Please summarize the points Hessler is making about women in China in this section. Then respond to what he's saying in terms of your gut reaction (thoughts and feelings) and your more considered analysis of what he's saying. (275p-300p)
When reading this section, I learned that Fuling women were far more likely than men to feel isolated and frustrated. Women were not known to make the money. Men were associated with men and style and class. Money was a male quality in Fuling. Fuling women were always wearing accessories that showed they were from the upper class. Men had more opportunities than women when it came to work. Women were always somewhat mysterious and foreign, but they were always uniquitous in certain jobs, such as "waitresses, shop assistants, and train attendents..." There was also something Fuling people spoke of which was, san pei xiaojie, meaning "three-with girls". Men would drink with them and doing karaoke, and then dance with them. And if the man paid enough money, sometimes the "three-with girls" would perform the "with." Meaning they would sleep with the man. Love affairs were very common. A man would usually be the one searching for the woman to have the affair with. People said that when women had affairs, they were stealing that man. Fuling woman lived under economic pressures and complicated expectations.
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