China Uni Sparks Anger By Telling Women To Avoid apos;revealing apos; Clothes

A Chinese university's guidelines warning women students not to wear 'revealing' clothes on campus 'to prevent arousing temptation' have whipped up online fury in the socially conservative country.
The recommendations were included in a 50-point safety guide issued by Guangxi University, which also urged women to avoid going out alone.
'Do not wear clothing and skirts that are overly revealing, low-cut, exposing your waist, or showing your back, so as to prevent arousing temptation,' the advisory note for new female students read.
A Chinese university's guidelines warning women students not to wear 'revealing' clothes on campus 'to prevent arousing temptation' have whipped up online fury.

Students are pictured queuing at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan on August 29
The recommendations were included in a 50-point safety guide issued by Guangxi University, which also urged women to avoid going out alone.

Pictured, Huazhong University of Science and tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn Technology students arrive on campus in Wuhan Saturday as the autumn semester starts
'At certain times, it is not suitable to wear high heels which restrict movement,' the guide continued.
As news of the guidelines - issued last month - spread online this week, the university in southern China was slammed by social media users for suggesting that women were responsible for sexual assault.
On the Twitter-like Weibo platform, one user wrote: 'Why is a woman's 'freedom of dressing' deemed as 'temptation'?

It's mainly because the hearts of some men are unclean.'
'I hope text in the future will say: 'Some men should please correct their thoughts'.'
'Women have not yet been raped, kynghidongduong.vn but Guangxi University has prepared to slut-shame them,' another user wrote.
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As news of the guidelines - issued last month - spread online this week, the university in southern China was slammed by social media users for suggesting that women were responsible for sexual assault.

In this file picture, a woman in seen walking in central Beijing
China has taken some steps towards key demands from its nascent #MeToo movement, tour trương gia giới with its first-ever civil code - passed in May - expanding the definition of sexual harassment.

A man and a woman are pictured in this file photo on August 14 looking at jewellery in Beijing
The topic had over 210 million views and thousands of comments on Weibo as of Wednesday.
A member of the university staff tried to defend the guidelines on Tuesday as anger grew, pointing to a need for 'civilised etiquette' on campus, according to Chinese news website The Paper.
'Wear whatever you want if you are not entering the school,' the unnamed staff member was quoted as saying.
Other suggestions in the guide included women walking quickly through underpasses and not following strangers anywhere.
China has taken some steps towards key demands from its nascent #MeToo movement, with its first-ever civil code - passed in May - expanding the definition of sexual harassment.
A Chinese university's guidelines warning women students not to wear 'revealing' clothes on campus 'to prevent arousing temptation' have whipped up online fury in the socially conservative country.

A woman is seen walking past a restaurant in Beijing on August 10
But it remains difficult to get justice for many sexual assault crimes due to conservative attitudes and many women reluctant to come forward.
The news comes as a middle school in central [/news/china/index.html China] has also faced widespread criticism online after it allegedly promoted chastity to its pupils by displaying puritanical posts on the campus.
Pictures emerged online in July show a huge signboard at the school's playground with messages claiming that ‘chaste women have smarter children' and ‘people who masturbate are poor and cheap'.
Other posts warned students to refrain themselves from having sex before marriage and encouraged girls to wear modest clothing.