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Hessler first talks about how women in China are more likely to be depressed and commit suicide then Chinese men. Women feel more isolated and frustrated. Along with that he talks about how women in Fuling were somewhat “off” they would make up things in their head and truly believe them. I personally think that women in china are probably more depressed and commit suicide more than any other country because they are treated unequal to men in China. Even though there is still sexism in countries I believe that China is the worst. This is also probably why they make up these fantasies and fallacies in their heads; to be happy in some aspect of their life. Hessler kind of makes it seem as if, if the women are not depressed that then they go crazy so they won’t feel depressed. In other words, maybe they go crazy from the depression and either commit suicide or go off into a bad mental state where reality does not exist in their head anymore. Later on Hessler touches on the fact that mainly they addressed women as xiaojie which translates to “miss” or “young woman”, mainly the woman had small jobs such as a waitress or shop assistants and so on.