Wang Xiying, Ho Sik Ying
University of Hong Kong.
J Interpers Violence. 2007 May;22(5):623-38. doi: 10.1177/0886260506298834.
The Korean film My Sassy Girl was very popular among young people in urban China in 2001. After the release of the movie, the new image of the "sassy girl" emerged in different media. This study uses the media image of the sassy girl as a stimulus material in interviews and focus groups to explore how young men and women make sense of women's aggression in dating relationships. This qualitative study is mainly based on two focus groups and in-depth interviews with 20 informants (13 female and 7 male). The study sheds light on how the competing and multilayered discourses in contemporary China regarding gender, love, and sex have left some space for young adults to justify women's aggression in dating relationships. We see how young adults in Beijing situate themselves within this set of social cultural discourses and make use of them to "do" their gender through their aggressive behavior and interactions with each other. New images of men and women are thereby created.
2001年，韩国电影《我的野蛮女友》在中国城市的年轻人中非常受欢迎。电影上映后，“野蛮女友”的新形象出现在不同媒体上。本研究以“野蛮女友”的媒体形象为访谈和焦点小组中的刺激材料，探讨年轻男女如何理解恋爱关系中女性的攻击性。这项定性研究主要基于两个焦点小组以及对20名受访者（13名女性和7名男性）的深度访谈。该研究揭示了当代中国关于性别、爱情和性的相互竞争且多层次的话语如何为年轻人在恋爱关系中为女性的攻击性辩护留下了一些空间。我们看到北京的年轻人如何置身于这套社会文化话语之中，并通过他们的攻击性行为以及彼此间的互动利用这些话语来“塑造”他们的性别。由此创造出了新的男性和女性形象。
