In China, unmarried women over the age of 27 are derogatorily labeled "Sheng Nu" or "leftover women." Despite Mao Zedong's constitutional guarantee of gender equality, the country's one-child policy created a massive gender imbalance. The hosts compare this to the Western "Manosphere" view of "leftover women," which targets older, career-focused women or single mothers as undesirable mates.

