College opens new course to promote sexual equality

时间：2007-09-24 06:25:33

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Chinanews, Wuhan, Sept 22 – At present, many colleges have started their autumn semester. For students studying in the Central China Normal University, they realize that this year, their politics book contain some new contents – sexual equality education, Chu Tian Jin Bao reported.

 

This is part of the program launched by the Hubei Provincial1 Women's Federation2 in an effort to promote sexual equality on campus. It is also the first time for a Chinese college to include sexual equality education as a compulsory3 course for students.

 

On Wednesday, Zhou Ping, a sociology professor at Wuhan University, gave a lecture to students on the sexual inequality issue in Hubei. According to Professor Zhou, at present many female graduates encounter a lot of sexual discrimination cases when they enter the job market. Female college graduates are often discriminated4 against because of their age, gender5 or pregnancy6.

 
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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
3 compulsory 5pVzu     
n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的
参考例句：
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
4 discriminated 94ae098f37db4e0c2240e83d29b5005a     
分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待
参考例句：
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？
5 gender slSyD     
n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性
参考例句：
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
6 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

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