A different take on gender issues in Japan

If you'll recall, we touched on gender roles in Japan.

For example, it's only just now that the Japanese are considering changing the rules to allow a female heir to inherit the throne. Japanese women are less likely than women in the US to be part of the paid labor force.

It does seem as though these traditional gender roles are undergioing some change. More and more Japanese women are delaying or foregoing marriage. Japanese women control the household finances. On the other hand, these developments may well mean that women have different expectations, but that men still hold to traditional values. Why marry, if all that means is being a second class citizen. And, if you do marry, have some securtiy that you control.

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