▁change ▁popular ▁att itudes ▁towards ▁women . ▁Because ▁of ▁her ▁explicit ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁sentiment ality ▁and ▁sexual ity , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁her ▁public ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁Party ' s ▁leadership , ▁D ing ▁L ing ▁was ▁den ounced ▁as ▁a ▁" right ist " ▁and ▁p urg ed ▁from ▁the ▁party ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁Her ▁fiction ▁and ▁ess ays ▁were ▁then ▁also ▁b anned . ▁After ▁many ▁years ▁of ▁imprison ment , ▁she ▁re emer ged ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Writ ers ' ▁Association . ▁ ▁Yu ▁Zh eng x ie ▁and ▁Y uan ▁Me i ▁were ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁male ▁femin ists ▁in ▁China . ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁Chinese ▁femin ist ▁think ers , ▁activ ists , ▁writers ▁and ▁law y ers ▁include : ▁A i ▁X ion g ming , ▁Wang ▁Zh eng , ▁Lü ▁Pin , ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁S ile . ▁ ▁Fem in ist ▁movements ▁and ▁organizations ▁in ▁China ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁when ▁re forms ▁for ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁began ▁as ▁issues ▁concerning ▁women ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁spot light . ▁Une x pected ly , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁re forms ▁for ▁Chinese ▁Women ▁were ▁conducted ▁by ▁men . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁May ▁Four th ▁Mov ement ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁impact ful ▁cultural ▁movement ▁of ▁modern ▁China , ▁which ▁heavily ▁en light ened