• Login
    View Item 
    •   Oxy Scholar Home
    • Sociology
    • Sociology URC Student Scholarship
    • View Item
    •   Oxy Scholar Home
    • Sociology
    • Sociology URC Student Scholarship
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Hong Kong Women: Professional Feminists?

    Thumbnail
    Author
    Chiong, Melody
    Issue
    urc_student
    Date
    1998-01-01
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    URI
    https://scholar.oxy.edu/handle/20.500.12711/1327
    Abstract
    In 1998 five of the eleven top government officials of Hong Kong were women. The idea that women can be board of directors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, or professors is not foreign to the people of Hong Kong. The image of successful women in the workplace suggests that there is gender equality in this metropolis. However, the existence of women's organizations dedicated to address gender inequality indicates Hong Kong women still face issues of discrimination. The activists leading these organizations have been in the forefront of the women's movement in Hong Kong. According to Pearson and Leung, this movement was still at a stage of infancy in 1995. My central question is, what role, if any, do professional women play in this budding movement? The purpose of this research is two-fold: to evaluate the extent to which professional women are involved in women's organizations and to investigate whether or not their level of feminist consciousness affects their political activism. As hypothesized, the majority of professional women are not involved in women's organizations because of three main reasons: 1) Many professionals do not have a vested interest in contributing to these organizations since they are expatriates who are only staying in Hong Kong for a short period of time. 2) Furthermore, professionals are not actively involved in activities promoting the equal status of women because they simply do not have the time. 3) Finally, many professional women do not experience the consequences of gender inequalities because of the privileges afforded by their class.
    Collections
    • Sociology URC Student Scholarship

    Browse

    All of Oxy ScholarCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsJournal TitleJournal IssueThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsJournal TitleJournal Issue

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2021  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV