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Q: How do the Chinese manage to keep women from smoking?
By comparison hardly any women smoke compared to men. Are women smokers looked down upon that much?
From what I have seen and heard, the only women that really smoke here are the KTV girls and sex industry women.
So I think if a normal women smoked it would be construed that she worked in these fields.
I heard 80% of males and 5% of females smoke here.
Re-inforced negative stigma.
If women who smoke are subtly, almost indirectly labeled as rebellious or promiscuous (thanks to parents, media, movies, etc.), then it's pretty much ingrained for good from early childhood. Hard to overcome afterward, unless you want people to think that of you.
It's like if everyone around you kept telling you wearing a green hat meant your wife had cheated on you. No matter how much you just loved green and hats, wouldn't you have second thoughts about wearing one?
Oh wait...
paulmartin:
Dont you think its also a positive thing,too make smoking a taboo
Zootown:
I agree, nothing worse than a pretty girl with dead-rat breath.
they really havent stopped girls from smoking. they simply hide it. but it is a community effort if teachers see girls smoking they report it to their parents or they might get in trouble with their school. also locals will harrass the hell out of girls that dont comply with social norms, even rape them. if a girl wears sexy clothes or smokes she maybe blamed for being raped.
paulmartin:
Girls may get into a lot more trouble for smoking even beaten,but not raped no father would accept that
Zootown:
I might agree for the sexy clothes thing. Smoking though? lulz
crimochina:
just repeating what 3 different girls told me. but i have seen guys grab girls that wear short skirts on a bus.
As everyone said society stops them from smoking, but upcoming young, confident generation is rebelling: When I was teaching high school, about half the girls smoked, and sweared, and these were rich kids with comfy families with bright futures.
Great news for feminism, bad news for lungs.
