Actions are more important than words

Recently a lawyer named Ye Mantian wrote a blog, pointing out that 16 written Chinese characters discriminated against women. The written characters carried meanings that mostly relate to such things as "cheating", "bad" and other negative meanings, and they all share a character component meaning "woman".

Ye thinks that the "woman" component could create negative connotations for women in people's sub-consciousness and said those feminine components of the written characters should be removed.

I think Ye's intentions were good but the suggestion is ridiculous. Women's image is created by factors including education, tradition and even the media. I don't think a written character plays such an important role in this process.