Author(s)

Ningjing Zhao ¹, Yuwei Gan ¹, Yunhua Tan ¹, Shiting Shen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Human and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, 999078, China

Corresponding Author

Ningjing Zhao

ABSTRACT

This paper investigates the perception of feminism, feminists, and issues of concern in feminist research from the perspective of university students in China. It uses qualitative research method focus group, selecting 25 Chinese university students from different demographic characteristics, and interviewing for about 2 hours to discuss their views and attitudes towards feminism. The results show that Chinese university students believe that gender equality is the core of feminism. Compared with female students, male students have a more negative attitude toward extreme feminism and extreme feminists. However, both male and female university students have positive attitudes toward peaceful feminism and feminists. In addition, Chinese university students generally hold the view that men and women are unequal in education, employment, and marriage. Most Chinese university students believe that the trend of feminism in China is on an upward spiral in the future. This study can be innovative to further explore people's perceptions of feminism and related issues in non-Western countries.

KEYWORDS

Feminism, Feminists, University student, Gender equality

CITE THIS PAPER

Ningjing Zhao, Yuwei Gan, Yunhua Tan, Shiting Shen, Feminism in the View of Chinese University Students. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2022) Vol. 4: 116-126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2022.040819.

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