When Jian Zhizhen heard Luo Xiaoqiang talk about the civil service exams two hundred years ago, she also thought of a drama she had recently watched: "It seems that there really was such an unfair practice of lowering the admission scores for men two hundred years ago."
"I recently rewatched an old drama called 'The Storm,' which is an excellent anti-corruption drama. But while watching it, I noticed that in the first episode, when the supervisory team went to Jinghai for a meeting, almost all the high-ranking officials were men."
"There was only one woman in the meeting room, and she was taking notes in the back corner. This reflects to some extent how difficult it was for women to become officials at that time."
Lin Yi across from him nodded: "That was indeed the case in those days. In that society, in addition to lowering the requirements for men in exams, women were also subtly instilled with the idea that 'this profession requires drinking culture and social skills, and women are not suitable for socializing.'"
"Even if some women are willing to go all out with social engagements, others will say things like 'one second they're at a dinner party, the next they're in a hotel,' to humiliate them, which scares many women into not daring to go out socializing anymore."
"In addition, many women in that era focused more on their families, so even if they passed the exam, they couldn't rise to a higher position in the end."
[Unusual Confidence: See for yourself! Director Lin and Chien Chih-chen both admitted that this was exactly how it was back then!]
[Hu Ningxi: People acknowledge that this situation exists, but they don't think it's right. What are you so proud of... We also acknowledge that in ancient times, if you cut off your testicles, you could directly become a civil servant. Can that be considered an advantage? Is it something to be proud of?]
[Pingdang: In ancient times, it wasn't as simple as just having an egg to become a civil servant. It required connections. Many poor people, even after having an egg, lacked the money to curry favor with the powerful eunuchs and still couldn't get in. Hey ex-boyfriend, were you rich in ancient times?]
Sure enough, Jian Zhizhen frowned and refuted this situation on the spot: "According to the logic of normal people in the 23rd century, when we hear 'drinking culture,' we would think that this kind of thing is dross and that both men and women should abandon this behavior."
"Therefore, in the 23rd century, we are cracking down on workplace socializing. Work is work, and things should be done properly. There is no need to use connections. Nowadays, whether in government or in enterprises, the number of men and women at the senior management level is roughly equal."
"And people in the past actually thought that women were not suitable for drinking parties, so it was women's fault? Based on this alone, they made women withdraw from the competition?"
All the male and female guests on site looked somber, feeling that it was too terrifying.
Lin Yi smiled and nodded: "Society is developing, and humanity is progressing. In the 23rd century, through a long process of ideological transformation, we have gradually developed and achieved gender equality."
"However, the time and space we are in now has suddenly transitioned from a patriarchal society. Their method is to transform men and women into the same kind of people to ensure fairness, and then use a harsh system of punishment to restrain their behavior."
[Confident and Extraordinary: Ah, right, right, if it's supposed to be fair, don't just demand that men give birth! Demand that women go to the battlefield too!]
Coincidentally, Li Ze had also thought of this question: "What about going to the battlefield? Do countries fight each other in this timeline? Can female soldiers defeat male soldiers?"
However, Li Ze immediately realized that his words seemed to be somewhat disrespectful.
He quickly explained, "I don't look down on women. I know there must be women in the world who are taller and stronger than me, but on average, men are taller and stronger than women. How can we be fair in this regard?"
Lin Yi nodded: "Indeed, there are these basic physical differences in this timeline as well. But in order to ensure equality, they make female soldiers compensate for their natural lack of strength through more intensive training than male soldiers, so as to achieve a one-to-one ratio of male and female soldiers. Moreover, most female soldiers are already physically very good, and their physical abilities are not much different from their male counterparts, so there is no need to judge them by average physical data. Furthermore... in most timelines today, real wars are fought based on scientific research capabilities, not soldiers' physical abilities."
[Unconventional Confidence: Damn, how many women can afford a house? Women who don't have children shouldn't live in men's houses!]
Luo Xiaoqiang saw this again and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Some of the guests didn't have the live chat enabled and were unaware of the situation, so they all looked at her.
Jian Zhizhen asked directly, "Xiao Qiang, what are you laughing about?"
Luo Xiaoqiang: "There was a male audience member... I don't know if he was my ex-boyfriend, but all the other audience members said he was. This male audience member was attacking women for not being able to afford a house..."
As Luo Xiaoqiang spoke, she couldn't help but laugh for a long time before continuing, "I really burst out laughing when I compared him to my ex-boyfriend. My ex-boyfriend's performance as an athlete was mediocre; he only received a local subsidy of five thousand yuan a month for athletes. I'm not particularly outstanding either; my salary is hundreds of times that of him. How could he have the nerve to say something like that?"
Xu Qiuyuan clicked her tongue in amazement: "Is your ex-boyfriend still living in the past? In the patriarchal era, some parents would assume that the house was meant for their sons, and that they would buy a house for their sons but not for their daughters. In addition, in the past, women earned less and men earned more for the same job, so it was generally the men who owned the houses."
"But we have equal pay for equal work in the 23rd century, and there is basically no preference for sons over daughters anymore. There are plenty of parents who buy houses for their daughters, and there are plenty of women who earn their own money to buy houses."
[Luo Chuan: I haven't researched the past and don't know much about it, but if what Sister Xu said is true, it's not something men should be proud of. No one would proudly attack someone for not being able to afford a house because their parents bought it, right?]
[Chemistry or Mars: No, no, no, those kinds of people were rare even in the past! Truly capable men actually respect women. After all, respecting women means respecting your own mother, your own sisters, and your future wife.]
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