How Independent Women in China Went from Iron Girls to Leftovers

Since the socialist revolution, the rights of Chinese women have been written into the country s constitution. Under Mao, unprecedented numbers of women joined the workforce and they were celebrated as iron But now, China is home to a fifth of the worlds women whose status as equals is dwindling. Domestic violence rates in the country have soared, martial rape is not considered a crime, those who dare to call themselves feminist activists are being detained by the government, and unmarried women