"Pretty girls do not need a lot of education to marry into a rich and powerful family. But girls with an average or ugly appearance will find it difficult," reads an excerpt from an article titled, Leftover Women Do Not Deserve Our Sympathy, posted on the website of the All-China Federation of Women in March 2011.

2011年3月，中国妇联的官方网站上发表了一篇题为《有多少剩女值得我们同情？》的文章，文章中这样写到：“长相靓丽的女孩子不需要太高的学历，照样可以嫁入豪门，但长相普通和丑的女孩子则很难”。

It continues: "These girls hope to further their education in order to increase their competitiveness. The tragedy is, they don't realise that as women age, they are worth less and less. So by the time they get their MA or PhD, they are already old - like yellowed pearls."

文章还指出：“所以，这样的女孩子就希望能够通过提高学历来增强自己的竞争力。悲哀的是，她们不知道女人是越老越不值钱，等到自己拿到硕士、博士毕业证的时候，不料自己已经人老珠黄。”

Ouch.

这话太伤人。

The All-China Federation of Women used to have more than 15 articles on its website on the subject of "leftover women" - offering tips on how to stand out from a crowd, matchmaking advice, and even a psychological analysis of why a woman would want to marry late.

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