Message behind the kiss-seeking girl in Zhengzhou

Edited and translated by Huang Jin, People's Daily Online

Would you like to marry a hepatitis B virus carrier? In order to publicize the routes of transmission of the HBV virus and eliminate people’s prejudice and misunderstanding on marriage problem of hepatitis B virus carriers, a girl suffering HBV virus wore wedding dress to look for someone for a kiss at the Greentown Square of Zhengzhou on Nov. 11.

Nov. 11 is the so-called “Singles’ Day” and many single men and women celebrated it by shopping, romantic courtships and other activities, but the girl with the HBV virus chose to maintain and fight for her personal interests by wearing wedding dress to look for someone for a kiss. Compared with other single youth immersing in the festival, the girl is more like “a lonely fighter”.

As a hepatitis B virus carrier, she had suffered cold shoulders and even discriminations in her work and life and her legitimate rights were also infringed. The “kiss-seeking behavior” stands for her efforts to fight for her own legitimate rights. Seemingly, she is in the fight for her own rights of not being discriminated, but her behavior is also a struggle for all the people suffering from the HBV virus. She is making efforts to promote the social progress and development with her own power.

It is often seen in recent years that HBV carriers face prejudices and rejection in school attendance, employment and love. And the reason is largely ascribable to the society’s illiteracy about the HBV disease and misconception of the HBV transmission. In face of prejudices, some patients choose to assert their rights and even resort to the law in protection of their legitimate interests. But some others choose to swallow the discrimination and keep pressure and pain to themselves.

The girl advertised for kiss as the HBV carrier trying to spread medical knowledge and assert individual’s rights in the form of behavioral art. She is admirable. No matter whether we are HBV carriers, whether we once showed prejudice against HBV carriers, when the girl positioned herself at the street, it’s time for us to think and change. Prejudices should be eliminated by us just like we stand up for what we believe. By doing this, our society will progress, and the world we live in will be better.

Read the Chinese version: “街头征吻”是在传递社会“正能量"

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