Xiao Qiong is unhappily married to Xu Bing. They barely talk to each other, they have never kissed and Xu Bing lives with another man. The main reason that the two got married was to terminate pressure from their parents. Both of their parents have been imploring that they get married and start a family, to not humiliate the family. Another reason that they got married was because Xu Bing did not want anyone to find out that he was gay; in China, homosexual people are often shunned down upon. In an deeply confucian country a family’s reputation is ruined, opportunities are lost and “the cost of coming out of the closet is too high” (45). Even though Xiao Qiong married the man of her dreams, it is completely unlike the romantic movies she watches. Even to this day there are gay people who are in fear to tell their family the
Xiao Qiong is unhappily married to Xu Bing. They barely talk to each other, they have never kissed and Xu Bing lives with another man. The main reason that the two got married was to terminate pressure from their parents. Both of their parents have been imploring that they get married and start a family, to not humiliate the family. Another reason that they got married was because Xu Bing did not want anyone to find out that he was gay; in China, homosexual people are often shunned down upon. In an deeply confucian country a family’s reputation is ruined, opportunities are lost and “the cost of coming out of the closet is too high” (45). Even though Xiao Qiong married the man of her dreams, it is completely unlike the romantic movies she watches. Even to this day there are gay people who are in fear to tell their family the