While the city is shaping women, women are not idle. They are growing up, becoming more confident and independent, and changing the city with their own strength. The city and women have achieved each other, hand in hand in the tide of the times, and written a new chapter belonging to each other.
Why do cities fascinate women so much?
Why do women go to town?
In fact, the purpose of most women entering the city at first is simple, that is, to find more job opportunities. The jobs that rural areas can engage in are mainly agricultural production, while the jobs that cities can provide are varied, giving women many choices.
Ding Ping (pseudonym), whose hometown is in the mountainous area of Xiangxi, Hunan, is now working as a waiter in an old hotel in Changsha, the provincial capital. Business in this hotel has been very good. She has worked here for nearly 10 years. Although she sometimes misses the landscape of her hometown, she doesn't intend to go back because she can only continue to farm. In Xiangxi, where there are few mountains, the income from farming can't be compared with that from working in cities. She doesn't even want to go to the county seat, because there are far fewer job opportunities there than in the provincial capital. Ding Ping is small and works hard in farming. Although she works hard in the city, after all, her physical strength is not high, but her income is much better. She thinks she can hold on. After entering the city, she got married and bought a house here, and accomplished many important things in her life. She said that she liked this city, which changed her destiny.
In fact, cities provide more than just job opportunities for women. "City" is a combination of "city" and "city". The original "city" is a safe and closed space surrounded by city walls, and "city" refers to trading places. "City" provides a more secure and safer living and working environment for women, and "city" provides basic support for women's development.
Chen Xiao (a pseudonym) is a "northern drifter". She went to college in Beijing and stayed in Beijing after graduation. Although the subway is crowded, the work is hard and the shared house is a bit old, she cherishes her present life. My cousin in my hometown in Hubei called her and sometimes complained that she had to go through a very secluded mountain road from home to work, which made her very scared. Chen Xiao comforted her cousin and encouraged her to come to the city to look for a job.
Because of the advanced nature of the city, "going into the city" has been an enviable thing for a long time. Modern fashion life and the high-end image of "city people" often become the talk of rural people. Whether you can stay in the city has become an important symbol to measure a woman's personal ability. And women themselves are full of yearning for urban culture.
Jia Ling, a rural girl in Xiangfan, Hubei, is a typical sample. In 2000, at the age of 18, she applied for the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy in order to change her fate, and finally lost. The next year, she tried again and finally got into the Central Academy of Drama. After a long struggle, she was finally recognized as Xiao Yu's comedy star, and now she is a famous new female director. If Jia Ling had stayed in the countryside, she might have made progress, but it is hard to imagine that she could have such a colorful life. The development opportunities of cities are diversified, and the higher the degree of urbanization, the more obvious the diversification.
In addition, compared with rural areas, cities are more open and inclusive, and can accommodate a variety of lifestyles and life pursuits. In the city, the relationship between people is more based on cooperation and less bound by blood, family and neighborhood. People are used to respecting each other's habits and independence, and not many people will interfere too much in other people's lives. Whether a person is single or married, whether he works in a class or is a freelancer, and whether he has a fixed job are all "personal questions" that should not be asked. People in the city have clear boundaries of life.
Sun Jing (pseudonym), a girl from northern Jiangsu, is 35 years old and now lives in a small apartment in Wuxi. She claimed to be single and very happy, except for those days when she came home for the New Year. She is an unmarried person. Although she sometimes feels lonely alone in the city, the rich life in the city offsets this feeling. She works hard, goes to fitness, study or travel in her spare time, and her life is full. Marry her childhood friend Li Yu (a pseudonym) early. Although the object is not so ideal, there is nothing she can do. At the age of 28, she didn't want to get married, but she couldn't stand the pressure of her parents and chose to obey. After all, in rural areas, a girl who is almost 30 years old is not married, which will be considered as a problem, and even her family will feel embarrassed.
Cities make people lose the affinity of traditional clan society. From a certain point of view, the relationship between people may seem a bit "cold", but it also gives people more space. For women, the freedom given by the city will make their daily life easier, and they will be more calm in the face of major choices in life.
Cities have always been pioneers of civilization, and they are "naturally friendly" to women in culture. Those women who receive higher education in cities are deeply touched by this, which is why they will choose to stay in cities more after graduation. In cities, they can give full play to their advantages and realize their self-worth more easily. In the future, the countryside may become better, but at this stage, cities carry more women's dreams.
The growth of women affects the development of cities.
It turns out that cities don't belong to women, but men are the masters of cities. Even in industrial cities at the end of 19, women still need men to accompany them when they go out. For them, going to the new department store downtown is like a little adventure. In the old society, it was difficult for women to choose their own lives. The traditional concept of "men are the masters outside and women are the masters inside" has made many women spend their whole lives in the small circle of family and never set foot in the outside world. Don't say that they are ambitious and start an extraordinary career. Even if they support themselves and are financially independent, it is unthinkable.
It's just that after human beings entered urbanization, women's status became more and more important, and women's self-awareness began to wake up slowly. Nowadays, women walk confidently in the city, go to work, shop, entertain, make blind dates and do whatever they want. In cities, they know more and more what they want and what they can do. They are like a duck to water. As Wang Anyi, a female writer, described in the novel Song of Eternal Sorrow, the city makes women reborn and women make a new interpretation of the city. Cities and women are integrated.
By the end of 20 19, the urbanization rate of China's permanent population reached 60.6%, and the urban permanent population reached 848 million. Such a rapid development speed is the result of the hard-working people of China for many years, and women, who hold up half the sky, have also contributed to this process. According to ILO data, the female labor participation rate in China in 20 18 was 6 1. 1%, far exceeding the international average of 47.4%. The hard work of women in China is indispensable to the development of national economy. Combined with the urbanization process and specific national conditions of China, the above data at least indirectly illustrate the contribution of women in China to urban development.
In the past, in the process of industrialization, cities absorbed a large number of female workers engaged in light industry. With the deepening of modernization, the demand for knowledge women and service women in cities is also growing rapidly. Now, women have entered almost all industries in this city. Women are becoming more and more active in the workplace, and gradually expand their fields and influence in the industrial revolution, information revolution and intelligent revolution accompanied by urbanization.
Chen Ming (pseudonym) stayed in Beijing after graduating from college in 2007 and worked as a programmer in an Internet company. At that time, most of the programmers in the company were men. She was a unique girl, which was particularly eye-catching. 10 years has passed, and she has changed three companies. Every time she changes jobs, her salary has gone up, and she even has a chance to go up. Later, she worked steadily at the middle level in an Internet company specializing in mobile reading. She found that there are more and more female programmers now, and she is no longer alone. Chen Ming's experience is not a case. The data shows that the field of programmers is no longer the exclusive domain of men. From 20 18 to 2020, the growth rate of female programmers is nearly 70%, which is remarkable. In 20 19, in the internet industry, the proportion of female programmers is as high as 17%, that is to say, one in six programmers is a woman. In catering, health, education, finance and other industries, the number of women employees has surpassed that of men. They use their unique advantages of delicacy, gentleness and good communication to expand their territory in the workplace.
Women are not only the devotees of cities, but also the protectors of cities. In 2020, the majority of female medical staff, disease control personnel, scientific and technological personnel, community workers, volunteers, etc. We will fight day and night and stick to the front line of epidemic prevention and control. Women are no longer synonymous with the weak. They use their courage and ability to write magnificent poems to protect and save lives. At the most dangerous moment, they were with the city.
The needs of women are also changing the city. Traditionally, urban planning is dominated and operated by men, with little special consideration given to women's needs. But now, more and more cities are paying attention to women's needs and feelings. 202 1 to 1 Building a "female-friendly city", a "city orientation" full of goodwill and respect, was first put forward in the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Outline of Long-term Goals in 2035 (Draft) deliberated and adopted by the "two sessions" in Changsha. From increasing the number of women's toilets in public toilets to encouraging parental leave, from supporting the development of "her economy" to embodying women's aesthetics in the night scenes on both sides of Xiangjiang River ... Changsha has incorporated gender awareness into urban planning and made detailed arrangements, which is enough for people to see that the city cares and cares for women from the heart.
In fact, the higher the degree of urbanization, the higher the status of women. Take Shanghai, the most urbanized city in China, as an example. In this city, which is called "women's paradise", according to the data of 20 16 of the Social Situation and Public Opinion Survey Center of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, 64% of the respondents think that men and women have equal status, 22. 1% of women think that women's family status is higher than men's, and only 12.6% think that men's family status is higher than women's. This set of interesting data is inseparable from Shanghai women's strong economic independence and high economic contribution to their families. Strong female consciousness formed a good cultural atmosphere of respecting women in Shanghai, a city where China rose in modern times. Women influence the temperament of this city, making Shanghai a first-class modern city in China.
How do women get along with the city
Everything has two sides, so does the city. Cities provide a space for women to express themselves, but this space is also a cruel battlefield. Women in China are considered to be the most tired group. They take care of their careers and families, so they bear the competitive pressure beyond all periods in history.
In the online drama "Picture Book of Beijing Women", the heroine Chen Ke came to the bustling Beijing from Sichuan. From the front desk of a small company, a small white-collar worker in a foreign company, a business agent to a self-media practitioner, the career is constantly rising, but the love life is extremely tortuous. The city gave her too much, and she lost too much.
Chen Ke's sense of loss is a portrayal of the mentality of women in many contemporary cities. Women's independence looks beautiful, but it is not a vision that can be realized by casual talk. It requires women to make great personal efforts, which is a great test for all women. The problem of fertility makes this test particularly severe. For most women, having children will have a great impact on their career. Under the pressure, more and more urban women resist marriage and childbearing, which is one of the important reasons for the decline of marriage rate and fertility rate in China.
There are many opportunities and traps in the city, and the spread of consumerism in the city is also testing the independent spirit of women. When a person stops fighting for himself, becomes a slave of desire and loses self-awareness, he will be "swallowed up" by the city. What's more, cities are not omnipotent, and urban women will still be troubled by employment discrimination, sexual harassment and domestic violence. Harmonious coexistence between women and cities is a complex and urgent task.
From the perspective of the city, actively releasing more goodwill to women can lead the benign development of mutual relations. From a macro perspective, local governments should consider women's issues and views in the process of urban planning and decision-making; Support and encourage women to participate in all fields of urban life on an equal basis with men; All residents of the city, regardless of gender, can equally benefit from the economic, social and political opportunities of the city. On a more specific level, provide basic support for women so that they can obtain high-quality and comprehensive urban services (such as tourism, shopping and leisure); Provide resources for women to get better medical care, education and social services; Create more employment opportunities and reduce employment discrimination; Establish and improve the protection mechanism for women, so that women can get help when they are subjected to violence or other unfair treatment.
Of course, women can't wait, and they can't wait until the environment becomes perfect to grow up slowly. Women should learn to actively change their destiny, overcome difficulties, grow themselves, seize the opportunities given by the city and avoid the risks brought by the city. Even ordinary women at the bottom can stand on their own feet and gain respect. Those women who are more capable should also have more sense of social responsibility, participate more in social affairs and promote urban development and gender equality.
Even if the city makes women feel pressure, women still yearn for the city. The city has experienced women and let them find a sense of self-existence that they have never had before. Women breathe with the city, * * * fate. Cities make women better, and women make cities more livable. The essence of women's going to cities is to go to "modernity" and become a real modern person. Reconstruct yourself, don't get lost in desire, reconstruct the urban spirit with female characteristics, and make the city truly become their city.