A temple's fake gender advances expose gap

FTV News on Tuesday last week published an article with the headline "New milestone for gender equality" that described how Yuqing Temple in Miaoli City changed its rules to allow female volunteers to enter its inner sanctum, an area previously only accessible to men. Women had been prevented from entering the area due to a taboo originating from the belief that the presence of menstruating women would offend the gods. However, women were only allowed in as workers for the traditional cleaning ahead of the Lunar New Year, while more significant tasks, such as dressing statues, are still the exclusive…