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Do Japanese Women Have Less Rights than Men? |
Travel Info I need to know if men have more rights than women in Japan. Also, are traditional meals of Japan served on plates that have been warmed in the oven? Thanks in advance... Travel Tips I don't think so. Women has lots of rights. Actually law protects women more than men (said so in Japan). But they (women) do not excersize their rights fully as the westerner. Even Japanese men, most of them do not act along with the law exactely. Because it is Japanese way. Japan is not like the west tottaly. As the matter of fact, there are so many un-written rules in Japan and western expats can not understand Japanese even today. Others Yes, Men have more rights. But it's not written down anywhere, that is just the way it is. As for warming the plates in an oven. No, never happen here. Japanese are happy to eat things cold. As an American, I usually nuke my food it if has become cold. To a degree, yes. And they make less money. But things are slowly changing. And I don't think they warm their plates in the oven. They use pots and pans like we do. One thing though, the woman of the house usually controls the money. So they do often have more power than most people think. There's a public life, and a private life. And the two can be very differerent. Most Japanese women are not weak. The only legal differences I can think of are women have to wait six months to remarry after divorce, but men can remarry right away and the labour laws concerning women working the night shift are a little different. That's why a respectable hostess bar closes quite early, but host bars are open till dawn. As far as the culture goes it's hard to say-it's women who usually control the purse strings in a family so arguably they have more rights? It's subjective. Yes - I found a few examples when I lived in Tokyo for three years. After marriage, Japanese women are encouraged to quit their job, from their new husband, their boss and their female friends. If they do not quit, yearly bonuses are not as high and salary increases are low year after year. Women can not keep marriage a secret from their bosses because the companies that they work for also do employees taxes. Japanese women are not allowed to make sushi. Japanesee women are not allowed to use the pill as a form of birth control. Birth control pills are outlawed. Japanes women are not allowed to get married 6 months to 1 year after divorce. These are just a few examples. Japan is deep into daily culture that has been the same for thousands of years, things are changing but at a rate slower than most women would like. First, about the meals, I haven't heard about such stuff, but maybe somewhere they do it.Depends on the meal, and on the cook either.In Japan people are very strict in the way of serving the food, so somebody may have invented this. Yeah, tempura, kushi or yaki-something in warm plate is better than in a cold one. About the rights, all the above is correct. Yet I think that the image of the successful woman( the one who would be liked and popular in the society, and will marry-very important) in Japan is such that even if the woman had rights, she is not encouraged to practice them. From my own experience, I have observed on daily basis women rights violations, but this is accepted as sth normal. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/hl_n... Well in Okinawa, Japan men have more rights then women. Also its very rude to look a male in the eyes when your talking to him. if your female. |
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