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This Huffington Post blog caught my attention less for the implications of Communism and more for the practicing of gender in the political sphere. First lady of China, Peng Liyuan Tiananmen, who is often compared to First Lady Michelle Obama for her good looks and savvy fashion sense, is highlighted in this article for the hidden agenda not portrayed to China. A picture was recently released of her in army fatigue, singing to troops. It is indicative of the “old” China government entities do not want to portray. Instead, they would like her to be a “respectable” First Lady. One who is attentive to and dependent on her husbands arm. In other words, her gendered body is to be used as a character, fulfilling its rightful role and adherent to the goals of image campaign specialists.
We often witness occurrences as such in patriarchal societies, when men dictate the duties a “job” (in this case, First Lady) held by a woman should entail. This article is interesting to me, because it seems we might be getting a glimpse of who she is, and not the woman she forcefully presents to the rest of the world.
-Marissa