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I'm speaking toward personal observation, not all Chinese people and their relationships, yada yada yada.

The one-child policy, as easy as it is to get around (for some families) left a huge disparity in the numbers of men and women. As a result, women not only hold equal power in Chinese society with men, but greater power in relationships, because if you're a Chinese man and you do anything she doesn't like, there are probably at least two or three guys waiting to take your place. My cousin's last girlfriend broke up with him because he took a pay cut (not that I blame her, since there's also a huge amount of pressure on her as the sole financial support of her family) when his company downsized. Add to that the expectation that you'll marry a Chinese person (ooh boy did I piss my mother off when I married an Irishman) and pretty much your only option is to be in a relationship with a high power imbalance.

That being said, however, why is the picture of Harry and Voldemort? Is there a huge power discrepancy there, really? I mean, sure, Voldemort's far more experienced, but Harry's the one who defeats him at the end with a pretty basic spell.

Edited 2014-08-09 22:20 (UTC)

Thanks for the insight! Now I'm wondering what the power imbalance fics written by Chinese fans look like.

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