Two of China 's most popular websites have been criticised for using 'sexist stereotypes 'on International Women 's Day . The doodles show a ballerina twirling in a music box and another depicts a girl drinking tea and surrounded by flowers while sat in an armchair . Search engine Baidu had the ballerina in a pink dress , who first turned into a bride and then into a mother pushing a baby , on its homepage on Sunday . Sexist doodles : The popular Chinese website has been accused of missing the point of International Women 's Day with ballerina image . The depictions caused outrage on social media as websites celebrated International Women 's Day on Sunday . Video-sharing site Youku , wished female users : 'May the world treat you gently . ' Critics wasted no time in comparing the two websites to global giant Google which featured women in professions , including an astronaut , a scientist , sports players an artist , a chef and a musician . Weibo user @ Zoexiaoyizi , said of the ballerina : 'This is how you define women and celebrate them ! On the mark : By contrast , Google 's doodle shows images of female scientists , astronauts , judges and sports stars to illustrate achievements . Chinese authorities detained several women right 's activists this weekend . Some had planned to hold a nationwide protest against sexual harassment.On Monday , five were still being held police , said an activist and a friend of the women , who asked not to be identified . Beijing traditionally cracks down on activists during important meetings like this week 's National People 's Congress ( NPC ) . 'Google 's doodle just makes their stupidity even worse . ' Guo Weiqing , a professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou , told CNN , that the imagery suggested that women are there only to be taken care of and look pretty while the business of the real world is left to men . 'Internet companies conveying such a narrow definition of women is n't good . 'It 's exactly the opposite of the International Women 's Day mission , which is fighting for gender equality , ' he said . Baidu and Youku did not respond to calls for comment .
Search engine National People 's Congress showed ballerina turn into wife then mother . Video-sharing site Youku , said : 'May the world treat you gently ' Stereotypical depictions quickly picked up by social media users .