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This book collects discussions and advanced ideas on gender equality and gender relations from 20 modern and contemporary writers. It is full of fun and cultural significance. Most of the authors in the book lived in an era when women's movement for their own rights was on the rise and women's status was greatly improved. In a collection of essays on the theme of "men and women", most of the works are written by men, and the editor is helpless. However, some of the expositions on gender in the book are not only ahead of the times, but are even more advanced than many modern people. In addition to the rational prose written by writers such as Lu Xun, Qu Qiubai, Ding Ling, and Nie Gannu, which discussed issues such as gender equality and gender relations, the prose written by Yu Dafu, He Qifang, Lu Li, Sun Li, and others were more lyrical, either talking about first love, expressing grief, or recalling old relationships, revealing more of the truest emotions. The earliest article included in the book is Cai Yuanpei's "Couple Contract". The "advanced consciousness" expressed in the article is almost as surprising as the obsolescence of its style; Lu Xun's mention of women's "economic rights", Nie Gannu's criticism of the objectification of women in "marriage notices", Zhang Ailing's exposure of The gloomy plight of women is shown, which is still inspiring to read today; in the finale of Zhang Xinxin and Wang Anyi's masterpiece, one "stands outside the door" talking about marriage, while the other talks about "housework", which reveals the situation of women in marriage and family in the 1980s.