I forgot Arabs and some Indians too. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Arab men are more male chauvinistic than the Chinese. To say that “Chinese males are the worst male chauvinist pigs on the planet” just means that the Chinese wife of roadcat had a mean or controlling father. Hardly a statement of objectivity. My Korean wife says the same thing about Korean men, because her father was an arse too. And guess what? I’m Chinese.
Yes, her father was mean and controlling, although he mellowed out somewhat after our kids were born. My Chinese wife watched her 2 brothers get the bulk of affection (and money), while she and her 3 sisters got little. The boys got everything they wanted, and more. (She and all her siblings were born and raised here in the USA.) She and her sisters all left their home after high school and went out on their own with nothing. The boys got college. The upshot? The girls are more successful in life than the boys. My wife makes 3 times what each of her brothers make, without a college education. (The USA is much better to women than China.)
In China, on her mother's side, the day after her grandfather's wife bore my wife's mother, the grandfather went out and adopted a boy. That adopted boy received the bulk of the estate. Which was stripped away by the communists when they took power, and when my wife's mom fled to the USA with her dad. Sometimes life evens things out.
Good points. I’m inclined to agree. Though some cultures seem to sanction bad fathering more than others.