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Summary

China is the only country where more women commit suicide than men. Around 1.5 million women every year attempt to take their lives and 150 thousand succeed in doing it. In rural areas the suicide rate is higher by three times than cities.
The big issues is marriage, where traditional attitudes still prevail. In many marriages, the marriage is operated like a business deal where the groom’s parents buy the bride and where she is part of the family. In some marriages, like arranged ones, the husband can sense that his wife does not want to stay with him and this leads to arguments and violence.
Many women that attempt suicide each year are attempting to gain dignity so others in the home sense their anger and frustration. Traditional attitudes are hard to change in spite of marriage laws that made arranged marriages and bride-buying illegal.
In rural areas where social security is weak, the sons are always preferred to daughters. Many female foetuses are aborted. According to the official figures 117 boys are born for every 100 baby girls. By 2020, China will be short of women and it will be hard for men to find themselves wives.
An organisation attempts to prevent suicides and provide women with basic support. These groups are limited to a few villages and it’s been a success. There are schools to teach women the skills to build lives themselves.
Advantages; relationships are formed away from parents and young women experience life in a wider way. They are discovering their own potential and own individuality.

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4 Main Ideas.

1) 1.5 million Women attempt to take their own lives, and 150,000 succeed in doing so.
2) Many marriages are arranged and operate like business deals in which the groom's parents buy the bride, and she becomes part of their family.
3) Some women attempt suicide as a way of asking for better treatment from their husbands.
4) Social security is weak; sons are preferred to daughters, as only sons will stay in the village to look after elderly parents.

What do you think? What’s your opinion? What do you want to know more?

I think the article was very interesting because it mentioned various things about how women commit suicide and why they are doing it.
In my opinion the writer pretty much talked about all the problems and how they affected the women in China.
What I do want to know more about this article is what are the other countries around this world that are affected by this problem and can it be fixed or not? They pretty much talked about solving it in China but can it be solved in other countries around the world.