介绍:
A shopping mall in Northeast China's Dalian city has rolled out wider and bigger parking spaces for their female customers.
The spaces, outlined in hot pink with a sign reading, "Respectfully reserved for women" are located by the road and close to the mall's entrances. All the parking spaces designated for women are by the roadside, making it very convenient for women drivers to park their cars.
Comments:
(JA) Airenyicao on Tianya.cn,
There has always been inequality between men and women. Now this inequality is entering into the parking industry. We assume that there is gonna be women's seats on bus, women's room in hotels? Come on, it is just a publicity means by the shopping mall. The wider parking space is actually an insult to women, saying that they are bad drivers.
(LY)Stevenzcl1 posted on Weibo,
We don't have parking lots for the physically challenged people yet, and now we have the women parking lots. This is exactly discrimination. Just because women buy more and they have different parking space than men?!
(QD)
The mall managers denies the allegation.
We just wanted to make things easier for women, who make up most of our customers, and it's not an insult to women at all. If their parking spaces are larger, it's only for practical reasons. It doesn't mean that women drive less well than men.
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Notes:
- And there's also the fact that they're about 30 centimeters wider than normal.
- The slots at Dashijiedaduhui — or "World Metropolis Center" — have sparked debate by China's public, which officially embraces gender equality but where, in reality, old-fashioned sexism is rife.
- It has chain clothing stores, fast food franchises, glass lifts, a cinema and lots of coffee shops, a favorite hangout of the middle class.
- Unusually, though, the 10 spaces outside the main entrance were provided after women had trouble parking in the standard basement slots, managers said.
- Some members of the public were keen to link the initiative to stereotypes about women drivers.
- According to reports, officials said that 60,000 people died on China's roads in 2012, the most recent figures available.
- The latest Chinese controversy echoes a series of microblog posts by Beijing police last year advising women on driving techniques — including not wearing high heels, releasing the handbrake before setting off and not panicking if they suddenly realize they're going the wrong way.
(JA) Tuboshu says on 163.com,
In Germany, some hotels also have reserved parking space for women very close to the entrance. When women park their cars, they will feel the convenience, particularly during the night.
(LY) iox posted on auto.163.com,
I bought a car for my wife. And she had scratches and dents, after getting into minor accidents like 9 times in the first week. At first, I was outraged but now the only thing I can do is to educate and advise her. Finally, I said to her, you own your life, your car and you have to pay for the maintenance. If you do not treasure your own life, nobody should care.
(QD)
Zhang MM debates on qq.com,
The parking space for women has been painted in pink, which is my favorite color. I'm surprised to hear so many people say it's barely discrimination. As a woman, I just love this idea. How thoughtful and considerate this is. I think women deserve wider parking space not only because we are generally bad drivers but because we usually drive larger cars and have to carry loads of stuff from the shopping mall!
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