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Ruby YS Lai is a sociologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She specialises in gender, family, reproductive politics, housing, sexual violence, feminist movement, and qualitative methodology. Her research examines the intersection of multiple inequalities and the agency of disadvantaged groups and minorities. Her recent monograph, Premarital Abortion in China: Intimacy, Family, and Reproduction, examines the impact of socioeconomic transformation on the reproductive experiences of young adult women in contemporary China. Her current projects explore the gendered impact of housing precarity and gender-based sexual harassment in public spaces.