China’s attempts at gender equality certainly take interesting forms, such as 10 pink parking spots at a shopping mall in Chongqing.

The boldly colored pink parking spots read: “Parking for the exclusive use of Women”. The spots are wider to make parking easier, and are located closer to the mall entrance for convenience.

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This isn’t the first time women-only parking spaces have shown-up in a mall parking lot. The spaces also exist at a shopping mall in Dalian. Yet when accused of discrimination, the Chongqing mall manager, Yang Xiangdong, said: “The main position of this mall is to provide service to women.”

Putting gender equality aside for a moment, the women-only spots clearly make good business sense. With women comprising the majority of Chongqing’s mall traffic, Yang’s simply catering to the mall’s most important demographic.

However, as a number of astute commentators have pointed out, the ten pink parking spots are mostly occupied by luxury cars. The shopping mall isn’t just catering to women, it’s catering to rich women.

Netizens quickly chimed in with their thoughts on the special spots:

茱麗葉改行做尼姑：
Wow. Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi… these are all European brands.

雅美only：
How is it that these are all luxury cars?

Belli-勇哥：
These are all luxury cars! Chongqing women don’t have any face!

擒熊熊：
So then you’ve got a problem. Whose the best at teaching how to park a car? (referencing a recent meme involving a trade school with outlandish commercials)

iuer柳儿飘飘pp：
Women think that this is something they don’t have to be afraid of being discriminated for.

劲武门：
(This is something )I can accept.

魔王威武：
On one hand, say that men and women are equal, while on the other creating special circumstances for each of them.

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Photos: Shenzhen Police