gender — Bytes of China

The woman asks the boy,

“who do you like at school?”

tricia wangJune 1, 2012gender, heterosexual, male, sexuality, wuhan

gender play - paisley is not just for girls

I've seen paisley ties and paisley button up shirts in the West, but I've spotted two males wearing paisley pants in the last month in China. The male in this picture is wearing blue paisley pants with white Adidas sneakers. His girlfriend's toenaills are painted blue. We are at a train station in Wuhan, China

tricia wangMay 29, 2012china, consumer, fasion, female, gender, male, paisely, paisley

gender + banking team up: Barbie loves going to the bank

I was waiting for the teller to call me up when I spotted the Barbie credit card advertisement at China Construction Bank.

tricia wangApril 4, 2012banking, barbie, china, china construction bank, credit card, gender, users

Cooks bonding over a cellphone

Lunch time is sleeping time for some and bonding time for others. The male cooks bond over games and/or pictures of “pretty girls” on their cellphones. The waiters and waitresses nap before the doors open at 4pm.

tricia wangFebruary 6, 2012cellphone, china, cooks, gender, girls, low-income, lunch, migrants, porn, restaurant, waiters

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