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01-25-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jpdrag0n View Post
although women are slowly becoming more vocal in their societal roles here, there is still alot of sexist discrimination here. women are still sort of expected to quit their jobs when they get pregnant so that they can stay home and take care of the kids. the wife is expected to serve her husband, but recently this trend has been waning and you can see the results. more women are pursuing their dreams and careers, therefore less women are getting married and having kids and the population decline is a direct result of this...obviously. so you can say women are becoming more independent.
Slowly becoming more vocal? Look at the birthrate. Japan is in the middle of a woman's movement. The population capped in 2006 and is now declining for the simple reason that Japanese women are mad as hell, and aren't going to take it anymore. This isn't a slight murmur but a clear and mad roar.
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