Thomas Crampton noted this scene in Beijing and now wrongly assumes this says something about Chinese couples in general. For me it is obvious that this is a Shanghainese couple in Beijing. Real Beijing men do not carry handbags, unless they are gay of course. In Shanghai there is no way men can avoid that ordeal.On top of that, the bag looks pretty fake and that is a second indication the couple is from Shanghai.
In Shanghai women have a whole set of techniques to domesticize their men and letting them carry the bag is a way to show the outside world they have succeeded.
2 comments:
Fons: Thanks for the further interpretation of the photo. Be great to see more images from Shanghai about this domesticity pushed by Shanghai women!
Funny to see I get many hit at this post because the headline is the same as the name of a banned film, although there is no relation. Sorry for misguided visitors.
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