Researchers
also observed that after marriage factory women often experienced
slower career advancement than men as they became saddled with domestic
responsibilities that left them with little time to learn new skills
and take on extra work, both prerequisites for promotion. State
services that promised to ease their burden, like public child care
centers, were in reality few and far between. Unlike their counterparts
in developed countries, Chinese women didn’t have labor-saving
household appliances, since Mao’s economic policies prioritized heavy
industry over the production of consumer products like washing machines
and dishwashers. But these women were able to dream!
Are
you kidding us?
