Second Chinese Daughter Quotes

“Feng thought that her mother's education would give her confidence to speak up for what is right, but no amount of learning could unshackle her from society's attitude towards women, and she chose to remain an apathetic bystander.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“There is nothing shameful about making an honest living.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“I can't single-handedly change what has been happening to women for generations.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“If you think there is some place else where the status of women in society is much improved, you will be sorely disappointed.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“People don't see it that way. It's always the woman who is blamed for not trying hard enough to please her man.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“After all the education I have had, I am reduced to the lowliest place in the house of my in-laws?”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“Men could get anything they wanted from the women who sought refuge with them. Why would they be obliged to marry their women?”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“She had learnt to put pride aside early in life to secure a roof over her head.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“They believed that when a baby died at a very young age, the parents smacked its bottom to leave a bruise, so that if the child was reborn, it could be recognised by the markings on its body.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter

“A woman's life is not her own.”
― Shirley Fung, Second Chinese Daughter