Chapter 96 Women's Liberation
Wang Huaqing added, "Today is a general women's meeting. There are married and unmarried people attending. Everyone, please be careful with your words and don't talk nonsense."
As soon as she finished speaking, the whole room burst into laughter. Everyone looked at a young woman in her thirties named Wu Shirong. Last year, during the segment where they were sharing their troubles, she had said with a chuckle that her husband did not insist, which made the unmarried girls blush.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she said, "Don't look at me, don't look at me. Can't I just stop talking?"
Of course that won't work.
Someone asked her: "Have you solved your problem of not persisting?"
Wu Shirong covered his face and said with a laugh, "Stop talking."
She was also deceived.
She overheard the men bragging about how they lasted a long time, but her man only lasted a few cigarettes. She thought her man couldn't last long, but she didn't know that those men were just bragging, not telling the truth.
This time, she was right. This was the conclusion her man had drawn after eavesdropping on the conversations of those boastful men.
Because of this, the couple was caught by the security patrol and taken back to the brigade for questioning. Fortunately, they were all from the same team, and when they heard the couple's explanation, they were so embarrassed that their faces turned purple, but they gave them face and didn't tell anyone.
Xie Yun and a group of unmarried young women blushed and laughed.
There was no way around it, because although they were unmarried, they knew everything. After all, married women wouldn't completely avoid them when chatting.
Zhou Dani said to Wang Huaqing, "You might as well not have said that. Now that you've said it, they're really getting excited."
Wang Huaqing: “…”
Yan Guixiang knocked on the table again and said, "Okay, don't talk about these topics in meetings from now on. If you want to talk about them, please do it in private.
Let me first summarize the past year.
Our female comrades have performed very well overall. One-third of them are first-class laborers who work every day and earn full work points. They are mainly unmarried comrades and married women without children. Our married women with children have also performed very well. Most of them are second-class laborers in their prime and can earn 8 work points.
There is a natural gap in physical strength between lesbians and lesbians. Moreover, we women take on more housework, especially lesbians who have given birth to children. Not only do our bodies suffer, but we also have to do housework and take care of children. In this case, they can still get 8 work points. I personally think that the value of these 8 work points is no less than 10 work points.
We all need to praise ourselves and treat ourselves to a good meal at the end of the year. Don't just give all the goodies to your husband and children; eat some yourself. Don't just give all the new fabric you buy to your husband and children; get some for yourself. Even if you don't have enough fabric for a new dress, make a new pair of shoes or a new headscarf.
We have worked hard and are entitled to enjoy the fruits of our labor.
In the new year, I hope everyone can continue to work hard and create a better life with their own hands.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party and the government have always attached importance to women's liberation and encouraged women to participate in national and social construction.
The leader said, "When women have not yet directly participated in productive labor, their status in the family will always be different from that of men. But once they participate in collective labor and collective life, their minds will become more open and they will be at the forefront of the times together with men."
Therefore, I encourage everyone to work actively, create practical value that is widely recognized by society, and improve their social status.
But at the same time, we must also remember what another leader said, 'Housework is also part of social labor. Doing housework well is also glorious and a contribution to society.'
I hope everyone will do their best and take care of their health.”
Everyone applauded her.
I have finished drinking the water and put the bowl aside, so I have my hands free now.
Xie Yun also applauded with a smile on his face, but he was not very happy in his heart.
In 1955, the leadership said: Women are a great human resource. This resource must be tapped to strive for the construction of a great socialist country.
The background of this is that in the mid-1950s, due to the needs of national construction, many rural men left the countryside to support construction. There was a shortage of rural labor, and no one did the work in the fields, so women had to farm!
In the two or three years that followed, the attendance rate of rural women reached over 90%, and in some places it even reached 100%. The number of female employees also increased dramatically.
People started talking about "gender equality." Their understanding of gender equality was this: if men could do it, women could do it too. Men could carry water, and so could women. Men could carry soil, and so could women. Men could lift stones, and so could women.
They even insist on working despite the special circumstances during menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding periods.
As a result, many women have suffered permanent damage to their bodies, with illness, swelling, and loss of fertility being common.
In 1961, a provincial health department conducted a survey and found that among the more than 11 million women in the province, about 2 million suffered from amenorrhea, and in particularly serious areas, the rate reached 50-70%. There were 162,480 people suffering from various degrees of uterine prolapse.
They are working with their lives, responding to calls and supporting construction.
However, during the economic crisis in the late 1950s and early 1960s, factories began to lay off workers on a large scale, and women were the first group to be laid off.
"Women hold up half the sky" is because the world needs women to hold up half the sky, because men alone cannot hold it up.
When you are needed to work, you have to work hard. When you are not needed, you return to your family.
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Xie Yun lowered his eyelids to hide the sadness and irony in his eyes.
But it cannot be denied that in this process, the social status of women has indeed improved a little.
Moreover, no matter how bad the world is, these women comrades gathered together are truly positive.
Yan Guixiang continued, "I want to especially praise three people. Everyone should have guessed it: Wang Qinghong, Wang Qingli, and Xu Wumei. Everyone should have guessed it.
Why should I praise them?
For a long time, we have been taught that family disgrace should not be made public, and that family harmony is the key to success. We should value harmony and the overall situation, and swallow the losses and grievances we suffer, and swallow our tears. We should save face for our elders and relatives, and not quarrel or make a fuss.
Only when you can do these things can you be called a good woman.
I believe that many of you here have this thought in mind, and indeed act accordingly. Even if we earn ten work points outside, even if we can earn enough to support our families, we are still willing to swallow our anger when we return home.
However, the Qingli sisters and the five beauties set a different example for us.
They bravely broke free from their shackles and secured a better situation for themselves. Did Qingli and Qinghong's lives become worse after leaving their parents? No, the sisters' lives became easier and happier than before.
Did Wu Mei's life suffer after she broke off her engagement? No! We all know who was right and who was wrong. Wu Mei made the right choice and didn't jump into the fire pit.
Today, Zheng Guoqiang is at home doing the housework, taking care of the family, and cleaning up after them. If Wu Mei had not broken off the engagement and had married him, it would have been obvious that this would have been Wu Mei's future life. She would have completely lost herself in life.
She would struggle in the quagmire, feeling extremely miserable but unable to find an outlet to vent.
The women from the Zheng family didn't come to our women's conference, and they rarely ever did before. They have different ideas from us. But even if they came, I would still say the same thing.
Of course, if they change and are willing to improve, I welcome them to come.
Therefore, I want to especially commend Qinghong, Qingli, and Wumei. I hope everyone can learn from them and speak up when they encounter problems instead of dwelling on them. That will only lead to more pain and even lead to a dead end.
What's the saying "don't air your dirty laundry in public"? It's not our dirty laundry that's being aired, right? Only people who have done something wrong or shameful would say this, because they're worried about their dirty laundry being publicized.
In the new year, I hope everyone can help Qinghong and Qingli, and the five beauties. Don't let anyone bully them. We want everyone to see that courage to resist brings a better life. As long as you are right, justice will be on your side.
I hope that in the new year we will all help each other. If anyone has difficulties, please tell us and we can all work together to find a solution.”
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