Women in China may be married to homosexual men, "silently
suffering" the consequences to sustain their wedlock, a leading Chinese
expert claimed.
Prof
Zhang Bei-chuan from Qingdao University, who researches on AIDS and HIV, said
that about 90% of homosexual men marry because of pressure to follow
traditional values prevalent in the country.
"But their wives are struggling to cope
and their plight should be recognised," he was quoted by the state-run
China Daily. About 16 million women in China may be married to homosexual men,
he claimed.
Xiao Yao, a 29-year-old magazine
editor in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, divorced her gay husband in 2008.
"Most gay men's wives I've
known are silently suffering at the hands of husbands who could never love
them, and like me, some even got abused by husbands who were also under great
pressure," she said.
She runs a website which has 1,200
such women registered as users and says it "makes them feel they're not
alone and empowers them to make the right choices."
I do
ReplyDeletenot understand a gay man getting married, knowing he is gay, and
waiting for a few years later to tell his wife he is gay especially if
there are children involved. At the same time I don't understand why a
woman, who in my opinion thinks so little of herself, that she would
stay married to a man who doesn't want/desire her but then I don't
understand most couples--gay or nongay!
LOL