Read the series here: Unbridled Evil
Chapter Five: Moral Degeneration in China (Part II)
Section 3: Sex, Gambling and DrugsSection 4: Trust: A Rare Commodity in ChinaSection 5: The Moral Collapse of ChinaSection 3 Sex, Gambling and Drugs
Communist Party’s Sexual Revolution
In Jiang’s era, China’s traditional values were undermined. It was a time when long-established family values and views of marriage were attenuated by the rampant immorality. Prostitution became a prosperous industry, whereby the participants felt no shame at all. Promiscuity and sexual liberation gained acceptance as sexual freedom spread everywhere in Chinese society, especially among communist officials.Survey data indicated that 95 percent of corrupt officials under investigation had a mistress, and that more than 60 percent of corruption cases involved mistresses. More precisely, the official owned a sex partner that received cash, gifts, or other benefits in exchange for the relationship. Chinese people gave it a name: Er Nai, or, literally, “The Second Mrs.” In a case reported in 1999, among the 102 officials implicated from various regions including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai, 100 percent of them had at least one “Second Mrs.”[1]
