A woman puts on make-up at a railway station in Beijing on December, 12, 2014. Hong Kong (CNN) – A promotional video by a state-owned railway in China that asked women to refrain from putting on makeup during train journeys has sparked a fierce backlash and a debate about sexism.
A woman puts on make-up at a railway station in Beijing on December, 12, 2014. Hong Kong -- A promotional video by a state-owned railway in China that asked women to refrain from putting on makeup during train journeys has sparked a fierce backlash and a debate about sexism. On Saturday, the clip by China Railway was the most searched, most read and most debated item on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform – two months after it was originally posted.
“I don’t need to put on makeup, beauty,” he then tells the woman, who apologizes and helps him clean up. The clip of around a minute has sparked a controversy that shows no sign of abating. By Saturday, its related hashtag had garnered 340 million views and 20,000 comments. Many citizens criticized the video as offensive. “Why does it have to be such a gender-focused case, of women putting on makeup, to illustrate uncivilized behavior?” one Weibo user asked.
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