Chapter 5 is about masculinity and femininity. When I read the topic, the first thing came across my mind was the One child policy in China. In order to control the population in China, the Chinese government introduced this policy in 1978. Why would I think of this? It is because due to this policy, each couple could only have a child. And since China is a masculine country and people put more value on boys than girls, some family abandon their baby girls.
And nowadays, fairness is suggested everywhere and status of females (at least in China) has been greatly increased. But when I surfed the internet, I found it quite interesting that many men complained it was actually optional fairness. For example, when they had dinner with girls and it came to the end of the dinner, they wanted to pay separately for the reason of fairness. But the girls argued that they should behave like gentlemen.
After reading chapter 5, I personally think feminine society is better. It is because males in masculine society have heavier responsibility. One obvious example is that the man always bears the financial responsibility of his family. Therefore, it is easy for men to put too much pressure on shoulders, and I, as the eldest son of my family, start feeling that pressure as it is almost time for me to enter the society.
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