STUDY BUDDY ANSWERS: Chinese divorce court orders husband to pay wife for years of housework [March 17, 2021]
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1. (a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 5
(e) 2
2. No, because the legal judgment sparked heated debate.
3. reluctant
4. (i) NG
(ii) T
(iii) T
(iv) F
(v) F
5. (i) custody of the couple’s son
(ii) 2,000 yuan alimony per month
(iii) a one-off 50,000 yuan payment
6. For the judgment: the woman also enjoyed the fruits of her housework
Against the judgment: the payment is less than a half a year’s salary
7. C
8. because it recognised the value of domestic work/those who do housework are devalued in a marriage
9. because women still carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men
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