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freshwest

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15. Yeah, probably a 'posh' area and they want a certain look, like models. But that's not all there is.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 09:27 PM
Jul 2014

China also has a lot of women in the armed forces, too:



Women in Chinese military

Published on Jan 28, 2013


Chinese women comprise about 7.5 percent of total military personnel in the PLA . Though most women soldiers still serve in traditional women roles or in military support positions, more women soldiers appear on positions that involved dangerous tasks. In 2009, the first batch of female jet fighter pilots, aged 21 to 24, graduated after 44 months of training. There are also women serve in Marine Corps, Special Forces, drug criminal police, etc. At the same time, women soldiers began to appear in public through mass media more often. During the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China military parade, the marching group formed by female soldiers caught much attention. All of the women soldiers were marching in short miniskirts and white leather boots through Tiananmen Square. The group of female soldiers consists of troops from the army, the navy and the air force, which makes it the biggest marching group in the modern history of military parades anywhere in the world. According to China's state channel, CCTV, the requirement for female participation in the commemorating parade was being "brave, beautiful and elegant" altered from being just "brave".



Chinese Female Soldiers and Militias



Chinese Beautiful Pink Army March Past 中華人民共和國國慶



Chinese women brave broken bottles to become bodyguards

Miscellaneous photo of boys and girls at a training camp:



There's something for everyone there.

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Outrageous...I wonder if Women are disrespected in other ways in China randys1 Jul 2014 #1
High heels are modern day bound feet. n/t geardaddy Jul 2014 #2
Bingo . nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #3
I agree. eom sheshe2 Jul 2014 #4
Yes, I always regarded them as instruments of torture myself. It's all part of the, well, whatever. freshwest Jul 2014 #8
Recently there was a story from Russia about hemlines and fines for uniform modifications jakeXT Jul 2014 #5
Clue phone: bag the stupid dresses Warpy Jul 2014 #7
I agree. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #9
The heels are popular among them because of the added height Warpy Jul 2014 #6
Stupid. ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #10
Yeah, probably a 'posh' area and they want a certain look, like models. But that's not all there is. freshwest Jul 2014 #15
ya. stupid. and the women have to do any work, what? they call a man that can actually seabeyond Jul 2014 #11
They must think the women are just decoration... freshwest Jul 2014 #13
hmmmm. "they" are pretty consistent with most of the world. seabeyond Jul 2014 #14
Please check my later reply to ismnotwasm above: freshwest Jul 2014 #16
Looks that way, doesn't it? theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #17
You know the saying about Ginger Rogers? gollygee Jul 2014 #12
The one positive I see in those dominatrix heels... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #18
I agree with the sentiment and everything you say about heels thucythucy Jul 2014 #19
Oh yeah I know that gollygee Jul 2014 #20
Happens all the time. thucythucy Jul 2014 #21
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