Europe allowed women into coffeehouses in 1856, the United States granted women the right to vote in 1920, and Britain abolished the requirement for women to leave their jobs after marriage in 1946. These past couple of days, the internet has been full of salacious rumors about Asian women and spies, and I’ve also seen many women working in the industry dragged into various scandals against their will. My feelings are a little complicated.
I’ve always said I advocate for equal rights, and equal rights means judging someone’s achievements without regard to gender. Women have never had equal opportunities in the workplace. Beyond the fact that women of childbearing age generally take more parental leave than men, many women do approach their careers with the mindset that “if work isn’t making me happy, I can always get married instead.” This leads many business managers to prefer hiring men, and workplace harassment is also commonplace. All the women who have overcome countless challenges to grow into leaders capable of running things on their own have generally put in more time and effort than others.
When women publicly represent their companies in business, they are often subjected to severe stigmatization in commercial competition. Going back a while, mainstream Chinese news outlets repeatedly cited a salacious rumor a competitor had fabricated about Binance: “Binance girl group’s unwashed underwear, a private little gift,” and repeatedly posted photos of several of our female employees. Recently, besides Sisi and Yaya continuing to be targeted by fabricated rumors, even market leads for BNB ecosystem projects, some KOLs who have worked with Binance, and even female employees of competitors have been subjected to ongoing salacious rumors. Not to mention the bizarre rumors that appeared out of nowhere when someone stole and misused my ID, including claims that I was a “mommy” or something. I’m resilient and can stomach a lot, but I can’t imagine how
