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I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you were Japanese. I assumed you were foreign, but that was obviously an incorrect assumption on my part.
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I never said I was Japanese - Just that I`ve lived here for a very long time now.
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I assume that from your post you are a stay-at-home mother. I'm curious, how have Western women belittled your decision? Did these women say that they were feminists?
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Yes, yes, and yes. I have been told multiple times that I should be ashamed of myself for "putting myself last", "wasting my education" and "letting myself be a 'prisoner' of my husband." Etc etc
All by non-Japanese women, who made it very clear they were strong feminists.
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Do you believe that the "dream" that many women have to have children and stay at home with them is biologically determined from birth, or socially constructed?
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Both. But neither makes it oppression. Feminism was supposed to open doors and make it possible for a woman to make her own choices. Instead, it has just changed the
right choice. If you don`t make that choice, you`re being oppressed... Because, well, there is no way any woman would
really choose that sort of path.
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How do you feel about married couples in which the wife works outside of the home and the husband stays at home with the children and performs domestic duties?
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If it is what is good for their family, and it is a choice they made, then I have absolutely nothing against it.
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How do you feel about women who choose not to have children?
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That is entirely their choice, which they should be free to make.
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How do you feel about women who do not want a husband?
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Same as above.
Somewhere along the line you are interpreting "anti-feminism" as believing women should be stuck in "traditional" roles.
That isn`t what it means. Recall that I said I was egalitarian - look it up. That means I believe in equality (with both negative and positive aspects), and
freedom of choice without being looked down upon for those choices.
Feminism does not offer this.
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In what ways do you "support" your husband?
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By cooking, cleaning, maintaining our household, and just generally being appreciative of the fact that he is the one out there working his butt off supporting us. It`s more attitude than specific actions. Staying at home is the easier path, despite what anyone may say.