• Feldshuh, H. (2018). Gender, media, and myth-making: constructing China’s leftover women. Asian Journal of Communication, 28(1), 38-54.
• Abstract 5
  
• In the last 10 years, the term “leftover women”- educated, unmarried women over the age of 27- has emerged as a visible stereotype in popular consciousness in China. Despite the surplus of men that is a result of China’s One Child Policy, Women are blamed for marriage market challenges through sexist narratives and terminology. While some scholarship treats “leftover women” as an accepted demographic phenomenon with clear causes and impacts, it can also be viewed as an artificial construct created through socially generated gender stereotype and furthered through media messaging. This article examines and compares sociological research on Chinese marriage patterns, presentations of “leftover women” in contemporary Chinese media, and independent interview findings to understand the role of media in the construction of gender discourse and perpetuation of gender stereotype. These rigid concepts of gender roles and ideal womanhood have far-flung consequences, both for women who internalize these misconceptions and for the social hierarchies supported by antiquated constructs.
  
• 以一类特殊的群体的作为研究对象，首先第一句话，即将leftover women 是什么，为什么要讲它说清楚，因为…. Emerged as a visible stereotype in popular consciousness (注意这个词) in china. 牵扯到群体性的stereotype，就会成为一个很好的话题。 这段abstract使用了很多吸睛的才会，例如，男性过剩（surplus of men），计划生育(one child policy),这些都是都算热门词吧。 Women are blamed for …. Through sexist narratives and terminology. 后面用一个while 句型讲了两种理论解释路径，1. Some scholarship(是否可以这么说) treat …with clear causes and impacts, it can also be viewed as an artificial construct created (两个C打头的用得好) through ….and further through …. 理论讲完之后，就是本篇文章所做的事情，this article examines and compares …..to understand the role of ….. in the construction of …gender discourse(一个神奇的词) and perpetuation of gender stereotype. 后面是结论和implication的东西， theses rigid concepts of …ideal womanhood have far-flung consequences, both for women (使用定语从句来解释这个影响) who internalize these misconceptions and for social hierarchies supported by antiquated constructs.
  
• 一个abstract也不一定是非要教科书一样的范式，可以把各派理论观点亮出来，关键把问题结论说清楚，同时带有吸睛、戏剧的效果。