The Women「s Movement of1895-1898, which set the pace of the Chinese women」s movement, did criticize the gender essentialism from the very beginning just as the early Western feminist movement did.
戊戌妇女运动一开始就对性别本质主义进行了与西方早期女权运动同样的批判,即用「男女差异教育形成论」抨击「男智女愚天生论」,因而成为中国批判性别本质主义的先驱。