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As many as 90% of Chinese men believe women should be married before they are 27.<ref name="leftover"></ref> | As many as 90% of Chinese men believe women should be married before they are 27.<ref name="leftover"></ref> | ||
However, this level of concern about unmarried women seems entirely unwarranted since China has some of the highest female marriage rates worldwide, e.g. by age 35–39, the percentage of unmarried Chinese women has been reported as low as 4.6%.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140416220058/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-02/12/content_17279212.htm</ref> | However, this level of concern about unmarried women seems entirely unwarranted since China has some of the highest female marriage rates worldwide, e.g. by age 35–39, the percentage of unmarried Chinese women has been reported as low as 4.6%.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140416220058/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-02/12/content_17279212.htm</ref> | ||
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 rates 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> and ''gong nui'' (referring to gold-digging ''Hong Kong Girls'' in particular, though not actually part of China).<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, though not actually part of China).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_nui</ref> | ||