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China to teach masculinity to boys as nation fears changing gender roles


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Boys in China traditionally are expected to be strong leaders, get good grades and excel at sports. But the gender balance in China is changing.

 

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In January, China's Education Ministry published plans to "cultivate masculinity" in boys from kindergarten through high school. The initiative involves hiring and training more gym teachers, testing students more comprehensively in physical education, making health education compulsory and supporting research into issues like the "influence of the phenomenon of internet celebrities on adolescents' values."

 

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The plan follows a warning from one of China's top political advisers that the nation is experiencing a national "masculinity crisis."

 

"Chinese boys have been spoiled by housewives and female teachers," the adviser, Si Zefu, said in a policy proposal in May. Boys would soon become "delicate, timid and effeminate" unless action was taken, he said.

 

GOP right now: We hate China, but...we love China?

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The initiative involves hiring and training more gym teachers, testing students more comprehensively in physical education, making health education compulsory and supporting research into issues like the "influence of the phenomenon of internet celebrities on adolescents' values."

If that hadn't come with the tagline and intent, I would've said ship this shit right over to the US while you're at it, China!

 

 

 

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