The following viral video on has accumulated over 1.5 million views since it was uploaded 2 days ago (on International Women’s Day!) onto popular Chinese online video-sharing website Youku. There are over 5,600 comments in response to it spanning 188 pages, as well as over 20,000 downvotes (vs. over 3,400 upvotes). Not only was it one of the most popular videos on Youku for the day and week, it spread on popular Chinese social networks like RenRen, Pengyou, and QQ, as well as popular Chinese discussion forums. Copies of the video also appear on other popular Chinese video sharing websites like Tudou and 56.
Leftover women (剩女, shèngnǚ) became an official Chinese word in 2007 and refers to women who are older in age (usually the post-70s generation), have higher incomes, and are still unmarried. They tend to have higher expectations of their potential partners.
From Youku:
Eye-popping! A leftover women version of “No Car No House” that will make the leftover men vomit bloodLast year that leftover men version bachelor song “No Car No House” seemed to be very popular, but after watching it, it made me feel very resentful, because isn’t it obviously despising us leftover women!? Men without cars or houses thinking we’re unkind and and we’re hurting their feelings? Haha, be more realistic! Because society is realistic like this! A man who makes money is fulfilling his responsibility, whereas a woman earning money adds to her value! Don’t accuse us of worshipping money [or chasing money, gold-digging], there’s no crime in worshiping money! I made a leftover women version bachelorette song with my fellow sisters, so guys open your eyes and watch closely!
发表于 2011-3-11 11:32
