Chinese activist warns Donald Trump in open letter on Twitter: ‘feminists are watching you’
Prominent feminist addresses US president-elect directly through his favourite social media tool in bid to show ‘we girls can fight back’
A prominent Chinese feminist has sent an open letter to US president-elect Donald Trump, warning him of his “straight man cancer” – a Chinese term for misogynism – and saying he will one day have to answer for his lewd comments about women.
Zheng Churan, nicknamed “Big Rabbit”, was one of the “Feminist Five” – five women who were detained in Beijing last year on the eve of International Women’s Day for planning to distribute leaflets warning of sexual harassment on public transportation. They were released on bail after a month’s detention but remain under close surveillance.
“Sent letter to @realDonaldTrump, 10,899 Chinese vote 10 top ‘straight-man-cancer behaviors’”, Zheng wrote in a posting on her Twitter account Tuesday, with a photo of her holding a letter and a sign in front of a mailbox.
“Hey Trump, feminists are watching you,” the sign reads.
“The staff at the post office was a little shocked when they saw me fill in Trump’s name as the recipient of the letter,” said Zheng, who currently lives in Shenzhen.
She said she gave the address as Trump Tower.
People who look down on women will have to be responsible for the insulting and sexist comments they made one day
In a posting on messaging app Wechat, Zheng said she initiated a poll in November, surveying her 2,000 Wechat followers, who are mostly female, on their definitions of “straight man cancer”, a Chinese internet slang term that equals “male chauvinism”.