Traditions weigh on China’s women (summary)

A lot of Chinese women who are in trouble they will commit suicide. “More women in China commit suicide than in other countries” (WHO).150,000 out of 1.5 million of women succeed in their attempts to commit to suicide. In the rural areas the situation of suicides is worse than in the cites, because the poisons are available in agricultural areas.
Xu Rong believes that arranged marriage leads to emotional problems for the wife. She will enter to the new family. Sometimes the husband feels that his wife is not happy to be with him.70-80% of suicides comes from conflicts between couples. Xu Rog estimation. Awoman will be comforted if she lives with someone who respects and loves her. Some studies agree that women do commit suicide to gain dignity and to show others that they are feeling angry. Xu Rong’s project is to prevent the suicides by providing villages support to women and offering everything for them.
In rural areas people prefer sons to daughters by saying that sons will look after their parents and daughters will leave their parents after getting married. So many female foetuses are aborted. Young woman in the city can be a victim of sexual harassment, but she will be more confident and independent than in the rural areas.

Main Idea:
Chinese women are at risk in the rural areas and they are escaping from the injustice of husbands and from their tradition through suicides. However, it is very hard to change the traditions. Women in the cities are also having problems but they can build their lives more easily.

Comment:
Women suicides sound very bad. I think this topic is very important. Nobody has the right to commit suicide or to make others commit suicide. I hope that this problem does not spread to the other countries.