In fact, Parkin said she was surprised by the "incredible nastiness" toward women in postcards created in the early 20th century. Sending postcards was the craze back then, and leap year postcards depicted women — usually unattractive older women — holding guns to men's head in efforts to extract a promise of marriage. "They really disparaged women in ways that are cruel and heartbreaking," Parkin said.
Her research showed that women who propose seem to lose a bit of their femininity, in the traditional way it is viewed, and likewise men who accept a proposal lose a bit of their masculinity.
Even today, women who propose are the exception, Parkin said, pointing to the example of pop star Britney Spears proposing to then-boyfriend Kevin Federline. "Very few women have the wealth and power of someone like Spears, and her short, troubled marriage, as well as her struggles with her mental health, only make it less likely that other women would want to emulate her," Parkin said.
(Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
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传统上讲,女性在闰年可以向自己的心上人求婚,这可是四年一遇的难得机会,而且有望使女性在恋爱关系中拥有实权,但最新研究表明,闰年求婚从本质上讲对女性不利,并会强化人们对传统男女角色的长期刻板印象。
在研究了一个世纪以来对求婚女性的社会观念的证据后,研究人员得出结论称,人们对女性求婚的接受程度近期不会有所提高。
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