In China, women delivery riders grapple with ‘sex work’ label, other stereotypes

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Life isn’t easy for the approximately 1 million women working as takeaway delivery riders in China. Though their numbers appear to be rising as delivering food is convenient for fitting around childcare or retraining for new careers, these women have to live with gender pay gaps and various other inequities. These include juggling the workload with their families, sexual harassment and even violence, which might explain why they tend not to stay in the industry as long as men. A group of social media influencers greatly increased the pressure on female riders last November by posting a series of memes...