What kind of life do you want to live? ─ A primer on gender for girls and women written by a professor at Tokyo University

In 2019, Chizuko Ueno, an honorary professor at the University of Tokyo, a feminist and a well-known writer, addressed the freshmen at the opening ceremony of Tokyo University with gender as the starting point. At the beginning, she mentioned the unfairness of the Tokyo Medical University entrance examination in the previous year (2018) Scandal——In order to lower the admission rate of female students, the school has been manipulating the scores of female candidates through artificial means for a long time to make female candidates fail the rankings. After the news was exposed, there was an immediate public outcry. And such discrimination and unfairness are exactly the reality that Japanese female students are exposed to.

As for the University of Tokyo, which is the highest university in Japan, even if there is no such black box work of sex discrimination, invisible discrimination is still everywhere. Surprisingly, only 20% of the female students who broke through the "male" barriers and were admitted to the University of Tokyo, the male students of the University of Tokyo are still afraid of outstanding girls who are the same as themselves (or even worse), and only want to look for students who admire the University of Tokyo A fellowship of female college students outside the school. In his speech, Professor Ueno pointedly pointed out that what is waiting for all students is a "society where no fair reward is given even for hard work". Not only is hard work not rewarded, but more people (especially women) Before he worked hard, his ambition was extinguished by the people around him. After the publication of this deafening speech, it not only immediately aroused many echoes in Japan, but also won broad sympathy from overseas countries.

Another neighboring Asian country, South Korea, has the resources of an advanced country, but its gender awareness still lags behind. Not only Kim Ji-young, born in 1982, has exposed her traditional and conservative side, but gender controversy is even more prominent in the 2022 presidential election. Yoon Seok-wook, who was criticized for his gender policy, became the key factor and was even elected president. As for Taiwan, we have a democratically elected female president, and many female congressmen and legislators. However, under the appearance of female power at first glance, we often have to endure discriminatory speeches and irrational personal attacks against women's identity, and even become degraded. Victim of domestic violence. In a modern society that advertises gender equality, hidden stereotypes and blatant misogynistic remarks are still ubiquitous, not only revealed in personal words and deeds, but also reflected in social atmosphere and the general environment.

Professor Chizuko Ueno has been devoted to gender research and women's movement for many years. In this book, she focuses on family, campus, relationship, workplace and society, and answers 44 questions in a question-and-answer QA format in an easy-to-understand manner. Simple but worthy of in-depth discussion on gender issues, including the various difficulties girls will face when they grow up and when they leave the society, it will give people more understanding and inspiration of gender awareness. It is not only an introductory book on gender education, but also a It is regarded as a prerequisite course of feminism, and it is a compulsory gender credit for everyone from students, teachers to parents.