[bad_ramen_soup]

Isn't it better to see it from the perspective of 'people in power can be sinful', rather than 'because there were some female leaders early on in a (highly propagandistic) movement then they most be on the side of women? Even still, there are many women who harbor men with bad behavior for personal gain.

[mirimir]

What I'm wondering is whether the Red Guards -- notwithstanding all the horrible stuff -- were less sexist and more egalitarian than the norm today.

I have no clue. I'm not Chinese, or lived there, or even studied China carefully. And maybe I'm too influenced by Cixin Liu's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy.

[bobthepanda]

Of course it's better, but how often does human behavior act in better or more logical ways? Humans are not the rational, well-informed beings of economics.

[bad_ramen_soup]

Not sure how this relates to my comment..