When Cai Ning moved to China from Belgium with her family five years ago, she did not expect her life as a full-time housewife in her home country to be so hard.

Devoting most of her time to housework and caring for her two sons in the eastern city of Nanjing, the 38-year-old said the most frequent comments she got when people learned she had a PhD were: “What a waste” and: “Your husband must earn a lot of money!”

While full-time mothers with degrees are not uncommon in Belgium, they are a rarity in China, where grandparents usually take on the role of childcare so both parents can work.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3107969/chinas-educated-housewives-feel-overworked-and-underappreciated