Female athletes’ power was globally proved through 2008 Beijing Olympics. This article generally supports the idea that oppression on women is less evident compare to previous days. Now female athletes perform their abilities in world wide stage and they accomplish better results than male athletes. The government is supporting and sponsoring women financially to cultivate them into better athletes. Women have shown their capacities to survive and endure hard trainings and willingness to overcome sufferings to stand as strong women. Although the editor mentioned about decrease of female population in China because of sexism and quota system, she emphasized the increasing power of women.
The number of medals and percentage stated in the article support that women’s participation and power in society has increased. However, this article focused on female Olympians in Chinese society; therefore, conclusion that women are treated equal to men might be less applied to other countries’ female athletes. As women are genetically less fit to play sports designed for male, they would receive more pressure to obtain medals. Since the editor’s purpose was to inform clear influence of women athletes to the readers, oppression and mistreatment that might have occurred behind the stage aren’t stated in the article; it consequently created a bias.
This article is credible and the editor’s voice is influential not only because the editor used solid evidence to argue her points, but also because the Time magazine is popularly know as reliable source to readers. Also the characteristic of magazine which focuses on specific themes, unlike those of newspaper which focuses on publishing daily reports or worldwide issues promptly, allows reader to associate messages with various issues included in that certain theme.
Oppression of women was severe in China because of the tradition that puts male into superior position. According to this article, “A traditional preference for boys over girls has led to widespread sex-based abortions, leaving China with one of the world’s most lopsided gender ratios.” As China is neighboring country, Korea has received direct and indirect influences from it. Korea had same problem, sex-based abortions; therefore, oppression of women in China wasn’t new or strange issue to me. However, as I have seen great performances of female athletes through Beijing Olympics and this article, I am convinced that China is definitely going through big social changes. After reading this article I saw possibilities of female athletes’ better future performance and female’s active participation in the society. Still biased perception on women exists, but I believe this movement in China can be a great impact for Chinese women to fight against oppression of women.
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Beech, Hannah. “China’s X Factor: Girl Power” Time Magazine 21 Aug. 2008
The number of medals and percentage stated in the article support that women’s participation and power in society has increased. However, this article focused on female Olympians in Chinese society; therefore, conclusion that women are treated equal to men might be less applied to other countries’ female athletes. As women are genetically less fit to play sports designed for male, they would receive more pressure to obtain medals. Since the editor’s purpose was to inform clear influence of women athletes to the readers, oppression and mistreatment that might have occurred behind the stage aren’t stated in the article; it consequently created a bias.
This article is credible and the editor’s voice is influential not only because the editor used solid evidence to argue her points, but also because the Time magazine is popularly know as reliable source to readers. Also the characteristic of magazine which focuses on specific themes, unlike those of newspaper which focuses on publishing daily reports or worldwide issues promptly, allows reader to associate messages with various issues included in that certain theme.
Oppression of women was severe in China because of the tradition that puts male into superior position. According to this article, “A traditional preference for boys over girls has led to widespread sex-based abortions, leaving China with one of the world’s most lopsided gender ratios.” As China is neighboring country, Korea has received direct and indirect influences from it. Korea had same problem, sex-based abortions; therefore, oppression of women in China wasn’t new or strange issue to me. However, as I have seen great performances of female athletes through Beijing Olympics and this article, I am convinced that China is definitely going through big social changes. After reading this article I saw possibilities of female athletes’ better future performance and female’s active participation in the society. Still biased perception on women exists, but I believe this movement in China can be a great impact for Chinese women to fight against oppression of women.
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Beech, Hannah. “China’s X Factor: Girl Power” Time Magazine 21 Aug. 2008
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