As far as I can tell, it is pretty miserable to be a man in China. Not only are you competing with a surplus of 30 million other men for a wife by the time 2030 rolls around, but you're also expected to bring to the marriage alter a house, a car, and stocks.
Now the women are laughing even more.
All over weibo, China's twitter, women are celebrating the entrenchment of the "Wife's Gospel."
China's Merchant Bank (CMB) recently released a financial product that sends user A a text with user B's account balance every day, and automatically transfers (across banks even) any amount over the determined cap to user A's account.
To illustrate the horrifying ramifications, CMB even designed a cheerful poster that describes the perfect application:
"Newlyweds Xin and Wen want to save up for a house to build the beginnings of their sweet story. So Wen wisely decides to let Xin manage all their finances. Every month, Wen's bank account will retain $300 from his income and automatically transfer the rest to his wife's account. And he doesn't even have to go through the trouble of making sure that happens every month anymore!"
What a thoughtful bank.
Well it's working. Because weibo has been overwhelmed by men's desperate cries for patriarchal financial products too.
p.s. The word domanitrix was not what I thought it meant. And um. Don't look it up on bing to figure out how to spell it.
1 comment:
ive wanted to make a doc about this for years!!!
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