‘Sexist’ drama about China’s coronavirus heroes slammed for overlooking women

Frontline Chinese medical staff and TV viewers have complained about a “sexist” new drama on the fight against Covid-19, accusing it of downplaying and trivialising the role of women.Zhang Mei, a nurse from Hubei, the worst affected province, said she had worked for three months straight without a day off and, along with many of her colleagues, had not gone home for months for fear of infecting their families.She said that the vast majority of nurses at her hospital in the city of Huanggang…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3102429/sexist-drama-about-chinas-coronavirus-heroes-slammed-overlooking