A Chinese woman who filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against a TV host told cheering supporters at a courthouse on Wednesday that she hopes her case will encourage victims of gender violence in a system that gives them few options to pursue complain
Zhou Xiaoxuan stands amongst her supporters as she arrives at the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing on Wednesday. Pic/AFP
"Even if ultimately in this case we don't get a legal win, as long as we can show to a lot of people (that) there are people like me, those of us who are victims of gender violence, that's already a type of win," Zhou said.
The movement took off in 2018 in China when a college student publicly accused her professor of sexual misconduct. But, women who complain face censorship and official resistance. The movement has seen few victories, and it was only in 2019 that sexual misconduct was added to court regulations as grounds for a suit.
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