rampant hypergamy, [[gold-digger|gold-digging]] and self-display of Chinese women in social media have lead to a rising popularity of memes and slang in attempts of regulating what is perceived as pathological female behavior. Along with ''sheng nu'', these memes include ''green-tea bitch'' (referring to [[female sneakiness|sneaky]] gold-diggers who pretend to be pure and innocent),<ref>https://www.theloophk.com/canto-slang-green-tea-bitch/</ref><ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=green%20tea%20bitch</ref><ref>https://www.whatsonweibo.com/dangerous-women-the-green-tea-bitch/</ref> ''sau bing'' (women who exploit the sexual frustration of their male coworkers),<ref>https://www.theloophk.com/canto-slang-101-sau-bing/</ref> the [[princess syndrome]],<ref>https://zula.sg/princess-syndrome/</ref><ref>https://myhongkonghusband.com/2016/01/11/%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%BB%E7%97%85%E5%BE%B5-princess-syndrome-characteristic/</ref> and ''gong nui'' (referring to gold-digging ''Hong Kong Girls'' in particular).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_nui</ref> | ||
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