Female morality schools, like this one in Hunan, have sparked off criticism as they perpetuate gender inequality. Photo: Women Awakening/AP
The video shows students at a so-called “female morality school” in northeastern China getting up at 4.30am to scrub floors and being taught not to resist if their husbands beat them.
Shot with a hidden camera and posted on a popular Chinese video website, it sparked a storm of criticism of the school and highlighted complaints that the status of women is deteriorating under the rule of a Communist Party that promised them equality.
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