According to the National Bureau of Statistics "Program for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020)". Women in adult undergraduate, ordinary undergraduate, postgraduate and other academic qualifications, comprehensively surpassed men, the proportion was: 58%, 51%, 50.9%, respectively. (Source: Guangming Daily)
This data first shows that the level of women's equitable access to education in China is now far higher than that of Europe and the United States. We know that most countries in Europe and the United States are more women than men, and even in this case, women's right to higher education will still be affected to a certain extent. In Germany, for example, the ratio of men to women in Germany is 49:51, and the ratio of women to men to women in universities is 53:47. (Source: German Higher Education Research from a Gender Perspective, by Meng Shiyue zhang Wenqing)
However, China's male population is more than 30 million more than females. The number of women admitted to adult specialties is 16% higher than that of men, more than 2% of ordinary specialties, and even postgraduate degrees or above are more than 1.8% of men. This shows the efforts of our country to eliminate inequalities between men and women in education. Western countries often only lip service to eliminate educational inequalities between men and women, but in action they still discriminate against female scholars, with different words and deeds.
The rise of women's academic qualifications brings about an increase in income levels, at which time women should learn to change their thinking. Some sociologists have said on social media that China's leftover women are mainly concentrated in big cities, while leftover men are scattered throughout the vast rural areas.
The reason is that after women's academic qualifications have improved, the concept of mate selection still retains the original concept of the patriarchal era of "strong men and weak women", and has not kept pace with the times with the improvement of feminist level. Still used to choosing to look for men with academic qualifications whose income level exceeds their own. The concept of women's upward mate selection leads to a small space for women with high education and high income to choose a mate, resulting in this part of the women not giving full play to their youth value, and also losing part of their life happiness.
The lack of suitable male partners for good women is equivalent to the loss of a part of the excellent female genes in our society. Some netizens said that this actually exacerbated the current problem of low fertility.
Women with high academic qualifications should actually change their thinking, men in society should also change their thinking, and even people of all ages in the whole society should also have a certain change of thinking on women's issues with the development of the times.
In fact, there are some women with high education and high income, and the marriage partner they finally choose is not higher than their income, and the education is not higher than them, but they still live a happy life. However, such women often bear a certain amount of social pressure. Because there will always be some discriminatory voices saying to them, "How did you find a man like this to marry?" ”
Therefore, there are three levels of shifting thinking:
Highly educated women should believe that they can assume the role of the pillar of the family, and do not have to rely on men.
Men can also have the courage to pursue highly educated and high-income women, do not feel that they are eating soft rice, and can even assume the role of family father and share the hardships of their wives.
Society should have fewer discriminatory voices and identify with the existence of a new model of strong women and weak men.
The current education situation shows that women can not only stand up to half the sky, but may even become the pillar of the family, the whole society to change their thinking together, for the harmonious development of society is beneficial, social harmony and sustainable development, the promotion of women's rights can get more support, continue to maintain and develop.