Ancient Chinese women used crude contraceptives – from eating tadpoles to ingesting mercury

Condoms made from dried fish maw, hanging women upside down, pregnancy prevention was a dangerous business for women in ...
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Discreet, demure, submissive? These persistent stereotypes about Asian women

They are said to be naturally calm, polite, and docile. "Discreet and diligent," people say admiringly. "Surely shy," some surmise. Behind these falsely flattering descriptions lies a series of ...
NBC Bay Area

Here's How Pop Culture Has Perpetuated Harmful Stereotypes of Asian Women

In “Full Metal Jacket,” a critically acclaimed film about the Vietnam War, there’s a two-minute long scene whose cultural legacy has endured far beyond its 1987 debut. A Vietnamese woman, clad in a ...
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Beyond 'submissive': The toxic stereotypes Asian women are fighting

This article, based on a critical examination of these cultural representations, explores the damage these narrow portrayals inflict and why a broader, more accurate understanding of Asian women's ...
WMUR

Group in Nashua works to connect Chinese residents to their culture, community

RESIDENTS TO THEIR CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. CHINESE CULTURAL SOCIETY OF GREATER NASHUA HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. WHAT STARTED OUT AS SMALL GATHERINGS OF BACKYARD BARBECUES ...
The Conversation

How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

Megan Bryson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...